Table 2. Summary of plant diversity and abundance. Herbaceous Vegetation Shrubs Trees Diversity Abundance Diversity Abundance Diversity Abundance Treatments Number of Number of Number of Number of Total basal Sites species H' % cover species H' % cover species H' individuals area Consolidated Clay Settling Ponds Swift N-2 A-3 Mean + standard deviation Unreclaimed Pits and Spoil Piles 0-5 Years With Lakes Big Teeth Shark Tooth Young Tiger Mean standard deviation 5-15 Years With Lakes Orange Grove Pits Tiger Tail Tiger Bay South Mean standard deviation 4 2 0 2.0 2.0 3 5 7 5.0 2.0 13 11 6 10.0 3.6 0.71 17.7 0.67 28.8 0 0 0.46 15.5 0.39 14.5 1.03 5.0 1.33 3.0 0.84 39.5 1.06 15.8 0.24 20.5 1.49 43.7 1.54 39.3 1.54 51.8 1.52 44.9 0.02 6.3 4 5 9 6.0 +2.6 1 1 3 1.7 1.2 10 12 10 10.7 1.2 0.46 47.9 1 0.79 77.9 1 1.11 33.3 2 0.78 53.0 1.3 0.32 22.7 0.6 0 4.0 0 0 1.7 0 0.82 11.3 0 0.27 5.7 0 0.47 5.0 1.46 71.9 1.88 122.4 1.62 53.4 1.65 82.6 0.21 35.7 4 2 3 3.0 1.0 0 7 191 0 134 4,244 0.66 331 14,879 0.22 157.3 6,438 0.38 163.2 7,586 S 0 -- 0 -- 0 - -- 0 1.30 17 1,183 0.40 36 1,559 0.76 11 487 0.82 21.3 1,076 0.45 13.0 544