Calluna vulgaris Root and Fungal Data from a Long-Term Climate Experiment in Wales (2015)

April 2015 soil samples from the Climoor experiment in Clocaenog forest, UK, provide root length, biomass, and fungal colonisation data for heather (Calluna vulgaris). The data includes measurements from control, drought, and warming treatment plots, aiming to understand climate effects on plant-soil interactions. This work was supported by the UK Natural Environment Research Council as part of the UK-SCAPE programme.

Use Cases

• Modeling the effects of drought and warming on root architecture based on measured root length and biomass.
• Analyzing shifts in symbiotic fungal communities (Ericoid mycorrhizae and dark septate endophytes) under different climate treatments.
• Investigating correlations between soil hydrological properties and plant rooting behavior as described in the experiment's aims.

Strengths

• Data originates from a long-term climate change experiment running since 1999, providing temporal context.
• Includes measurements from three distinct treatment types (control, drought, warming) across three replicate plots each.
• Specific collection date (April 2015) and location (Clocaenog forest, Northeast Wales) are documented.

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.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to a single forest site and sampling period.

Provenance

Source

Environmental Information Data Centre

Collection Method

Soil samples were collected from experimental plots, roots were separated, and measurements were taken for length, biomass, and fungal colonisation via microscopy.

Time Range

2015-04

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-19 07:33:22.146059; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Clocaenog forest, Northeast Wales, UK