The TraitDivNet crew, specifically Carlos Carmona and his team, have spent some intense days sampling in our region, using the facilities of CIDE and enjoying some well deserved paella and horchata after the hard work. TraitDivNet is an open global network of researchers interested in plant traits launched in 2022. They aim to collect trait information on dominant plant species across habitats worldwide. Besides, they focus not only on aboveground traits, but also on belowground traits, which are much scarcer and have recently been shown to be relevant (Carmona et al. 2021).