Ecological Archives E085-041-A1

Bryan L. Foster and Timothy L. Dickson. 2004. Grassland diversity and productivity: the interplay of resource availability and propagule pools. Ecology 85:1541–1547.

Appendix A. Characteristics of sown species, their occurrence, and percent cover in unsown and sown plots.

           
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.


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