Project: Plant performance was greater in the soils of more distantly related plants for an herbaceous understory species People: Drake D. Sweet and Jean H. Burns Journal: AoB PLANTS 2017 Aquilegia canadensis was grown in soils conditioned by heterospecifics in a greenhouse experiment. These soils were either left live or autoclaved. Variables: Pot = unique pot identifier Frame = frame that contains pots, a blocking factor Position = position within the frame. a potential blocking factor Focal_Order = taxonomic order of the focal species, Aquilegia canadensis Focal_Family = taxonomic family of the focal species, Aquilegia canadensis Focal_Genus = taxonomic genus of the focal species, Aquilegia canadensis Focal_Species = taxonomic order of the focal species, Aquilegia canadensis Conditioning_Order = taxonomic order of the soil conditioning species Conditioning_Family = taxonomic family of the soil conditioning species Conditioning_Genus = taxonomic genus of the soil conditioning species Conditioning_Species = taxonomic species of the soil conditioning species Taxonomic_distance = taxonomic distance between the focal species, Aquilegia canadensis, and the soil conditioning species (e.g. Order = these species are in the same taxonomic order) Rep = replicate soil collection identifier. replicates of conditioned soil were either left live or sterilized. analysis can be paired by replicate. Sterile = soil sterilization treatment. Soil was either left "live" or sterilized in an autoclave. Date_Harvested = date the plant was harvested. shootbio = dry shoot biomass in grams rootbio = dry root biomass in grams PD_PhyloGen = phylogenetic distance between the focal species, Aquilegia canadensis, and the soil conditioning species. Calculated on a PhyloGenerator phylogeny. Units = approximate millions of years. PD = phylogenetic distance between the focal species, Aquilegia canadensis, and the soil conditioning species. Calculated on de novo phylogeny. units = substitutions/site nativity = status of the soil conditioning species. Native = native to North America, where study was conducted and Aquilegia canadensis is native, or Introduced = introduced to North America.