Appendix B (Table B1). Dominant plant species, by average % cover per 1-m2 quadrat, for each of four intervals between 1984 and 2001.
|
Species |
LHG |
1984–1985 |
1986–1990 |
1992–1996 |
1997–2001 |
|
Aster pilosus |
PF |
23.71% |
16.23% |
1.82% |
0.32% |
|
Setaria faberi |
AG |
11.73 |
4.42 |
0.84 |
2.21 |
|
Erigeron strigosus |
AF |
10.84 |
1.52 |
0.85 |
0.27 |
|
Ambrosia artemisiifolia |
AF |
6.97 |
5.21 |
4.86 |
3.88 |
|
Polygonum pennsylvanicum |
AF |
6.96 |
0.29 |
0.67 |
0.40 |
|
Oxalis stricta |
PF |
4.26 |
0.36 |
0.28 |
0.22 |
|
Juncus sp. |
PG |
3.28 |
4.66 |
0.97 |
0.77 |
|
Melilotus sp. |
AF |
2.59 |
2.85 |
4.87 |
1.27 |
|
Polygonum lapathifolium |
AF |
2.32 |
0.09 |
0 |
0 |
|
Hypericum punctatum |
PF |
2.22 |
0.68 |
0.23 |
0.21 |
|
Solidago canadensis |
PF |
1.89 |
23.29 |
27.31 |
19.75 |
|
Aster prealtus |
PF |
0.33 |
5.14 |
10.33 |
6.03 |
|
Acalypha sp. |
AF |
1.14 |
1.56 |
0.52 |
0.98 |
|
Cassia chamaecrista |
AF |
0.41 |
1.55 |
0.29 |
0.19 |
|
Cornus drummondii |
W |
0.07 |
0.85 |
20.61 |
41.45 |
|
Bromus japonicus |
AG |
<0.01 |
0.78 |
6.57 |
11.01 |
|
Rubus sp. |
W |
0 |
0.27 |
4.60 |
6.95 |
|
Bromus inermis |
PG |
0.09 |
0.25 |
4.05 |
6.19 |
|
Geum canadense |
PF |
0 |
0.03 |
2.16 |
4.17 |
|
Toxicodendron radicans |
W |
<0.01 |
<0.01 |
2.14 |
7.16 |
|
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus |
W |
0 |
0.02 |
1.58 |
4.13 |
Notes: LHG indicates life history group: annual forb (AF), perennial forb (PF), annual graminoid (AG), perennial graminoid (PG), and woody plant (W). Boldface type indicates that the species is one of the 10 most abundant for the designated interval.