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<row _id="1"><Column>SpeciesName</Column><Source>Schönberger, I.; Wilton, A.D.; Boardman, K.F.; Breitwieser, I.; Cochrane, M.; de Lange, P.J.; de Pauw, B.; Fife, A.J.; Ford, K.A.; Gibb, E.S.; Glenny, D.S.; Korver, M.A.; Novis, P.M.; Prebble, J.M.; Redmond, D.N.; Smissen, R.D.; Tawiri, K. (2017) Checklist of the New Zealand Flora – Seed Plants. Lincoln, Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research. http://dx.doi.org/10.7931/P1D33B; Schönberger, I.; Wilton, A.D.; Brownsey, P.; Perrie, L.; Boardman, K.F.; Breitwieser, I.; Cochrane, M.; de Pauw, B.; Fife, A.J.; Ford, K.A.; Gibb, E.S.; Glenny, D.S.; Korver, M.A.; Novis, P.M.; Prebble, J.M.; Redmond, D.N.; Smissen, R.D.; Tawiri, K. (2017) Checklist of the New Zealand Flora – Ferns and Lycophytes. Lincoln, Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research. http://dx.doi.org/10.7931/P18901</Source><Description>Species-level name, aligns with species name according to Nga Tipu o Aotearoa</Description></row>
<row _id="2"><Column>Family</Column><Source>Schönberger, I.; Wilton, A.D.; Boardman, K.F.; Breitwieser, I.; Cochrane, M.; de Lange, P.J.; de Pauw, B.; Fife, A.J.; Ford, K.A.; Gibb, E.S.; Glenny, D.S.; Korver, M.A.; Novis, P.M.; Prebble, J.M.; Redmond, D.N.; Smissen, R.D.; Tawiri, K. (2017) Checklist of the New Zealand Flora – Seed Plants. Lincoln, Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research. http://dx.doi.org/10.7931/P1D33B; Schönberger, I.; Wilton, A.D.; Brownsey, P.; Perrie, L.; Boardman, K.F.; Breitwieser, I.; Cochrane, M.; de Pauw, B.; Fife, A.J.; Ford, K.A.; Gibb, E.S.; Glenny, D.S.; Korver, M.A.; Novis, P.M.; Prebble, J.M.; Redmond, D.N.; Smissen, R.D.; Tawiri, K. (2017) Checklist of the New Zealand Flora – Ferns and Lycophytes. Lincoln, Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research. http://dx.doi.org/10.7931/P18901</Source><Description>Plant family</Description></row>
<row _id="3"><Column>taxon.form</Column><Source>Class and Order from Schönberger et al. 2017</Source><Description>Taxonomic group of species: Dicots (dicotyledonous angiosperms), Monocots (monocotyledonous angiosperms), Gymnosperms, or FernsAndAllies (ferns and lycophytes)</Description></row>
<row _id="4"><Column>Status</Column><Source>Schönberger, I.; Wilton, A.D.; Boardman, K.F.; Breitwieser, I.; Cochrane, M.; de Lange, P.J.; de Pauw, B.; Fife, A.J.; Ford, K.A.; Gibb, E.S.; Glenny, D.S.; Korver, M.A.; Novis, P.M.; Prebble, J.M.; Redmond, D.N.; Smissen, R.D.; Tawiri, K. (2017) Checklist of the New Zealand Flora – Seed Plants. Lincoln, Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research. http://dx.doi.org/10.7931/P1D33B; Schönberger, I.; Wilton, A.D.; Brownsey, P.; Perrie, L.; Boardman, K.F.; Breitwieser, I.; Cochrane, M.; de Pauw, B.; Fife, A.J.; Ford, K.A.; Gibb, E.S.; Glenny, D.S.; Korver, M.A.; Novis, P.M.; Prebble, J.M.; Redmond, D.N.; Smissen, R.D.; Tawiri, K. (2017) Checklist of the New Zealand Flora – Ferns and Lycophytes. Lincoln, Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research. http://dx.doi.org/10.7931/P18901</Source><Description>Biostatus in New Zealand: Indigenous (native, self-sustaining outside cultivation) or Fully naturalised (non-native, self-sustaining wild populations)</Description></row>
<row _id="5"><Column>DOCWeed08</Column><Source>Howell, C. (2008) Consolidated list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. DOC Research &amp; Development Series 292. Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand. ISSN 1177–9306</Source><Description>1 = Classed as environmental weed ("w") in Appendix 1; 0 = Not environmental weed; NA for Indigenous species</Description></row>
<row _id="6"><Column>Leaf.habit</Column><Source>Flora of NZ; McGlone et al 2004</Source><Description>Categorical variable for leaf habit: deciduous, deciduous/semideciduous, semideciduous, evergreen/deciduous, evergreen/semideciduous, evergreen; Naturalised species data sourced from Flora of NZ series, native species from Table 1 in McGlone et al. 2004 DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.2004.9512887</Description></row>
<row _id="7"><Column>N_fixer</Column><Source>Floras &amp; published literature</Source><Description>1 = nitrogen-fixing species, including rhizobial and actinorhizal species; 0 = not a nitrogen-fixing species</Description></row>
<row _id="8"><Column>Ref_abbrev</Column><Source>see "References" CSV file</Source><Description>Abbreviated titles of dataset sources; full titles available in "…REFERENCES.csv"; note that use of most of these data requires acknowledgement of TRY Database as well (https://www.try-db.org/)</Description></row>
<row _id="9"><Column>Subspecies</Column><Source>Ref_abbrev</Source><Description>Subspecies or variety (if mentioned by reference and data are exclusive to that subspecies or variety)</Description></row>
<row _id="10"><Column>Population</Column><Source>Ref_abbrev</Source><Description>site or population name from reference to identify particular stand that was measured</Description></row>
<row _id="11"><Column>Geog_region</Column><Source>Ref_abbrev</Source><Description>specific geographic region from which the trait data were collected</Description></row>
<row _id="12"><Column>Country</Column><Source>Ref_abbrev</Source><Description>country from which the trait data were collected</Description></row>
<row _id="13"><Column>Pop_type</Column><Source>Ref_abbrev</Source><Description>conditions of plants from which traits were measured - natural stands, plantations (including hedgerows), park (or parklike conditions), and experimental conditions (including greenhouse)</Description></row>
<row _id="14"><Column>Age</Column><Source>Ref_abbrev</Source><Description>age of tree from which trait data was taken (years)</Description></row>
<row _id="15"><Column>Dev_stage</Column><Source>Ref_abbrev</Source><Description>plant developmental stage: seedling, juvenile, mature</Description></row>
<row _id="16"><Column>n_SLA</Column><Source>derived from Ref_abbrev</Source><Description>Number of leaves measured for SLA (or number of measurements used to calculate mean, SD, etc if mean per plant used)</Description></row>
<row _id="17"><Column>SLA_mean</Column><Source>derived from Ref_abbrev</Source><Description>Specific leaf area (leaf area per dry mass), mean (cm^2/g)</Description></row>
<row _id="18"><Column>n_Leaf_N</Column><Source>derived from Ref_abbrev</Source><Description>Number of samples for leaf nitrogen</Description></row>
<row _id="19"><Column>Leaf_N_mn</Column><Source>derived from Ref_abbrev</Source><Description>Leaf nitrogen, mean (%)</Description></row>
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