cff-version: 1.2.0 abstract: "<p>This data set contains the survival of <i>Spartina anglica</i> seedlings (with different ages), the survival, shoot numbers, plant height and biomass of <i>S. anglica</i> tussocks of a field mega-marsh organ marsh experiment that been carried out in Perkpolder, the Netherlands in 2016 and 2018. This study investigated the impact of surface drainage and elevation relative to mean sea-level on <i>i)</i> the survival of <i>S. anglica</i> seedlings from three different age classes: 1-year, 3-month and 1-week; and <i>ii)</i> the growth performance of mature <i>S. anglica</i> marsh tussocks.</p>" authors: - family-names: Cao given-names: Haobing orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6324-7383" title: "Data presented in the paper: Salt marsh establishment in poorly consolidated muddy systems: effects of surface drainage, elevation and plant age" keywords: version: 1 identifiers: - type: doi value: 10.4121/14946021.v1 license: CC BY 4.0 date-released: 2021-07-22