Occurrence of woody plants from vegetation plots in the tropical wet evergreen forests of the Western Ghats, India

The plots were sampled between 2010 and 2014, ranging from 40 to 1600 m elevation. The dataset comprises 20,593 occurrence records of 437 species belonging to 212 genera and 79 families.

All woody plants above 10 cm girth at breast height (GBH) were recorded within each plot, along with their taxonomic identity. Plants were identified by Navendu Page using established taxonomic keys including Gamble and Fischer (1935) 'Flora of the Presidency of Madras', and Pascal and Ramesh (1997) 'A field key to the trees and lianas of the evergreen forests of the Western Ghats'. Additional sampling protocols include 15x15 m and 5x5 m plots for smaller stems, and ad-hoc observations outside plots.