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Thirty-one sites were selected in the coastal grasslands: thirteen were located on S\u00e3o Miguel Island and eighteen on the mainland, distributed across Sesimbra (12) and Sines (6). All sites were visited once during the spring of 2022. In each site, 30 photos were taken at 5-metre intervals, for a total of 930 photos.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>The Sesimbra and Sines Regions were chosen because they represent well-preserved examples of coastal grassland vegetation on the south-western coast of mainland Portugal, sharing similar environmental characteristics with the coastal grasslands of S\u00e3o Miguel Island, such as rocky substrate, Atlantic exposure and comparable latitude. This design allows a meaningful comparison between insular and continental vegetation under similar abiotic conditions, providing a standardised framework for documenting coastal plant diversity across contrasting geographic contexts.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    Most records consolidate previously documented occurrences from national repositories, but here they are re-validated through standardised, plot-based, georeferenced surveys that harmonise taxonomy and metadata. Crucially, this release constitutes the first coordinated, standardised inventory of coastal grassland vascular plants spanning the Azores and the south-western mainland of Portugal, enabling direct cross-regional comparisons. In addition to several within-plot distributional updates, we document multiple introduced and invasive taxa, most notably\n                    <jats:italic>Carpobrotus edulis<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>Oxalis pes-caprae<\/jats:italic>\n                    , that are known to reshape coastal communities. As expected for Atlantic coastal grasslands, the flora is dominated by Asteraceae, Poaceae, Fabaceae and Brassicaceae, providing a baseline for long-term monitoring and management across both archipelagic and continental shores.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3897\/bdj.13.e173529","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,24]],"date-time":"2025-11-24T07:54:03Z","timestamp":1763970843000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Coastal grassland vegetation records from S\u00e3o Miguel Island (Azores) and the south-western coast of mainland Portugal"],"prefix":"10.3897","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0007-6215-3036","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Hugo","family":"Calado","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"University of the Azores, cE3c \u2013 Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes\/Azorean Biodiversity Group, CHANGE \u2013 Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Faculty of Science and Technology, Rua da M\u00e3e de Deus, 9500-321 Ponta Delgada, S\u00e3o Miguel, Azores, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7922-6296","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Ant\u00f3nio","family":"Soares","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of the Azores, cE3c \u2013 Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes\/Azorean Biodiversity Group, CHANGE \u2013 Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Faculty of Science and Technology, Rua da M\u00e3e de Deus, 9500-321 Ponta Delgada, S\u00e3o Miguel, Azores, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Ruben","family":"Heleno","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Functional Ecology, Associate Laboratory TERRA, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Cal\u00e7ada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456, Coimbra, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8448-7623","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Paulo","family":"Borges","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Azores, CE3C\u2014Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Azorean Biodiversity Group, CHANGE \u2014Global Change and Sustainability Institute, School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Rua Capit\u00e3o Jo\u00e3o d\u2019\u00c1vila, Pico da Urze, 9700-042, Angra do Hero\u00edsmo, Azores, Portugal"},{"name":"IUCN SSC Monitoring Specialist Group, Angra do Hero\u00edsmo, Azores, Portugal"}]}],"member":"2258","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"173529_B13513995","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/s43017-021-00207-2"},{"key":"173529_B13501836","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3897\/BDJ.12.e136391"},{"key":"173529_B13514042","author":"Borges","year":"2019","journal-title":"Encyclopedia of the World's Biomes"},{"key":"173529_B13501854","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3897\/BDJ.10.e81410"},{"key":"173529_B13501867","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/d16100624"},{"key":"173529_B13488018","article-title":"Coastal grassland vegetation records from S\u00e3o Miguel Island (Azores) and Mainland Portugal","author":"Calado"},{"key":"173529_B13508988","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3897\/BDJ.13.e144915"},{"key":"173529_B13501876","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/wcc.258"},{"key":"173529_B13501885","author":"Compton","year":"2007","journal-title":"Lundy Cabbage: past, present and future. 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