| Year 5 (2006) Marsh Development at Squally Beach, 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 | ||||||||
| Douglas aster | Aster subspicatus | 25.0 | 1.0 | 8.3 | 0.08 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| orache, fat-hen saltbush | Atriplex patula | 17.0 | 0.7 | 16.7 | 0.05 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 2.1 |
| seashore saltgrass | Distichlis spicata | 372.0 | 15.5 | 50.0 | 1.14 | 18.3 | 6.7 | 29.8 |
| entire-leaved gumweed | Grindelia integrifolia | 163.0 | 6.8 | 37.5 | 0.50 | 8.4 | 0.0 | 17.2 |
| fleshy jaumea | Jaumea carnosa | 366.0 | 15.3 | 58.3 | 1.12 | 19.4 | 3.9 | 34.9 |
| seaside plantain | Plantago maritima | 12.0 | 0.5 | 8.3 | 0.04 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| pickleweed | Salicornia virginica | 407.0 | 17.0 | 75.0 | 1.25 | 18.4 | 10.3 | 26.5 |
| Canopy Cover, Native | 1362.0 | 56.8 | 4.17 | 71.5 | 34.8 | 108.1 | ||
| Non-Native or Invasive1 | ||||||||
| (None) | n/a | n/a | n/a | |||||
| Canopy Cover, NNI | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| TOTAL | 1362 | 56.8 | 4.17 | 71.5 | 34.8 | 108.1 | ||
| 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 Squally Beach, 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 | 35.0 | 2.3 | 33.3 | 0.15 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 6.0 |
| Lyngby's sedge | Carex lyngbyei | 410.0 | 27.3 | 53.3 | 1.78 | 32.8 | 5.7 | 59.8 |
| red-osier dogwood | Cornus stolonifera | 10.0 | 0.7 | 6.7 | 0.04 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| seashore saltgrass | Distichlis spicata | 170.0 | 11.3 | 26.7 | 0.74 | 13.0 | 0.0 | 28.3 |
| spike-rush | Eleocharis sp. | 15.0 | 1.0 | 6.7 | 0.07 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| fleshy jaumea | Jaumea carnosa | 211.0 | 14.1 | 46.7 | 0.91 | 22.5 | 0.0 | 57.2 |
| seaside plantain | Plantago maritima | 15.0 | 1.0 | 6.7 | 0.07 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Hooker's willow | Salix hookeriana | 400.0 | 26.7 | 33.3 | 1.73 | 26.9 | 9.1 | 44.7 |
| pickleweed | Salicornia virginica | 90.0 | 6.0 | 33.3 | 0.39 | 6.8 | 0.0 | 14.0 |
| American bulrush | Scirpus americanus | 55.0 | 3.7 | 20.0 | 0.24 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 11.4 |
| seacoast bulrush | Scirpus maritimus | 2.0 | 0.1 | 6.7 | 0.01 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| seaside arrow-grass | Triglochin maritimum | 20.0 | 1.3 | 6.7 | 0.09 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Subtotal | 1433 | 95.5 | 6.21 | 101.5 | 71.6 | 131.5 | ||
| Non-Native or Invasive1 | ||||||||
| bentgrass | Agrostis sp. | 5.0 | 0.3 | 6.7 | 0.02 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| reed canarygrass | Phalaris arundinacea | 50.0 | 3.3 | 6.7 | 0.22 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Himalayan blackberry | Rubus discolor | 30.0 | 2.0 | 20.0 | 0.13 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 4.4 |
| unclassified-composite | unclassified-composite | 20.0 | 1.3 | 6.7 | 0.09 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Subtotal | 105 | 7.0 | 0.46 | 8.1 | 0.0 | 17.5 | ||
| TOTAL | 1538 | 102.5 | 6.67 | 109.8 | 76.5 | 143.1 | ||
| Proportion of non-native or invasive plants (%): | 6.8% | 7.4% | ||||||
| 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 Squally Beach, Transect 1-3 – 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 | 25.0 | 1.6 | 6.3 | 0.10 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| seashore saltgrass | Distichlis spicata | 320.0 | 20.0 | 50.0 | 1.30 | 21.9 | 7.1 | 36.7 |
| spike-rush | Eleocharis sp. | 25.0 | 1.6 | 12.5 | 0.10 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| entire-leaved gumweed | Grindelia integrifolia | 30.0 | 1.9 | 18.8 | 0.12 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 |
| fleshy jaumea | Jaumea carnosa | 43.0 | 2.7 | 37.5 | 0.17 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 6.4 |
| pickleweed | Salicornia virginica | 347.0 | 21.7 | 50.0 | 1.41 | 30.6 | 0.2 | 61.1 |
| Subtotal | 790 | 49.4 | 3.21 | 59.4 | 21.3 | 97.6 | ||
| Non-Native or Invasive1 | ||||||||
| (None) | n/a | n/a | n/a | |||||
| Subtotal | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| TOTAL | 790 | 49.4 | 3.21 | 59.4 | 21.3 | 97.6 | ||
| 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. | ||||||||