TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONT.) VOLUME 2 Chapter 7 (Cont.) IM C-Agrico Cateye ................................................................. 7-16 Cargill SP11.......................................... .................................. 7-17 Guy Branch ......... .......... .......................................................... 7-17 IM C-Agrico M orrow Swam p .................................................... 7-17 Data Collection ...................................................................................... 7-17 Vegetation ................................................................................. 7-17 Canopy Photographs ................................................................ 7-20 Light Transm ittance............ .................................................... 7-22 Soil ............................................................................................. 7-22 Data Analysis ......................................................................................... 7-23 Vegetation ................................................................................. 7-23 Successional Trajectories of W wetlands ......................................7-25 RESULTS .......................................................................................................... 7-27 Chronosequence of W wetlands .............................................................. 7-27 Canopy Tree Species................................................................. 7-27 Subcanopy Tree Species .......................................................... 7-36 Shrub Species............................................................................. 7-36 Understory Species .................................................................. 7-39 Frequency of Occurrence of Species in the Understory ......... 7-48 Soil Developm ent...................................................................... 7-58 Successional Trajectories of Constructed Forested Wetlands ........... 7-72 Canopy Trajectories................................................................. 7-72 Subcanopy Trajectories.............................................................. 7-72 Shrub Trajectories.................................................................... 7-75 Understory Trajectories ........................................................... 7-75 Soil Trajectories ....................................................................... 7-75 DISCUSSION .................................................................................................... 7-81 Chronosequence of Constructed Forested Wetlands ........................... 7-81 xi