FUN-VIOLA: FUNctional traits of VegetatIOn of centraL Apennines

FUN-VIOLA (FUNctional traits of VegetatIOn of centraL Apennines) is a database of field measured plant functional traits for species of Mediterranean high mountain habitats in Central Italy. It includes records of 9 plant traits (Leaf Area, Specific Leaf Area, Leaf Dry Matter Content, Plant Height Vegetative, Plant Height Generative, Leaf Thickness, Seed Mass, Seed Length and Seed Width) of 80 species and subspecies widespread in alpine and subalpine grasslands of Central Apennines. The species were retrieved from the most abundant ones of 139 releves occurring in the VIOLA Database (http://www.givd.info/ID/EU-IT-019) and sampled in 5 EUNIS habitats type (code E4.436, code E1.54, code E4.38, code H2.4 and code E4.42). Species traits were measured by dedicated field measurements in the years 2017, 2020 and 2021. FUN-VIOLA provides unique information depicting plant functional ecology of alpine and subalpine vegetation in Mediterranean limestone mountains. FUN-VIOLA is included in TRY Plant Traits Database (http://www.try-db.org/TryWeb/Home. php).