Transplanted grasses on Hog Island, VA 2014-2015

This dataset documents our data from a transplant experiment on the south end of Hog Island. 180 individual transplants, 60 of each of three common east coast dune grasses, Ammophila breviligulata, Spartina patens, and Uniola paniculata were planted from the crest of the foredune to the high water mark. Each month during the growing seasons (May-October) of 2014 and 2015, the longest leaf of the plant was recorded as a proxy for plant health, as well as the elevation at each plant site. The data here are those measurements.