Year 3 (2004) Riparian Development at Squally Beach, Transect 2 - Cover
Common Name Scientific Name Average Quadrat Canopy Cover (%) Frequency Average Where Found (%) Unbiased Average Quadrat Canopy Cover (%) 90% Confidence Interval
(%) Quadrats Containing Species Lower Bound Upper Bound
Native                
Emergents                
American bulrush Scirpus americanus 0.7 10.0% 1/10 7.0 n/a n/a n/a
Lyngby's sedge Carex lyngbyei 0.7 10.0% 1/10 7.0 n/a n/a n/a
Herbs and Forbes                
sicklekeel lupine Lupinus albicaulis 0.2 10.0% 1/10 2.0 n/a n/a n/a
Shrubs                
beaked hazelnut Corylus cornuta 0.7 20.0% 2/10 3.5 n/a n/a n/a
currant Ribes sp. 1.0 10.0% 1/10 10.0 n/a n/a n/a
Indian plum Oemleria cerasiformis 1.5 20.0% 2/10 7.5 n/a n/a n/a
oceanspray Holodiscus discolor 5.0 10.0% 1/10 50.0 n/a n/a n/a
red-osier dogwood Cornus stolonifera 5.0 30.0% 3/10 16.7 5.9 0.0 14.7
rose Rosa sp. 11.8 40.0% 4/10 29.5 36.7 0.0 167.5
salal Gaultheria shallon 0.5 10.0% 1/10 5.0 n/a n/a n/a
Trees                
Douglas fir Pseudotsuga menziesii 3.0 10.0% 1/10 30.0 n/a n/a n/a
Hooker's willow Salix hookeriana 38.0 80.0% 8/10 47.5 44.2 7.1 81.3
lodgepole pine Pinus contorta 2.7 20.0% 2/10 13.5 n/a n/a n/a
red alder Alnus rubra 43.6 80.0% 8/10 54.5 87.6 0.0 219.2
western hemlock Tsuga heterophylla 0.1 10.0% 1/10 1.0 n/a n/a n/a
Non-Native or Invasive                
Herbs and Forbes                
Japanese knotweed Polygonum cuspidatum 2.2 20.0% 2/10 11.0 n/a n/a n/a
white sweet-clover Melilotus alba 0.1 10.0% 1/10 0.5 n/a n/a n/a
unknown unknown 81.3 100.0% 10/10 81.3 102.0 39.1 164.8
Shrubs                
Himalayan blackberry Rubus discolor 15.8 90.0% 9/10 17.6 20.2 1.3 39.1
  Total Herbs         105.6 39.5 171.8
  Total Shrubs         65.4 0.0 148.5
  Total Trees         101.9 37.8 165.9
  Total NNI         102.1 75.4 128.8
  Total Native         117.9 77.7 158.2