Spontaneous Plant Communities in Residential Green Spaces, Hengyang, China

A study of 21 residential communities in Zhengxiang District, Hengyang City, China, examining how cultivated herbaceous vegetation affects spontaneous plant communities. The dataset, created by Zhihuan Huang and last updated in April 2026, likely contains abundance and richness records for spontaneous plants across different planting treatments. Diversity indices were calculated to evaluate community responses to vegetation types and configurations.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between cultivated vegetation types and spontaneous plant diversity based on the described treatment comparisons.
• Analyzing interspecific associations and community stability metrics for occasional plant species as referenced in the study findings.
• Comparing species richness and composition in green spaces with and without planted vegetation, as indicated by the control group methodology.

Strengths

• Data is derived from a structured study of 21 distinct residential community sites.
• Includes a control group of green spaces lacking planted vegetation for comparative analysis.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, allowing for broad reuse and adaptation.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Geographic scope is limited to one district in a single Chinese city.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Zhihuan Huang.

Collection Method

Data collected using a combination of random sampling and typical plot methods in residential green spaces.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-24 15:46:41; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Zhengxiang District, Hengyang City, China.