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2005 Annual Report
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Table 8. Frequency of plant species in 25 x 25 cm frames on overflow range sites in 1988 and 2005 and their response to long term grazing. |
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Treatment |
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Ungrazed |
Light |
Moderate |
Heavy |
Extreme |
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Scientific Name - Common name |
1988 |
2005 |
1988 |
2005 |
1988 |
2005 |
1988 |
2005 |
1988 |
2005 |
Grazing Response |
Poa pratensis L. - Kentucky bluegrass |
63.33 |
96.67 |
62.00 |
100.00 |
73.33 |
100.00 |
58.67 |
99.33 |
72.67 |
99.33 |
increase-decrease |
Symphoricarpos occidentalis Hook. - buckbrush |
53.33 |
58.00 |
55.33 |
54.00 |
49.33 |
58.00 |
61.33 |
56.00 |
65.33 |
20.00 |
decrease |
Bromus inermis Leyss. - smooth brome |
33.33 |
96.67 |
25.33 |
60.00 |
31.33 |
54.00 |
19.33 |
58.00 |
32.00 |
46.00 |
decrease |
Solidago rigida L. - stiff goldenrod |
32.00 |
38.67 |
40.67 |
50.00 |
28.00 |
66.00 |
9.33 |
75.33 |
12.67 |
56.67 |
increase-decrease |
Aster ericoides L. - heath aster |
35.33 |
41.33 |
23.33 |
42.67 |
32.00 |
44.00 |
34.67 |
38.67 |
40.00 |
30.67 |
increase |
Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. - cudweed sagewort |
34.00 |
18.67 |
22.67 |
38.00 |
22.00 |
34.67 |
23.33 |
42.67 |
39.33 |
36.67 |
increase |
Helianthus rigidus (Cass.) Desf. - stiff sunflower |
38.67 |
50.00 |
30.00 |
38.67 |
47.33 |
24.00 |
64.67 |
24.67 |
49.33 |
0.00 |
decrease |
Carex obtusata Lilj. - obtuse sedge |
21.33 |
23.33 |
16.00 |
21.33 |
23.33 |
43.33 |
26.00 |
60.00 |
11.33 |
50.00 |
increase |
Carex heliophila Mack. - sun sedge |
46.67 |
6.67 |
30.67 |
3.33 |
34.00 |
11.33 |
30.67 |
20.67 |
63.33 |
63.33 |
increase |
Achillea millefolium L. - western yarrow |
6.67 |
6.00 |
8.00 |
29.33 |
2.67 |
34.00 |
3.33 |
43.33 |
2.67 |
88.67 |
increase |
Elytrigia repens (L.) Desv. - quackgrass |
20.67 |
5.33 |
18.67 |
45.33 |
10.00 |
26.67 |
10.67 |
26.00 |
14.00 |
36.67 |
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Taraxacum officinale Weber - common dandelion |
0.00 |
8.00 |
0.00 |
23.33 |
0.00 |
48.67 |
0.00 |
47.33 |
0.00 |
93.33 |
increase |
Ambrosia psilostachya DC. - western ragweed |
10.00 |
8.67 |
16.00 |
18.67 |
21.33 |
17.33 |
11.33 |
13.33 |
1.33 |
1.33 |
increase-decrease |
Andropogon gerardii Vitman - big bluestem |
10.00 |
5.33 |
41.33 |
31.33 |
38.00 |
31.33 |
17.33 |
23.33 |
5.33 |
2.67 |
increase-decrease |
Oxalis stricta L. - yellow wood sorrel |
0.00 |
2.67 |
0.00 |
12.67 |
0.00 |
29.33 |
0.00 |
26.67 |
0.00 |
26.67 |
increase |
Galium boreale L. - northern bedstraw |
8.00 |
20.00 |
6.00 |
17.33 |
10.67 |
16.00 |
5.33 |
14.67 |
16.00 |
14.00 |
increase-decrease |
Pascopyrum smithii (Rydb.) A. Love - western wheatgrass |
14.67 |
4.00 |
4.67 |
2.00 |
4.67 |
21.33 |
1.33 |
29.33 |
11.33 |
30.67 |
increase |
Solidago canadensis L. - Canada goldenrod |
6.00 |
11.33 |
18.67 |
34.00 |
3.33 |
22.00 |
12.00 |
14.00 |
2.67 |
0.67 |
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Rosa arkansana Porter - prairie rose |
8.67 |
20.00 |
7.33 |
14.67 |
10.00 |
12.67 |
13.33 |
2.00 |
26.00 |
6.67 |
decrease |
Glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh - wild licorice |
12.00 |
11.33 |
12.67 |
40.67 |
4.67 |
4.00 |
8.67 |
16.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
increase-decrease |
Cirsium flodmanii (Rydb.) Arthur - Flodman’s thistle |
4.67 |
9.33 |
1.33 |
8.67 |
8.67 |
22.00 |
8.67 |
10.67 |
3.33 |
8.00 |
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Agropyron caninum (L.) Beauv. - slender wheatgrass |
12.00 |
0.00 |
10.00 |
7.33 |
10.67 |
12.67 |
21.33 |
8.67 |
12.67 |
10.67 |
increase |
Viola pedatifida G. Don - larkspur violet |
0.67 |
11.33 |
0.67 |
20.00 |
1.33 |
24.00 |
1.33 |
18.00 |
0.00 |
21.33 |
increase |
Polygonum convolvulus L. - wild buckwheat |
0.00 |
2.67 |
0.00 |
0.67 |
0.00 |
3.33 |
1.33 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
0.67 |
increase |
Stipa viridula Trin. - green needlegrass |
3.33 |
2.00 |
13.33 |
2.67 |
3.33 |
3.33 |
8.67 |
7.33 |
9.33 |
18.00 |
increase |
Cerastium arvense L. - prairie chickweed |
0.00 |
0.67 |
0.00 |
4.67 |
0.00 |
13.33 |
0.00 |
16.67 |
0.00 |
61.33 |
increase |
Solidago missouriensis Nutt. - Missouri goldenrod |
1.33 |
6.67 |
0.00 |
0.67 |
3.33 |
7.33 |
2.00 |
4.67 |
4.00 |
24.67 |
increase |
Agrostis hyemalis (Walt.) B.S.P. - ticklegrass |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
10.00 |
0.00 |
8.67 |
0.00 |
4.00 |
0.00 |
32.67 |
increase |
Grindelia squarrosa (Pursh) Dun. - curly-cup gumweed |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
4.67 |
0.00 |
8.67 |
0.67 |
26.00 |
4.67 |
43.33 |
increase |
Aster simplex Willd. - panicled aster |
2.00 |
5.33 |
13.33 |
20.67 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
5.33 |
3.33 |
0.00 |
0.67 |
increase-decrease |
Androsace occidentalis Pursh - western rock jasmine |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
3.33 |
0.00 |
9.33 |
0.00 |
9.33 |
0.00 |
20.67 |
increase |
Astragalus agrestis Dougl. ex G. Don - field milk-vetch |
0.67 |
0.00 |
0.67 |
1.33 |
0.00 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
5.33 |
2.00 |
32.00 |
increase |
Solidago mollis Bartl. - soft goldenrod |
2.67 |
1.33 |
2.00 |
6.00 |
6.00 |
2.00 |
0.67 |
3.33 |
0.67 |
1.33 |
increase-decrease |
Conyza canadensis (L.) Cronq. - horse–weed |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
1.33 |
0.67 |
2.00 |
0.67 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
increase |
Carex lanuginosa Michx. - wooly sedge |
0.00 |
0.67 |
0.67 |
5.33 |
1.33 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
1.33 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
increase-decrease |
Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Woot. & Standl. - prairie coneflower |
3.33 |
0.67 |
0.67 |
2.67 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.67 |
7.33 |
0.67 |
8.67 |
increase |
Medicago lupulina L. - black medic |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
3.33 |
0.00 |
11.33 |
0.00 |
30.00 |
invader |
Spartina pectinata Link - prairie cordgrass |
0.00 |
4.67 |
0.00 |
8.67 |
0.00 |
3.33 |
0.00 |
2.00 |
1.33 |
0.67 |
decrease |
Anemone cylindrica A. Gray - candle anemone |
0.00 |
1.33 |
0.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
9.33 |
0.00 |
5.33 |
0.00 |
4.67 |
increase-decrease |
Euphorbia serpyllifolia Pers. - thyme-leaved spurge |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
5.33 |
0.00 |
12.00 |
increase |
Amorpha canescens Pursh - lead plant |
1.33 |
0.67 |
0.00 |
0.67 |
0.67 |
0.67 |
6.00 |
1.33 |
1.33 |
0.00 |
decrease |
Juncus balticus Willd. - Baltic rush |
0.00 |
0.00 |
2.00 |
12.00 |
0.00 |
0.67 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
increase-decrease |
Campanula rotundifolia L. - harebell |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
1.33 |
0.67 |
0.00 |
0.67 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
increase-decrease |
Penstemon gracilis Nutt. - slender beardtongue |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.67 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.67 |
0.00 |
2.67 |
increase |
Vicia americana Muhl. ex Wild. - American vetch |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
2.67 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
4.67 |
increase |
Rumex crispus L. - curly dock |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
3.33 |
0.00 |
1.33 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
increase-decrease |
Polygonum ramosissimum Michx. - bushy knotweed |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
2.00 |
invader |
Silene antirrhina L. - sleepy catchfly |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
2.00 |
increase |
Trifolium repens L. - white clover |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
14.67 |
invader |
Erysimum inconspicuum (S. Wats.) MacM. - smallflower wallflower |
0.00 |
0.67 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.67 |
0.00 |
0.67 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
increase |
Potentilla pensylvanica L. - Pennsylvania cinquefoil |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.67 |
invader |
Draba nemorosa L. - yellow whitlowort |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
increase |
Senecio plattensis Nutt. - prairie ragwort |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
increase-decrease |
Lithospermum incisum Lehm. - yellow puccoon |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.67 |
0.00 |
invader |
Lepidium densiflorum Schrad. - peppergrass |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
2.00 |
invader |