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Fermilab, 16B Study
2006, summer
Number of Quadrats: 28


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 2333 762 26 83.32 0.93 27.21 47.82 16.35 33.93 98.10
Stiff Goldenrod 1406 298 23 50.21 0.82 10.64 28.82 14.47 13.27 56.55
Compass Plant 16 76 8 0.57 0.29 2.71 0.33 5.03 3.38 8.74
Indian Grass 707 669 20 25.25 0.71 23.89 14.49 12.58 29.79 56.86
Switch Grass 29 48 6 1.04 0.21 1.71 0.59 3.77 2.14 6.50
Rattlesnake Master 12 27 7 0.43 0.25 0.96 0.25 4.40 1.20 5.85
Prairie Dock 4 12 3 0.14 0.11 0.43 0.08 1.89 0.53 2.50
Rosinweed 63 56 9 2.25 0.32 2.00 1.29 5.66 2.49 9.44
Yellow Coneflower 35 39 11 1.25 0.39 1.39 0.72 6.92 1.74 9.37
Black-eyed Susan 3 1 1 0.11 0.04 0.04 0.06 0.63 0.04 0.73
Tall Coreopsis 26 13 5 0.93 0.18 0.46 0.53 3.15 0.58 4.26
Sawtooth Sunflower 36 31 5 0.27 0.04 0.23 0.32 0.76 0.35 1.43
Wild Bergamot 73 50 11 2.61 0.39 1.79 1.50 6.92 2.23 10.64
Mountain Mint 79 97 12 2.82 0.43 3.46 1.62 7.55 4.32 13.48
New England Aster 9 21 4 0.07 0.03 0.16 0.08 0.61 0.24 0.93
Prairie Cord Grass 20 45 1 0.71 0.04 1.61 0.41 0.63 2.00 3.04
Showy Tick Trefoil 1 1 1 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.02 0.63 0.04 0.69
Pale Purple Coneflower 1 1 1 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.02 0.63 0.04 0.69
Culver's Root 23 17 3 0.82 0.11 0.61 0.47 1.89 0.76 3.12
Wild Quinine 34 66 8 0.26 0.06 0.50 0.30 1.22 0.75 2.27
Gray Goldenrod 28 28 1 0.21 0.01 0.21 0.25 0.15 0.32 0.71
Purple Prairie Clover 6 6 1 0.04 0.01 0.04 0.05 0.15 0.07 0.27
White Prairie Clover 30 16 2 1.07 0.07 0.57 0.61 1.26 0.71 2.59
White Wild Indigo 4 53 3 0.03 0.02 0.40 0.04 0.46 0.60 1.09
Cup Plant 10 10 1 0.08 0.01 0.08 0.09 0.15 0.11 0.35
Tall Boneset 3 2 1 0.11 0.04 0.07 0.06 0.63 0.09 0.78
Grass-leaved Goldenrod 10 5 1 0.08 0.01 0.04 0.09 0.15 0.06 0.30
Heath Aster 22 7 2 0.17 0.01 0.05 0.19 0.30 0.08 0.58
Bush Clover 45 95 5 0.34 0.04 0.72 0.40 0.76 1.08 2.23
Golden Alexanders 2 1 1 0.07 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.63 0.04 0.71
Foxglove Beard Tongue 6 7 2 0.21 0.07 0.25 0.12 1.26 0.31 1.69
Lead Plant 1 2 1 0.04 0.04 0.07 0.02 0.63 0.09 0.74
Yellowish Gentian 2 3 1 0.07 0.04 0.11 0.04 0.63 0.13 0.80
Dogbane 2 1 1 0.07 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.63 0.04 0.71
Prairie Blazing Star 1 1 1 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.02 0.63 0.04 0.69
Compass Dock Hybrid 1 1 1 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.02 0.63 0.04 0.69
Downy Gentian 2 1 1 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.15 0.01 0.18

Native Prairie Plant Diversity: 5.68


Invasives

Plant Name Total Plants
Found
Total Percentage
Found
# of Quadrats
Found In
Density Frequency Dominance Relative
Density
Relative
Frequency
Relative
Dominance
Importance Value
Clovers (ground) 639 88 16 22.82 0.57 3.14 6.31 22.86 10.89 40.06
Common Ragweed 4 2 1 0.03 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.49 0.05 0.54
Curled Dock 7 7 1 0.05 0.01 0.05 0.01 0.49 0.16 0.66
Daisy Fleabane 8 19 2 0.06 0.02 0.14 0.01 0.97 0.45 1.43
Drummonds Aster 4 4 1 0.03 0.01 0.03 0.01 0.49 0.09 0.58
Ground Cherry 2 4 1 0.02 0.01 0.03 0.00 0.49 0.09 0.58
Hairy Vetch 6 4 3 0.05 0.02 0.03 0.01 1.46 0.09 1.56
Sweet Clovers (tall) 8 22 3 0.29 0.11 0.79 0.08 4.29 2.72 7.09
Tall goldenrod 121 81 14 4.32 0.50 2.89 1.19 20.00 10.02 31.22
Unlisted-Grasslike 9217 548 15 329.18 0.54 19.57 91.01 21.43 67.82 180.26
Unlisted-Oval leaf 72 34 10 2.57 0.36 1.21 0.71 14.29 4.21 19.20
Unlisted-Round leaf 9 1 1 0.32 0.04 0.04 0.09 1.43 0.12 1.64
Unlisted-Triangular Pointed Leaf 10 7 6 0.36 0.21 0.25 0.10 8.57 0.87 9.54
Wild Carrot 15 20 2 0.11 0.02 0.15 0.02 0.97 0.47 1.46
Yarrow 51 27 5 1.82 0.18 0.96 0.50 7.14 3.34 10.99

Invasive Diversity: 2.50


Data for Spreadsheets

First 15 Prairie Plants - Last 22 Prairie Plants - First 15 Invasives

Data Summaries from Previous Years

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