### Alberta grassland plant trait data
Trait data for field collected plants from Alberta Grasslands.  Samples collected and processed by the Cahill Lab in Experimental Plant Ecology (University of Alberta)
Included are raw data for core plant traits, including root and leaf characteristics. Standard trait protocols were followed. No effort was made to scrub outlier data points, and instead these represent raw values obtained from field collection.
The data may be used for non-profit research purposes, as long as the data are cited appropriately
This is a growing database, and additional samples will be added over time.
Direct all questions to James Cahill, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta

### Data contributors
Plant trait data collected and processed by the Cahill Lab in Experimental Plant Ecology. 

### Funding provided by the Rangeland Research Institute, University of Alberta. 

### Date created
June 11 2020

### Available at the University of Alberta Education and Research Archive
https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-wszy-4x39

### Contained within this database are the following files
Metadata.csv: A description of all the headers and trait values presented in the "plant trait data.csv"
Plant trait data.csv: The dataset of all trait data that was collected
Nomenclature.csv: Species list including the instances where synonym names of samples were replaced by the VASCAN accepted scientific name. 
Taxonomic names taken from Brouillet L, Desmet P, Coursol F, Meades SJ, Favreau M, Anions M, Bélisle P, Gendreau C, Shorthouse D, and contributors (2010+). Database of Vascular Plants of Canada (VASCAN). Online at http://data.canadensys.net/vascan and http://www.gbif.org/dataset/3f8a1297-3259-4700-91fc-acc4170b27ce, released on 2010-12-10. Version [xx]. GBIF key: 3f8a1297-3259-4700-91fc-acc4170b27ce. Data paper ID: doi: http://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.25.3100 [accessed on 2018-09-10]							
Site information.csv: a description of the sites and when they were sampled