Fungal communities associated with Hazel, Oak, and Pine seedlings at Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve, Minnesota, USA
This dataset represents root tip samples from different host plants in forests at the Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve in East Bethel, MN, USA. Specifically, it contains samples from the roots of hazel (Corylus cornuta), oak (Quercus species), and pine (Pinus species) collected in 2021 and 2023. Root samples were assessed using Illumina-based high-throughput sequencing (HTS) of the ITS2 rRNA gene region.