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Table 5. Percentage of the total vegetated cover for each co-dominant species from transects in
Ordway/Swisher Memorial Sanctuary, 1989 and 1990. WIS=Wetland indicator status (Reed 1988).


 Pond


 WIS GP GP BP BP OS HP DP
Species (1989) (1989)


Axonopusfurcatus OBL 19
Leersia hexandra OBL 22 16
Panicum hemitomon OBL 39 12 52 29 22 44 59
Eleocharis rostellata OBL 14
Lachnocaulon anceps OBL 9
Rhexia mariana FACW+ 10
Panicum verrucosum FACW 30 35
Cyperus odoratus FACW 22
Ilexglabra FACW 7
Eupatorium leptophyllum FAC+ 20 14
Pinus palustris FACU+ 13
Cladonia sp. N/A 15

% Total Cover
3 sp. combined 68 58 81 83 58 68 87






Table 6. Sorensen Similarity Indices (SI) calculated from species present along vegetation transects in ponds
sampled October-November 1989 (BP-89 and GP-89) and May-July 1990.


 ANF ANF WE WE WE GP BP
 3 4 GP BP OS HP DP 5 6 11 89 89


 ANF-1 52 53 31 32 24 52 25 23 15 17 33 26
 ANF-3 53 30 31 29 43 24 15 15 8 39 44
 ANF-4 19 32 18 37 25 15 15 8 27 32
 GP 37 44 48 31 14 21 8 50 50
 BP 28 36 42 29 10 11 48 54
 OS 32 36 7 20 7 24 34
 HP 38 17 26 10 37 36
 DP 10 10 11 17 22
 WE 46 50 23 22
 WE 30 8 15
 WE 8 16
 GP -89 58