Original data comes from a project which takes or took place as part of the DFG priority program “Exploratories for large-scale and long-term functional biodiversity research”. The data is stored together with descriptive metadata, in combination called a dataset, in the project repository (https://www.bexis.uni-jena.de). Species information was extracted from that original dataset. The second paragraph is part of the metadata of the original dataset. Bryophytes confirm a species rich plant group in ecosystems such as forests. We assessed bryophyte species diversity in relationship to forest-management types on 1050 forest plots. Müller J (2016). Bryophyte diversity in forests. Biodiversity Exploratories. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/svdnib accessed via GBIF.org