Phenological data (2009-2013) for ten tree species grown under experimental warming in northern Minnesota, USA

Abstract

This dataset contains five years of data on time of budburst, growing degree days at the time of budburst, time of senescence and phenological growing season length phenology data for ten tree species native to Minnesota, USA. Data were collected in a long-term open-air warming experiment located a the Cloquet Forestry Center, Cloquet, MN, USA and the Hubachek Wilderness Research Center, Ely, MN, USA. The design was a 2 (site) X 2 (habitat) x 3 (warming treatment) factorial, with 6 replicates (2 per block) for a total of 72 7.1 m2 circular plots. Species include: Quercus rubra, Quercus macrocarpa, Pinus banksiana, Pinus strobus, Populus tremuloides, Betula papyrifera, Abies balsamea, Picea glauca, Acer rubrum, Acer saccharum. These data are released in conjunction with a publication.