SurveyNameName of the survey within NVStextOriginal Dataset PlotNameCode number for each plottextOriginal Dataset SurveyDateDate of the vegetation survey of each plotDD-MM-YYYYOriginal Dataset SpeciesCodeSix letter code for the species : 3 letters of genus, 3 letters of speciestextOriginal Dataset SpeciesName.originalOriginal species name as listed in the original dataset (Including typos, and capitalization)textOriginal Dataset SpeciesName.correctedSpecies name corrected for Typos and taxonomy by the authorstext (cf. nomenclature.csv file) NATIVELogical variable indicating whether the species is native to New ZealandbooleanNew Zealand Plant Names database – http:// nzflora.landcareresearch.co.nz) ALIENLogical variable indicating whether the species is non-native to New ZealandbooleanNew Zealand Plant Names database – http:// nzflora.landcareresearch.co.nz) DominanceRankOrginal ranking by the surveyor, based on visual estiimationOrdinalOriginal Dataset DominanceClassDescriptionOridinal dominance class assigned by the surveyor, based on visual estimationtextOriginal Dataset AbundanceCodeLocal abundance class pf the species in a given plot, from 1 (highest) to 6 (lowest) corresponding to the DominanceClassDescriptionOrdinalthis paper