Table10
| Table 10. Frequency of plant species in 25 x 25 cm frames on silty 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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| Scientific Name - Common name | 1988 | 2010 | 1988 | 2010 | 1988 | 2010 | 1988 | 2010 | 1988 | 2010 | Grazing Response |
| Poa pratensis L. - Kentucky bluegrass | 86.00 | 100.00 | 84.67 | 99.33 | 92.67 | 98.67 | 75.33 | 96.00 | 82.00 | 99.33 | Decrease |
| Pascopyrum smithii (Rydb.) A. Love - western wheatgrass | 58.67 | 68.00 | 30.00 | 56.00 | 64.67 | 74.00 | 42.67 | 65.33 | 57.67 | 78.00 | Increase |
| Carex inops Bailey ssp. heliophila (Mackenzie) Crins - sun sedge | 50.67 | 28.00 | 72.00 | 59.33 | 76.67 | 63.33 | 77.33 | 67.33 | 75.67 | 87.33 | Increase |
| Symphyotrichum ericoides (L.) Nesom var. ericoides - heath aster | 29.33 | 64.67 | 45.33 | 78.00 | 38.67 | 69.33 | 39.33 | 43.33 | 35.00 | 46.67 | Increase-decrease |
| Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. - cudweed sagewort | 5.33 | 26.00 | 31.33 | 59.33 | 24.00 | 35.33 | 29.33 | 36.00 | 12.33 | 18.67 | Increase-decrease |
| Nassella viridula (Trin.) Barkworth - green needlegrass | 36.67 | 10.67 | 34.67 | 24.00 | 48.67 | 44.00 | 30.00 | 57.33 | 41.00 | 52.00 | Increase |
| Carex obtusata Lilj. - obtuse sedge | 16.00 | 38.67 | 16.67 | 67.33 | 15.33 | 36.67 | 8.67 | 54.67 | 6.67 | 13.33 | |
| Achillea millefolium L. - western yarrow | 4.00 | 35.33 | 1.33 | 21.33 | 7.33 | 43.33 | 3.33 | 42.00 | 3.67 | 78.00 | Increase |
| Bouteloua gracilis (H.B.K.) Lag. ex Griffiths - blue grama | 49.33 | 5.33 | 24.67 | 8.00 | 42.00 | 35.33 | 45.33 | 57.33 | 30.33 | 54.67 | Increase |
| Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg. - common dandelion | 0.67 | 46.00 | 0.00 | 17.33 | 0.00 | 46.67 | 0.00 | 69.33 | 0.00 | 98.00 | Increase |
| Artemisia frigida Wild. - fringed sagewort | 8.67 | 4.00 | 2.67 | 3.33 | 4.67 | 23.33 | 6.67 | 64.00 | 3.33 | 37.33 | Increase |
| Vicia americana Muhl. ex Wild. - American vetch | 0.00 | 8.00 | 0.67 | 8.67 | 2.67 | 9.33 | 1.33 | 24.67 | 1.67 | 52.00 | Increase |
| Oligoneuron rigidum (L.) Small var. humile (Porter) Nesom - stiff goldenrod | 0.67 | 34.00 | 0.00 | 36.00 | 0.67 | 81.33 | 0.00 | 68.00 | 1.00 | 38.67 | Increase-decrease |
| Grindelia squarrosa (Pursh) Dun. - curly-cup gumweed | 0.67 | 20.00 | 0.67 | 5.33 | 0.00 | 27.33 | 0.00 | 58.00 | 1.00 | 59.33 | Increase |
| Hesperostipa curtiseta (Hitchc.) Barkworth - western porcupine grass | 8.67 | 1.33 | 16.00 | 12.67 | 4.00 | 10.67 | 8.00 | 12.67 | 8.33 | 20.67 | Increase-decrease |
| Cerastium arvense L. - prairie chickweed | 0.00 | 14.67 | 0.00 | 14.67 | 0.00 | 56.67 | 0.00 | 48.00 | 0.00 | 86.00 | Increase |
| Ambrosia psilostachya DC. - western ragweed | 3.33 | 48.67 | 2.00 | 44.00 | 3.33 | 49.33 | 0.67 | 11.33 | 0.00 | 2.00 | Increase-decrease |
| Dichanthelium wilcoxianum (Vassey) Freckmann - Wilcox dichanthelium | 0.00 | 3.33 | 2.00 | 15.33 | 3.33 | 50.67 | 2.67 | 52.67 | 2.00 | 32.67 | Increase-decrease |
| Astragalus agrestis Dougl. ex G. Don - field milk-vetch | 2.67 | 6.67 | 1.33 | 5.33 | 2.00 | 14.00 | 3.33 | 15.33 | 7.33 | 31.33 | Increase |
| Cirsium flodmanii (Rydb.) Arthur - Flodman’s thistle | 0.00 | 19.33 | 6.67 | 34.67 | 6.67 | 24.00 | 4.00 | 13.33 | 1.33 | 8.00 | Increase-decrease |
| Androsace occidentalis Pursh - western rock jasmine | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 12.67 | 0.00 | 15.33 | 0.00 | 32.67 | 0.00 | 44.67 | Increase |
| Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) J.A. Schultes - Junegrass | 8.67 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 2.67 | 4.00 | 9.33 | 0.00 | 16.00 | 3.33 | 23.33 | Increase |
| Hesperostipa comata (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth - needle-and-thread | 14.67 | 1.33 | 17.33 | 6.00 | 14.67 | 6.67 | 29.33 | 26.00 | 28.67 | 8.00 | |
| Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Woot. & Standl. - prairie coneflower | 3.33 | 2.00 | 1.33 | 6.67 | 2.00 | 16.00 | 2.00 | 21.33 | 2.00 | 14.00 | Increase-decrease |
| Elymus repens (L.) Gould - quackgrass | 0.67 | 14.67 | 2.00 | 52.00 | 1.33 | 44.00 | 0.00 | 14.00 | 2.00 | 14.00 | Increase-decrease |
| Carex eleocharis Bailey. - needle-leaved sedge | 0.00 | 1.33 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 7.33 | 0.00 | 16.67 | 0.00 | 35.33 | Increase |
| Lotus purshianus (Benth.) Clem. & Clem. - deer vetch | 0.00 | 18.67 | 0.00 | 9.33 | 2.00 | 15.33 | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 20.00 | Decrease |
| Psoralea argophylla Pursh - silver-leaf scurf-pea | 3.33 | 0.00 | 14.00 | 9.33 | 1.33 | 8.67 | 10.00 | 8.00 | 2.67 | 2.67 | Increase-decrease |
| Solidago mollis Bartl. - soft goldenrod | 0.67 | 7.33 | 0.00 | 23.33 | 2.67 | 10.67 | 4.00 | 4.67 | 6.00 | 5.33 | Increase-decrease |
| Oxalis stricta L. - yellow wood sorrel | 0.00 | 14.67 | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 19.33 | 0.00 | 10.67 | 0.00 | 38.67 | Increase |
| Helianthus pauciflorus Nutt. ssp. pauciflorus - stiff sunflower | 0.00 | 28.00 | 10.67 | 12.00 | 0.00 | 10.67 | 6.67 | 4.67 | 4.67 | 0.00 | Decrease |
| Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt. - comandra | 0.00 | 0.67 | 8.00 | 10.67 | 7.33 | 15.33 | 0.67 | 12.00 | 0.00 | 1.33 | Increase-decrease |
| Rosa arkansana Porter - prairie rose | 0.00 | 1.33 | 12.67 | 20.00 | 0.67 | 3.33 | 6.67 | 4.67 | 2.00 | 0.67 | Increase-decrease |
| Hedeoma hispidum Pursh - rough false pennyroyal | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 8.67 | 0.00 | 16.00 | Increase |
| Euphorbia serpyllifolia Pers. - thyme-leaved spurge | 0.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 2.67 | 0.00 | 22.67 | 0.00 | 49.33 | 0.00 | 56.00 | Increase |
| Plantago patagonica Jacq. - wooly plantain | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.67 | 0.00 | 8.00 | 0.00 | 12.67 | Increase |
| Potentilla pensylvanica L. - Pennsylvania cinquefoil | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 7.33 | 0.00 | 18.67 | Increase |
| Artemisia absinthium L. - wormwood | 0.00 | 19.33 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 | 0.00 | 7.33 | 0.00 | 2.00 | Decrease |
| Bromus inermis Leyss. - smooth brome | 0.00 | 2.67 | 1.33 | 25.33 | 1.33 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.67 | Increase-decrease |
| Penstemon gracilis Nutt. - slender beardtongue | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.33 | 0.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 19.33 | Increase |
| Sphaeralcea coccinea (Pursh) Rydb. - scarlet globe mallow | 14.67 | 1.33 | 3.33 | 0.00 | 7.33 | 0.67 | 4.00 | 0.67 | 10.33 | 2.67 | Increase |
| Geum triflorum Pursh - prairie smoke | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.33 | 0.00 | 6.67 | 0.00 | 14.67 | 0.00 | 12.00 | Increase |
| Tragopogon dubius Scop. - goat's beard | 0.67 | 2.67 | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.67 | 4.00 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.33 | Decrease |
| Artemisia dracunculus L. - green sagewort | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.67 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Increase-decrease |
| Carex filifolia Nutt. - thread-leaved sage | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 2.67 | 1.33 | 0.00 | Increase-decrease |
| Agrostis hyemalis (Walt.) B.S.P. - ticklegrass | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.67 | 0.00 | 1.33 | 0.00 | 14.67 | Invader |
| Draba nemorosa L. - yellow whitlowort | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.33 | 0.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 | Increase |
| Medicago lupulina L. - black medic | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.67 | 0.00 | 41.33 | Invader |
| Lithospermum incisum Lehm. - yellow puccoon | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.33 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 15.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Increase-decrease |
| Antennaria neglecta Greene - field pussy-toes | 0.00 | 1.33 | 0.00 | 1.33 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 10.67 | Increase |
| Calamagrostis montanensis (Scribn.) Scribn. - plains reedgrass | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.67 | 0.00 | 6.67 | 0.00 | 0.67 | Increase-decrease |
| Sisyrinchium montanum Greene. - blue-eyed grass | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 0.67 | Increase-decrease |
| Erysimum asperum (Nutt.) DC. - western wallflower | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.67 | Increase-decrease |
| Asclepias ovalifolia Dcne. - ovalleaf milkweed | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.67 | 2.67 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Increase-decrease |
| Lepidium densiflorum Schrad. - peppergrass | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 1.33 | Increase |
| Arabis hirsuta (L.) Scop. var. pycnocarpa (Hopkins) Rollins - rock cress | 0.00 | 1.33 | 0.00 | 1.33 | 0.00 | 5.33 | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 3.33 | Increase-decrease |
| Juncus interior Wieg. - inland rush | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 3.33 | Invader |
| Potentilla norvegica L. - Norwegian cinquefoil | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Increase |
| Chrysopsis villosa (Pursh) Nutt. - golden aster | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Increase-decrease |
| Erysimum inconspicuum (S. Wats.) MacM. - smallflower wallflower | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.67 | 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 | 0.00 | Invader |
| Orthocarpus luteus Nutt. - owl clover | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.67 | 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 | 2.67 | Invader |
| Psoralea esculenta Pursh - breadroot scurf-pea | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Decrease |
