| Year 5 (2006) Marsh Development at Mowitch, Transect 1-1 – Cover | ||||||||
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Exact Method - Continuous | Unbiased Average Quadrat Canopy Cover (%) | 90% Confidence Interval | ||||
| Actual Total Canopy (%) | Average Quadrat Canopy Cover (%) | Frequency (%) | Species Composition (%) | Lower Bound | Upper Bound | |||
| Native | ||||||||
| orache, fat-hen saltbush | Atriplex patula | 26.0 | 0.6 | 13.3 | 0.02 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| Lyngby's sedge | Carex lyngbyei | 56.0 | 1.2 | 8.9 | 0.05 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 6.1 |
| tufted hairgrass | Deschampsia cespitosa | 48.0 | 1.0 | 15.6 | 0.04 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.7 |
| seashore saltgrass | Distichlis spicata | 396.0 | 8.6 | 33.3 | 0.32 | 11.7 | 0.0 | 23.7 |
| spike-rush | Eleocharis sp. | 254.0 | 5.5 | 40.0 | 0.20 | 6.8 | 1.6 | 12.0 |
| fleshy jaumea | Jaumea carnosa | 339.0 | 7.4 | 37.8 | 0.27 | 8.1 | 2.8 | 13.4 |
| seaside plantain | Plantago maritima | 398.0 | 8.7 | 40.0 | 0.32 | 10.4 | 3.8 | 17.0 |
| pickleweed | Salicornia virginica | 543.0 | 11.8 | 53.3 | 0.44 | 13.7 | 5.0 | 22.5 |
| Canadian sandspurry | Spergularia canadensis | 128.0 | 2.8 | 31.1 | 0.10 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 4.5 |
| seaside arrow-grass | Triglochin maritimum | 239.0 | 5.2 | 22.2 | 0.19 | 6.8 | 0.2 | 13.4 |
| Canopy Cover, Native | 2427.0 | 52.8 | 1.96 | 79.8 | 41.0 | 118.7 | ||
| Non-Native or Invasive1 | ||||||||
| brass buttons | Cotula coronopifolia | 92.0 | 2.0 | 324.4 | 0.07 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 3.1 |
| unclassified-herb | unclassified-herb | 25.0 | 0.5 | 284.4 | 0.02 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| unclassified-sedge | unclassified-sedge | 150.0 | 3.3 | 282.2 | 0.12 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 5.6 |
| Canopy Cover, NNI | 267.0 | 5.8 | 0.22 | 6.5 | 3.0 | 9.9 | ||
| TOTAL | 2694 | 58.6 | 2.17 | 79.5 | 46.4 | 112.5 | ||
| Proportion of non-native or invasive plants (%): | 9.9% | 7.5% | ||||||
| Actual Total Canopy: Obtained by summing the percent cover of all quadrats on the transect. | ||||||||
| Average Quadrat Canopy Cover: Obtained by dividing the total canopy by the total number of quadrats sampled on the transect. | ||||||||
| Frequency: Obtained by dividing the number of occurrences of a plant species (the number of quadrats in which a plant species was observed) by the total number of quadrats sampled along the transect. | ||||||||
| Species composition: Obtained by dividing the percent canopy cover of each plant species by the total canopy cover of all plant species. | ||||||||
| Year 5 (2006) Marsh Development at Mowitch, Transect 1-2 – Cover | ||||||||
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Exact Method - Continuous | Unbiased Average Quadrat Canopy Cover (%) | 90% Confidence Interval | ||||
| Actual Total Canopy (%) | Average Quadrat Canopy Cover (%) | Frequency (%) | Species Composition (%) | Lower Bound | Upper Bound | |||
| Native | ||||||||
| orache, fat-hen saltbush | Atriplex patula | 13.0 | 0.6 | 13.0 | 0.05 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| seashore saltgrass | Distichlis spicata | 85.0 | 3.7 | 8.7 | 0.32 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| spike-rush | Eleocharis sp. | 360.0 | 15.7 | 73.9 | 1.36 | 17.3 | 8.6 | 26.1 |
| fleshy jaumea | Jaumea carnosa | 26.0 | 1.1 | 13.0 | 0.10 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 3.5 |
| seaside plantain | Plantago maritima | 70.0 | 3.0 | 8.7 | 0.26 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| pickleweed | Salicornia virginica | 167.0 | 7.3 | 43.5 | 0.63 | 7.4 | 3.9 | 10.9 |
| Canadian sandspurry | Spergularia canadensis | 133.0 | 5.8 | 52.2 | 0.50 | 6.0 | 3.2 | 8.8 |
| seaside arrow-grass | Triglochin maritimum | 48.0 | 2.1 | 17.4 | 0.18 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 5.3 |
| Subtotal | 902 | 39.2 | 3.40 | 44.6 | 25.9 | 63.3 | ||
| Non-Native or Invasive1 | ||||||||
| brass buttons | Cotula coronopifolia | 250.0 | 10.9 | 82.6 | 0.94 | 11.0 | 8.1 | 13.9 |
| Subtotal | 250 | 10.9 | 0.94 | 11.0 | 8.1 | 13.9 | ||
| TOTAL | 1152 | 50.1 | 4.35 | 57.3 | 34.9 | 79.6 | ||
| Proportion of non-native or invasive plants (%): | 21.7% | 19.8% | ||||||
| Actual Total Canopy: Obtained by summing the percent cover of all quadrats on the transect. | ||||||||
| Average Quadrat Canopy Cover: Obtained by dividing the total canopy by the total number of quadrats sampled on the transect. | ||||||||
| Frequency: Obtained by dividing the number of occurrences of a plant species (the number of quadrats in which a plant species was observed) by the total number of quadrats sampled along the transect. | ||||||||
| Species composition: Obtained by dividing the percent canopy cover of each plant species by the total canopy cover of all plant species. | ||||||||