Soil moisture, soil temperature, air temperature, stream water temperature, stream stage and discharge data from Soil Moisture Station 03, Highlands Biological Station, Highlands, NC, 2021-2025

Measurements of soil moisture, soil temperature, air temperature, stream temperatue, and stream stage/discharge were collected as part of a long-term monitoring project at the Highlands Biological Station, Western Carolina University, Highlands, North Carolina. The sensor station is located in an acidic cove forest (high elevation subtype) dominated by an understory of Rhododendron maximum and an overstory of Liriodendron tulipifera, Betula alleghanensis, and Tsuga canadensis, the latter of which has several trees that have succombed to the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, though living trees have been treated with a systemic insecticide. The pressure transducer is located in a second order stream known as Station Branch.