| Year 5 (2006) Marsh Development at Middle Waterway (Simpson/Trustees), 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 | 5.0 | 0.2 | 3.8 | 0.01 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| seashore saltgrass | Distichlis spicata | 515.0 | 19.8 | 30.8 | 1.35 | 20.1 | 9.2 | 30.9 |
| seaside plantain | Plantago maritima | 15.0 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 0.04 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| pickleweed | Salicornia virginica | 870.0 | 33.5 | 80.8 | 2.28 | 35.0 | 21.7 | 48.4 |
| American bulrush | Scirpus americanus | 2.0 | 0.1 | 3.8 | 0.01 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Canadian sandspurry | Spergularia canadensis | 60.0 | 2.3 | 11.5 | 0.16 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 7.2 |
| Canopy Cover, Native | 1467.0 | 56.4 | 3.85 | 59.3 | 41.5 | 77.2 | ||
| Non-Native or Invasive1 | ||||||||
| (None) | n/a | n/a | n/a | |||||
| Canopy Cover, NNI | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | |||||
| TOTAL | 1467 | 56.4 | 3.85 | 59.3 | 41.5 | 77.2 | ||
| Proportion of non-native or invasive plants (%): | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||||||
| 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 Middle Waterway (Simpson/Trustees), 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 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 14.3 | 0.20 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| tufted hairgrass | Deschampsia cespitosa | 25.0 | 3.6 | 14.3 | 1.66 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| pickleweed | Salicornia virginica | 72.0 | 10.3 | 57.1 | 4.78 | 14.6 | 0.0 | 41.1 |
| Canadian sandspurry | Spergularia canadensis | 115.0 | 16.4 | 42.9 | 7.64 | 27.2 | 0.0 | 91.2 |
| Subtotal | 215 | 30.7 | 14.29 | 45.9 | 0.0 | 141.7 | ||
| Non-Native or Invasive1 | ||||||||
| (None) | n/a | n/a | n/a | |||||
| Subtotal | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | |||||
| TOTAL | 215 | 30.7 | 14.29 | 45.9 | 0.0 | 141.7 | ||
| Proportion of non-native or invasive plants (%): | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||||