{"accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["010:12"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "McKenzie Smith", "hasEmail": "mailto:mksmith@usgs.gov"}, "description": "This dataset describes tissue samples derived from Phragmites leaves spanning a developmental gradient from the youngest fully-expanded leaves to senescing leaves, as well as freshly senesced and partially decomposed leaf litter. Sample information includes leaf category, broad and local scale environmental descriptors, the geographic name and location of collection sites, and National Library of Medicine's National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) accession numbers for the raw sequencing data targeting the ITS and 16S:V3-V4 regions of the plant-associated metagenomes. Supporting sequencing data can be found at NCBI's Sequence Read Archive (SRA) under  BioProject PRJNA1455680.", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.5066/P1WQDUAV", "description": "Landing page for access to the data", "format": "XML", "mediaType": "application/http", "title": "Digital Data"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "description": "The metadata original format", "downloadURL": "https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.69d6961fb66b016b9641efd4.xml", "format": "XML", "mediaType": "text/xml", "title": "Original Metadata"}], "identifier": "http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/USGS_69d6961fb66b016b9641efd4", "keyword": ["DNA sequencing", "Michigan", "New Jersey", "North America", "USGS:69d6961fb66b016b9641efd4", "environment", "farming", "genetics", "invasive species", "microbes", "nuisance species", "vegetation"], "modified": "2026-07-14T00:00:00Z", "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "U.S. Geological Survey"}, "spatial": "-84.2871, 38.9850, -74.0671, 42.4903", "theme": ["geospatial"], "title": "Sample data for Phragmites australis subsp. australis leaves and litter characterized using 16S and ITS metabarcoding"}