Title: Botanical and environmental survey data from 168 Sphagnum peatlands across three climatic regions in Eastern Canada
Citation: Rochefort, Line; Pouliot, Rémy; Poulin, Monique, 2025, "Botanical and environmental survey data from 168 Sphagnum peatlands across three climatic regions in Eastern Canada", https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/DGNNM3, Borealis
Study Site: the Atlantic region (New Brunswick), the Lowlands of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence, and the Northeastern Forest (Quebec)
Purpose: The concept of habitat niche describes species distribution, aids in analyzing community structure, function, and diversity in changing environments, and guides peatland restoration and conservation efforts. Information on peatland sedges and bryophytes is available for Western Canada, but the habitat niche of peatland bryophytes is minimally described in Eastern Canada.
Abstract: This dataset comprises botanical and environmental survey data collected from 1403 quadrats across 168 Sphagnum-dominated peatlands in Eastern Canada. Surveys were conducted between 1993 and 2008 across three climatic regions: the Atlantic region (New Brunswick), the Lowlands of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence, and the Northeastern Forest (Quebec). The dataset includes information on bryophyte, lichens and vascular plant species composition and environmental variables. Habitat preferences of dominant bryophytes were characterized along key environmental gradients, including macroclimate, water chemistry, shading, and humidity.
Supplemental Information Summary:
Research:
Further Info: References: Guêné-Nanchen, M., Rochefort, L., Pouliot, R., Boucher, C., & Poulin, M. (Accepted May 15, 2025). Environmental drivers of bryophyte distribution and habitat preference in Sphagnum peatlands of Eastern Canada. Botany ms# cjb-2025-0016), in Canadian Journal of Botany.
Status: Complete
Keywords:
vegetation,
Ecology,
Bryophytes,
Geographical coordinates: North: 62.72111931084139, South: 44.857156572476356 East: -57.22575915116785 West: -79.63415316285474
Bounding Temporal Extent: Start Date: 1993-01-01, End
Date: 2008-12-31
