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Plant communities and habitat types of the Meadow Creek experimental watershed

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  • The objectives of this study were: 1) to identify and map the experimental area of Meadow Creek watershed by existing vegetation, and 2) to identify and map the experimental area of Meadow Creek watershed by habitat types. The classification system adopted for this study was based on the habitat type concept of Rexford Daubenmire. Frequency of herbaceous vegetation and cover of shrub species were sampled in riparian communities. In upland communities density and cover estimations were used to quantify herbaceous plants, line intercepts were employed to sample shrub species, and belt transects were used to quantify the overstory component via density and basal area. Forty permanent transects were established in riparian communities and 151 permanent transects were established in upland communities. An association table process was employed for separation of plant communities and habitat types. Transects on the riparian meadows proved to be insufficiently stratified for quantification of plant communities. However, 44 riparian communities were delineated by reconnaissance methods. Seventeen plant communities were detected and mapped on upland areas. Habitat type classifications revealed three grassland, one shrub, and six forest habitat types on the area. Riparian meadows and a small portion of the upland area could not be classified to habitat types.
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