Table 7.8. Frequency of Occurrence of Herbaceous Species Found in the Understory of Constructed Forested Wetlands.


 Site Age
Species Name wetland status 0.5 2 5 6 8 10 10 12 14 15 16 17 18 19


Acalypha gracilens
Alternanthera philoxeroides
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Ammannia latifolia
Andropogon sp.
Aster sp.
Aster carolinianus
Bacopa caroliniana
Bacopa monnieri
Begonia semperflorens
Bidens sp.
Bidens alba
Bidens laevis
Boehmeria cylindrica
Brachiaria ramosa
Carex longii
Centella asiatica
Chamaecrista nictitans
Chenopodium ambrosioides
Cicuta americana
Commelina diffusa
Conyza canadensis


0.06


 0.05
0.50 0.50 0.57


0.06 0.08
 0.58
0.06 0.25


0.40


0.33 0.64
 0.14
 0.14


0.14


0.14


0.25


0.50


0.68


facultative upland*
obligate
facultative upland
obligate
facultative/ fac. wet
***

obligate
obligate
obligate
***
***
facultative
obligate
obligate
***
facultative wetland*
facultative wetland
***

facultative upland
obligate
facultative wetland
facultative upland


0.21 0.09 0.17


0.70


0.14


0.04 0.18


0.18


0.29


0.88
0.63 0.14


0.06


0.11
0.37


0.06
0.06


0.57


0.21


nA 2


nA I


v.JJ uV.1 V~v


0.08 0.09
 A nA


0.05


* Status provided by consensus of six botanists.
*** Species not listed in The Florida Wetlands Delineation Manual or the National List of Plant Species that Occur in Wetlands (Reed 1988).


0.29


0.17