biostudies-literatureUnknown15King MLSweetgrass (<i>Anthoxanthum nitens</i>) is a culturally and environmentally significant perennial grass to many Indigenous Peoples; however, little is known about the potential of Sweetgrass as a contributor to soil health, biodiversity, and climate adaptation. Here, a team of transdisciplinary experts from academia, a non-governmental organization, and a First Nation community collaborated to investigate the structural composition of the rhizomes, stems, and leaves of greenhouse-grown Sweetgrass in comparison to other Poaceae grass members found in a nearby field. The data shows that the monosaccharide composition of <i>A. nitens</i> was evenly distributed throughout the three tissues, and that cellulose was the predominant polysaccharide followed by glucuronoararbinoxylans. There were leFrontiers in microbiology1384204https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12067597biostudies-literatureComparative analysis of the soil microbiome and carbohydrate content of &lt;i&gt;Anthoxanthum nitens&lt;/i&gt; (Sweetgrass) and other Poaceae grass tissues and associated soils.PMC12067597Gorzelak MALow KEVeltri MXing XNeuberger PWeighill BBig Bull WAbbott DWKing MLPlain Eagle NHall EThomas PJBajwa BMontina TKlassen LLynes LSHanna NfalseComparative analysis of the soil microbiome and carbohydrate content of &lt;i&gt;Anthoxanthum nitens&lt;/i&gt; (Sweetgrass) and other Poaceae grass tissues and associated soils.Sweetgrass (<i>Anthoxanthum nitens</i>) is a culturally and environmentally significant perennial grass to many Indigenous Peoples; however, little is known about the potential of Sweetgrass as a contributor to soil health, biodiversity, and climate adaptation. Here, a team of transdisciplinary experts from academia, a non-governmental organization, and a First Nation community collaborated to investigate the structural composition of the rhizomes, stems, and leaves of greenhouse-grown Sweetgrass in comparison to other Poaceae grass members found in a nearby field. The data shows that the monosaccharide composition of <i>A. nitens</i> was evenly distributed throughout the three tissues, and that cellulose was the predominant polysaccharide followed by glucuronoararbinoxylans. There were le2024-01-01T00:00:00Z20242026-06-01T22:22:07.46Z2026-05-22T03:08:13.089ZS-EPMC120675974035741210.3389/fmicb.2024.1384204