GLBRC Sustainability Data Catalog

Aboveground Biomass of Herbaceous Perennial Crops — GLBRC Biofuel Cropping System Experiment

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Aboveground biomass of BCSE herbaceous perennial crop treatments (G4 starting in 2021, G5-G7, G9-G10). Peak biomass samples were sorted to species from 2009-2017 but are left “unsorted” from 2018 onward.

This datatable is part of the GLBRC Aboveground Plant Biomass dataset.

This dataset contains aboveground biomass data for all treatments (G1-G10) of the GLBRC Biofuel Cropping System Experiment (BCSE). Biomass samples are taken at peak biomass for estimation of aboveground net primary production (ANPP) as well as other sampling campaigns such as cover crop harvest or to capture biomass before agronomic activities. Also included are annual stem diameter measurements and occasional destructive harvests for poplar (G8). See the ANPP protocol for description of the sampling and measurement methods used for each of the treatments. Typically, biomass is sampled around each sampling station (S1-S3) in each replicate plot (R1-R5). Belowground plant biomass is available in a different dataset.

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Experiment: GLBRC Biofuel Cropping System Experiment
Data available from: January 2008 to December 2022
Dataset: GLBRC082
Datatable ID: GLBRC082-004.194
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Last Updated 2023-10-24
Variate Description Units
year year of the growing season
sample date harvest date
site location of biomass collection
treatment experimental treatment
replicate replicate block nested within treatment
station sampling location
species Species, taxon or grouping of the plants sampled. Not all plants are identified to species.
fraction portion of crop harvested (when "whole" - the fraction includes all parts of the plant including seeds)
biomass dry mass of sampled material g/m2
comments sample notes
treatment name treatment description
campaign sampling effort with which the sample is associated
area sampled area that was sampled

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Data Excerpt

year sample_date site treatment replicate station species fraction biomass comments treatment_name campaign area_sampled
2022 2022-09-06 KBS GLBRC Intensive Site G10 R1 S1 Surface Litter whole 152.45999999999998 Restored Prairie peak biomass 1.0
2022 2022-09-06 KBS GLBRC Intensive Site G10 R1 S1 UnSorted whole 706.8699999999999 Restored Prairie peak biomass 1.0
2022 2022-09-06 KBS GLBRC Intensive Site G10 R1 S2 UnSorted whole 1237.9 Restored Prairie peak biomass 1.0
2022 2022-09-06 KBS GLBRC Intensive Site G10 R1 S2 Surface Litter whole 128.69 Restored Prairie peak biomass 1.0
2022 2022-09-06 KBS GLBRC Intensive Site G10 R1 S3 Surface Litter whole 118.86999999999999 Restored Prairie peak biomass 1.0
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