Data Release: Bee and plant inventory data from four national parks in Maryland and Virginia, USA, 2021–2022

This data release is for all native bee and plant records collected at four national parks in Maryland and Virginia, 2021 and 2022. The purpose of the study was to document the floral resources and native bees that depend on them within variously-managed park grasslands, with the goal of providing managers with information that will help them maximize pollinator habitat while concurrently meeting other management objectives. The zip file "Bee_and_Plant_Metadata_NPS2021-2022.7z" contains two metadata records: 1) "Battlefield_Bees_metadata_08.07.2024.xml" contains all native bee data, and 2. "Battlefield_Plants_metadata_08.07.2024.xml" contains all plant data.