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Fermilab, 17 Study
2009, fall
Number of Quadrats: 43

Native Prairie Plants

Plant Name Total Plants
Found		 Total Percentage
Found		 # of Quadrats
Found In		 Density Frequency Dominance Relative
Density		 Relative
Frequency		 Relative
Dominance		 Importance Value
Big Bluestem 1840 532 30 42.79 0.70 12.37 51.10 19.61 34.48 105.18
Stiff Goldenrod 47 72 12 1.09 0.28 1.67 1.30 7.84 4.67 13.81
Compass Plant 8 75 4 0.19 0.09 1.74 0.22 2.61 4.86 7.70
Indian Grass 1016 201 13 23.63 0.30 4.67 28.21 8.50 13.03 49.74
Switch Grass 2 5 1 0.05 0.02 0.12 0.06 0.65 0.32 1.03
Rattlesnake Master 4 31 2 0.09 0.05 0.72 0.11 1.31 2.01 3.43
Prairie Dock 3 10 2 0.07 0.05 0.23 0.08 1.31 0.65 2.04
Rosinweed 148 189 16 3.44 0.37 4.40 4.11 10.46 12.25 26.82
Yellow Coneflower 10 9 5 0.23 0.12 0.21 0.28 3.27 0.58 4.13
Black-eyed Susan 2 1 1 0.05 0.02 0.02 0.06 0.65 0.07 0.78
Tall Coreopsis 44 79 14 1.02 0.33 1.84 1.22 9.15 5.12 15.49
Sawtooth Sunflower 11 14 4 0.26 0.09 0.33 0.30 2.61 0.91 3.83
Wild Bergamot 359 216 28 8.35 0.65 5.02 9.97 18.30 14.00 42.27
Mountain Mint 72 68 9 1.67 0.21 1.58 2.00 5.88 4.41 12.29
New England Aster 5 18 3 0.12 0.07 0.42 0.14 1.96 1.17 3.27
Culver's Root 10 1 1 0.23 0.02 0.02 0.28 0.65 0.07 1.00
Tall Boneset 3 1 1 0.07 0.02 0.02 0.08 0.65 0.07 0.80
Grass-leaved Goldenrod 2 2 2 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.06 1.31 0.13 1.49
Shooting Star 1 3 1 0.02 0.02 0.07 0.03 0.65 0.19 0.88
Foxglove Beard Tongue 5 2 1 0.12 0.02 0.05 0.14 0.65 0.13 0.92
Northern Bedstraw 1 1 1 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.65 0.07 0.75
Stiff Aster 7 8 1 0.16 0.02 0.19 0.19 0.65 0.52 1.37
Dogbane 1 5 1 0.02 0.02 0.12 0.03 0.65 0.32 1.01

Native Prairie Plant Diversity: 3.56

Invasives

Plant Name Total Plants
Found		 Total Percentage
Found		 # of Quadrats
Found In		 Density Frequency Dominance Relative
Density		 Relative
Frequency		 Relative
Dominance		 Importance Value
Common Milkweed 3 6 3 0.02 0.07 0.14 0.00 3.61 0.34 3.96
Drummonds Aster 3 39 3 0.02 0.07 0.91 0.00 3.61 2.23 5.85
Ground Cherry 2 1 1 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.00 1.20 0.06 1.27
Sweet Clovers (tall) 14 10 2 0.02 0.05 0.23 0.02 2.41 0.57 3.01
Tall goldenrod 215 286 28 0.02 0.65 6.65 0.36 33.73 16.37 50.46
Unlisted-Grasslike 60055 1316 24 0.02 0.56 30.60 99.50 28.92 75.33 203.74
Unlisted-Oval leaf 24 44 6 0.02 0.14 1.02 0.04 7.23 2.52 9.79
Wild Carrot 16 14 5 0.02 0.12 0.33 0.03 6.02 0.80 6.85
Yarrow 27 31 11 0.02 0.26 0.72 0.04 13.25 1.77 15.07

Invasive Diversity: 1.93

Data for Spreadsheets

First 15 Prairie Plants - Last 8 Prairie Plants - First 9 Invasives
Data Summaries from Previous Years
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