Riparian Coverage at Mowitch - Percent Cover - Year 2 (2003)
Common Name	Scientific Name	No. of Quadrats Found 1	Percent Cover (range)	Percent Cover (mean)
Herbs, Forbes and Grasses
aster	Aster sp.	1	3	3.0
barnyardgrass	Echinochloa crus-galli	3	1 to 3	2.0
bentgrass	Agrostis sp.	6	2 to 55	13.6
birds-foot trefoil	Lotus corniculatus	43	1 to 65	18.6
black medick	Medicago lupulina	2	2	2.0
bluegrass	Poa sp.	4	4 to 10	6.3
brass buttons	Cotula coronopifolia	1	3	3.0
brome	Bromus sp.	1	2	2.0
bull thistle	Cirsium vulgare	11	1 to 15	8.2
Canada thistle	Cirsium arvense	5	1 to 3	2.0
common dandelion	Taraxacum officinale	6	1 to 2	1.3
common plantain	Plantago major	18	1 to 5	1.7
common rush	Juncus effusus	6	1 to 20	6.5
common St. John's-wort	Hypericum perforatum	2	1 to 10	5.5
common tansy	Tanacetum vulgare	1	1	1.0
common velvet-grass	Holcus lanatus	20	1 to 7	3.3
creeping buttercup	Ranunculus repens	9	1 to 5	3.4
Douglas aster	Aster subspicatus	1	5	5.0
English plantain	Plantago lanceolata	25	1 to 10	3.6
foxtail	Alopecurus sp.	1	4	4.0
geranium	Geranium sp.	1	3	3.0
hairy catsear	Hypochaeris radicata	6	1 to 5	2.2
knotweed	Polygonum sp.	10	1 to 15	6.3
oxeye daisy	Chrysanthemum leucanthemum	5	1 to 5	3.4
perennial ryegrass	Lolium perenne	17	1 to 10	5.8
quackgrass	Agropyron repens	1	2	2.0
Queen Anne's lace	Daucus carota	5	2 to 10	4.8
rabbitfoot clover	Trifolium arvense	1	4	4.0
red clover	Trifolium pratense	16	1 to 5	3.6
red fescue	Festuca rubra	2	2 to 5	3.5
redtop	Agrostis alba	16	3 to 35	12.4
rush	Juncus sp.	5	1 to 5	2.6
sickle-keeled lupine	Lupinus albicaulis	26	2 to 45	10.3
smooth crabgrass	Digitaria ischaemum	2	3 to 5	4.0
softstem bullrush	Scirpus tabernaemontani	1	3	3.0
speedwell	Veronica sp.	1	5	5.0
spike-rush	Eleocharis sp.	1	3	3.0
tall fescue	Festuca arundinacea	2	4 to 10	7.0
tapertip rush	Juncus acuminatus	1	2	2.0
thistle	Cirsium sp.	14	1 to 10	3.6
toad rush	Juncus bufonius	2	2	2.0
western pearly everlasting	Anaphalis margaritacea	7	1 to 15	3.8
white clover	Trifolium repens	10	1 to 7	3.5
white sweet-clover	Melilotus alba	23	2 to 25	7.4
willowherb	Epilobium sp.	35	1 to 30	5.6
yarrow	Achillea millefolium	39	1 to 25	5.8
unclassified-composite	unclassified-composite	19	1 to 10	2.4
unclassified-grass	unclassified-grass	25	2 to 30	8.7
unclassified-herb	unclassified-herb	13	1 to 20	4.0
Shrubs
beaked hazelnut	Corylus cornuta	3	1 to 7	4.3
common snowberry	Symphoricarpos albus	8	2 to 8	4.3
currant	Ribes sp.	1	5	5.0
Himalayan blackberry	Rubus discolor	14	1 to 10	4.1
Indian plum	Oemleria cerasiformis	1	5	5.0
oceanspray	Holodiscus discolor	3	2 to 10	5.7
Oregon crabapple	Malus fusca	1	5	5.0
Pacific ninebark	Physocarpus capitatus	1	10	10.0
red-flowering currant	Ribes sanguineum	1	5	5.0
red-osier dogwood	Cornus stolonifera	6	5 to 25	13.8
rose	Rosa sp.	25	1 to 35	10.7
Scot's broom	Cytisus scoparius	4	1 to 3	2.0
stink currant	Ribes bracteosum	1	5	5.0
twinberry honeysuckle	Lonicera involucrata	1	2	2.0
vine maple	Acer circinatum	1	15	15.0
unclassified-shrub	unclassified-shrub	2	1 to 4	2.5
Trees
Douglas fir	Pseudotsuga menziesii	8	2 to 40	14.4
Hooker's willow	Salix hookeriana	2	15	15.0
Oregon ash	Fraxinus latifolia	8	2 to 15	5.8
Pacific willow	Salix lasiandra	1	2	2.0
red alder	Alnus rubra	20	2 to 35	11.7
Sitka spruce	Picea sitchensis	1	7	7.0
western red cedar	Thuja plicata	6	1 to 45	18.5
Notes: There were a total of 46 quadrats
1:  No. of  Quadrats Found = Number of quadrats in which the species was observed
Bold are native species.  (All other entries are non-native or invasive.)
Mean percent cover is calculated for the number of quadrats where the plant was observed.