LACLAIRE: UPLAND TEMPORARY POND VEGETATION IN FLORIDA


Table 3. Plant species present on greater than 60% of 1990 transects (1990) OR in greater than 60 % of all
pond basins (ALL), data combined.


Plant Species 1990 All


Panicum hemitomon 11/11 13/13
Andropogon glomeratus 8/11 13/13
Rhexia mariana var. mariana 11/13
Eupatorium leptophyllum 10/13
Eriocaulaceae 9/13
Rhynchospora sp. 8/13
Ilex glabra 8/13
Cephalanthus occidentalis 8/13


Table 4. Percentage of total vegetated cover for each co-dominant species from transects in Apalachicola
National Forest (ANF) and Welaka Research and Education Center (WE), 1990. WIS=Wetland indicator
status (Reed 1988).


 Pond


 Species WIS ANF-1 ANF-3 ANF-4 WE-5 WE-6 WE- 1


 Sphagnum sp. N/A 6
 Dichanthelium erectifolium OBL 32 18
 Panicum hemitomon OBL 8 34 65 54
 Rhynchospora corniculata OBL 15
 Rhynchospora glomerata OBL 20
 Eriocaulon sp. OBL 13
 Nymphaea odorata OBL 23
 Lachnanthes caroliniana OBL 16
 Ranunculus sceleratus OBL 18 48
 Andropogon glomeratus FACW 11
 Fimbristylis schoenoides FACW 18
 Eupatorium leptophyllum FAC+ 26
Dichanthelium acuminatum FAC 24

Total % Cover
3 sp. combined 55 69 74 70 89 92