Table 9
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Table 9. Frequency of plant species in 25 x 25 cm frames on overflow range sites in 1988 and 2010 and their response to long term grazing. For many species the grazing response is more obvious when comparing intermediate years. Click on the plant name in this table to see a graph of the changes in abundance over time on each of the different treatments. |
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Ungrazed |
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| Scientific Name - Common name | 1988 | 2010 | 1988 | 2010 | 1988 | 2010 | 1988 | 2010 | 1988 | 2010 | Grazing Response |
| Poa pratensis L. - Kentucky bluegrass | 63.33 | 100.00 | 62.00 | 98.67 | 73.33 | 100.00 | 58.67 | 99.33 | 72.67 | 100.00 | Increase |
| Symphoricarpos occidentalis Hook. - buckbrush | 53.33 | 61.33 | 55.33 | 62.00 | 49.33 | 48.00 | 61.33 | 56.67 | 65.33 | 14.67 | Decrease |
| Bromus inermis Leyss. - smooth brome | 33.33 | 93.33 | 25.33 | 72.00 | 31.33 | 51.33 | 19.33 | 51.33 | 32.00 | 44.67 | Decrease |
| Oligoneuron rigidum (L.) Small var. humile (Porter) Nesom - stiff goldenrod | 32.00 | 29.33 | 40.67 | 70.67 | 28.00 | 70.67 | 9.33 | 86.00 | 12.67 | 58.00 | Increase-decrease |
| Symphyotrichum ericoides (L.) Nesom var. ericoides - heath aster | 35.33 | 46.00 | 23.33 | 53.33 | 32.00 | 50.67 | 34.67 | 46.67 | 40.00 | 41.33 | Increase |
| Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. - cudweed sagewort | 34.00 | 30.00 | 22.67 | 43.33 | 22.00 | 40.67 | 23.33 | 44.67 | 39.33 | 40.67 | Increase |
| Carex obtusata Lilj. - obtuse sedge | 21.33 | 24.67 | 16.00 | 40.67 | 23.33 | 56.67 | 26.00 | 66.00 | 11.33 | 57.33 | Increase |
| Helianthus pauciflorus Nutt. ssp. pauciflorus - stiff sunflower | 38.67 | 42.67 | 30.00 | 39.33 | 47.33 | 18.67 | 64.67 | 17.33 | 49.33 | 0.67 | Decrease |
| Achillea millefolium L. - western yarrow | 6.67 | 13.33 | 8.00 | 29.33 | 2.67 | 42.00 | 3.33 | 46.00 | 2.67 | 89.33 | Increase |
| Carex inops Bailey ssp. heliophila (Mackenzie) Crins - sun sedge | 46.67 | 12.00 | 30.67 | 18.67 | 34.00 | 24.00 | 30.67 | 38.00 | 63.33 | 84.00 | Increase |
| Elymus repens (L.) Gould - quackgrass | 20.67 | 24.00 | 18.67 | 46.67 | 10.00 | 33.33 | 10.67 | 28.00 | 14.00 | 52.00 | |
| Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg. - common dandelion | 0.00 | 14.67 | 0.00 | 44.67 | 0.00 | 62.67 | 0.00 | 61.33 | 0.00 | 98.00 | Increase |
| Ambrosia psilostachya DC. - western ragweed | 10.00 | 25.33 | 16.00 | 50.00 | 21.33 | 30.67 | 11.33 | 30.00 | 1.33 | 1.33 | Increase-decrease |
| Andropogon gerardii Vitman - big bluestem | 10.00 | 2.00 | 41.33 | 28.67 | 38.00 | 37.33 | 17.33 | 17.33 | 5.33 | 6.00 | |
| Oxalis stricta L. - yellow wood sorrel | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 20.67 | 0.00 | 53.33 | 0.00 | 68.67 | 0.00 | 84.67 | Increase |
| Galium boreale L. - northern bedstraw | 8.00 | 22.00 | 6.00 | 18.67 | 10.67 | 18.67 | 5.33 | 8.67 | 16.00 | 14.67 | |
| Pascopyrum smithii (Rydb.) A. Love - western wheatgrass | 14.67 | 4.67 | 4.67 | 16.67 | 4.67 | 22.67 | 1.33 | 30.67 | 11.33 | 43.33 | Increase |
| Solidago canadensis L. - Canada goldenrod | 6.00 | 10.00 | 18.67 | 36.00 | 3.33 | 20.67 | 12.00 | 10.00 | 2.67 | 0.67 | Increase-decrease |
| Cerastium arvense L. - prairie chickweed | 0.00 | 1.33 | 0.00 | 12.67 | 0.00 | 27.33 | 0.00 | 34.67 | 0.00 | 86.67 | Increase |
| Glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh - wild licorice | 12.00 | 18.67 | 12.67 | 36.00 | 4.67 | 0.67 | 8.67 | 2.67 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Increase-decrease |
| Rosa arkansana Porter - prairie rose | 8.67 | 21.33 | 7.33 | 11.33 | 10.00 | 8.00 | 13.33 | 1.33 | 26.00 | 3.33 | Decrease |
| Cirsium flodmanii (Rydb.) Arthur - Flodman’s thistle | 4.67 | 17.33 | 1.33 | 18.00 | 8.67 | 19.33 | 8.67 | 12.67 | 3.33 | 11.33 | |
| Viola pedatifida G. Don - larkspur violet | 0.67 | 10.00 | 0.67 | 21.33 | 1.33 | 20.67 | 1.33 | 26.67 | 0.00 | 28.67 | Increase |
| Elymus caninus (L.) L. - slender wheatgrass | 12.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 | 2.67 | 10.67 | 4.67 | 21.33 | 6.67 | 12.67 | 4.67 | Increase |
| Grindelia squarrosa (Pursh) Dun. - curly-cup gumweed | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.67 | 0.00 | 22.00 | 0.67 | 40.67 | 4.67 | 62.00 | Increase |
| Nassella viridula (Trin.) Barkworth - green needlegrass | 3.33 | 6.00 | 13.33 | 6.67 | 3.33 | 6.00 | 8.67 | 17.33 | 9.33 | 30.00 | Increase |
| Solidago missouriensis Nutt. - Missouri goldenrod | 1.33 | 6.67 | 0.00 | 6.67 | 3.33 | 12.00 | 2.00 | 14.00 | 4.00 | 23.33 | Increase |
| Agrostis hyemalis (Walt.) B.S.P. - ticklegrass | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.67 | 0.00 | 12.00 | 0.00 | 4.67 | 0.00 | 40.67 | Increase |
| Androsace occidentalis Pursh - western rock jasmine | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 | 0.00 | 15.33 | 0.00 | 18.00 | 0.00 | 53.33 | Increase |
| Astragalus agrestis Dougl. ex G. Don - field milk-vetch | 0.67 | 0.00 | 0.67 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 7.33 | 2.00 | 6.00 | 2.00 | 36.67 | Increase |
| Medicago lupulina L. - black medic | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.33 | 0.00 | 5.33 | 0.00 | 20.67 | 0.00 | 48.00 | Invader |
| Solidago mollis Bartl. - soft goldenrod | 2.67 | 4.67 | 2.00 | 9.33 | 6.00 | 6.67 | 0.67 | 2.00 | 0.67 | 0.00 | Increase-decrease |
| Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Woot. & Standl. - prairie coneflower | 3.33 | 2.00 | 0.67 | 2.67 | 0.00 | 2.67 | 0.67 | 6.67 | 0.67 | 4.67 | Increase |
| Carex lanuginosa Michx. - wooly sedge | 0.00 | 11.33 | 0.67 | 4.67 | 1.33 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Increase-decrease |
| Euphorbia serpyllifolia Pers. - thyme-leaved spurge | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.67 | 0.00 | 14.67 | 0.00 | 52.00 | Increase |
| Conyza canadensis (L.) Cronq. - horse–weed | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 0.67 | Increase |
| Muhlenbergia racemosa (Michx.) B.S.P. - marsh muhly | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0.67 | 4.67 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 4.67 | 2.67 | 0.00 | 2.67 | Increase-decrease |
| Spartina pectinata Link - prairie cordgrass | 0.00 | 3.33 | 0.00 | 5.33 | 0.00 | 1.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.33 | 0.00 | Increase-decrease |
| Anemone cylindrica A. Gray - candle anemone | 0.00 | 2.67 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 4.67 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 3.33 | Increase-decrease |
| Carex praegracilis W. Boott. - clustered field sedge | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 15.33 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.67 | 0.00 | 2.67 | Increase-decrease |
| Artemisia frigida Wild. - fringed sagewort | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.67 | 2.00 | 0.67 | 1.33 | 0.00 | 10.67 | Increase |
| Juncus balticus Willd. - Baltic rush | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Increase-decrease |
| Erigeron philadelphicus L. - Philadelphia fleabane | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.67 | Increase |
| Penstemon gracilis Nutt. - slender beardtongue | 0.00 | 1.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 1.33 | 0.00 | 19.33 | Increase |
| Campanula rotundifolia L. - harebell | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.67 | 1.33 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Increase-decrease |
| Trifolium repens L. - white clover | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 25.33 | Invader |
| Sisyrinchium montanum Greene. - blue-eyed grass | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.33 | 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 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 3.33 | Invader |
| Silene antirrhina L. - sleepy catchfly | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.67 | Increase |
| Erysimum inconspicuum (S. Wats.) MacM. - smallflower wallflower | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Increase |
| Agrimonia striata Michx. - striate agrimony | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Increase-decrease |
| Packera plattensis (Nutt.) W.A. Weber & A. Löve - prairie ragwort | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Increase-decrease |
| Draba nemorosa L. - yellow whitlowort | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | Increase |
| Lithospermum incisum Lehm. - yellow puccoon | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.67 | 2.00 | Invader |
| Lepidium densiflorum Schrad. - peppergrass | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.67 | Invader |
| Sonchus arvensis L. - field sow thistle | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Decrease |
| Liatris ligulistylis (A. Nels.) K. Schum. - round-headed blazing star | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Decrease |
