No. plots occupied Mean cover (%)Species
Life Form†
Family
Origin‡
Habitat§
Seed mass (mg/seed)
Non- sown
Sown
Non- sown
Sown
Achillea millefolium PF
Asteraceae
N
G-O-P
0.16
0
9
0
0.02
Amorpha canescens
PL
Fabaceae
N
P
4.22
0
15
0
1.13
Andropogon gerardi
C4-PG
Poaceae
N
G-P
3.26
0
16
0
1.14
Asclepias tuberosa
PF
Asclepiadaceae
N
G-P
5.34
2
18
<0.01
0.18
Aster novae-angliae
PF
Asteraceae
N
P
0.34
0
0
0
0
Bouteloua curtipendula
C4-PG
Poaceae
N
P
4.72
0
8
0
0.03
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum
PF
Asteraceae
I
P
0.62
0
1
0
<0.01
Dactylis glomerata
C3-PG
Poaceae
I
G-O-F
1.12
0
0
0
0
Desmanthus illinoensis
PL
Fabaceae
N
G-P
6.30
0
9
0
0.47
Echinacea pallida
PF
Asteraceae
N
P
5.42
0
21
0
0.20
Elymus Canadensis
C3-PG
Poaceae
N
G-P-F
4.02
0
0
0
0
Eragrostis trichodes
C3-PG
Poaceae
N
P
0.28
0
0
0
0
Festuca ovina
C3-PG
Poaceae
N
O
0.81
0
0
0
0
Lespedeza capitata PL
Fabaceae
N
P
3.68
0
16
0
2.22
Liatris psynostachya
PF
Asteraceae
N
G-P
3.24
0
1
0
<0.01
Medicago sativa PL
Fabaceae
I
G-O
1.92
0
1
0
<0.01
Melilotus officinalis
BL
Fabaceae
I
G-O
1.94
0
1
0
<0.01
Monarda fistulosa
PF
Lamiaceae
N
G-P-F
0.36
0
18
0
25.42
Panicum virgatum C4-PG
Poaceae
N
G-P
1.46
0
19
0
3.42
Petalostemum candidum
PL
Fabaceae
N
P
1.15
0
6
0
<0.01
Petalostemum purpurea
PL
Fabaceae
N
P
1.82
0
3
0
<0.01
Phleum pratense C3-PG
Poaceae
I
G-O
0.48
0
0
0
0
Ratibida columnifera PF
Asteraceae
N
P
0.64
0
18
0
0.67
Ratibida pinnata
PF
Asteraceae
N
G-P
1.06
0
1
0
<0.01
Rudbeckia hirta PF
Asteraceae
N
G-O-P
0.33
0
11
0
1.92
Salvia azurea
PF
Lamiaceae
N
P
3.56
0
22
0
3.60
Schizachyrium scoparium
C4-PG
Poaceae
N
G-P
1.82
0
5
0
0.23
Sorghastrum nutans C4-PG
Poaceae
N
P
2.24
0
14
0
1.16
Sporobolus cryptandrus
C4-PG
Poaceae
N
G
0.08
0
1
0
<0.01
Trifolium pratense PL
Fabaceae
I
G-O
1.82
0
3
0
0.17
Trifolium repens PL
Fabaceae
I
G-O
0.68
1
5
<0.01
<0.01
Tripsacum dactyloides
C4-PG
Poaceae
N
O-P
86.88
0
0
0
0
Notes: Occurrence refers to the number of non-sown or sown plots (n = 32 for each category) in which a given species was recorded in 2002. Habitat refers to the habitat type(s) in the surrounding landscape in which a given species is typically found (habitat classifications follow Kettle and Whitmore 1991). Taxonomy follows Great Plains Flora Association (1986).
† P = perennial, B = biennial, L = Legume, F = non-legume forb, G = grass.
‡N = native, I = introduced.
§G = cool-season grassland, O = successional and disturbed areas, P = Prairie, F = Forest.
Literature cited
Great Plains Flora Association. 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas, USA.
Kettle, W. D., and D. O. Whittemore. 1991. Ecology and hydrogeology of the Kansas Ecological Reserves and the Baker Wetlands. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas, USA.