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Lower Sarpy Creek: Table 3 - Vegetation Transects

Data Files:


Distance (m) Vegetation Type
BM 1 to BM 2
1 grass
2 sawgrass, grass, thistle
3 sawgrass, grass
4 sawgrass, thistle
5 herb, sawgrass, thistle
6 thistle, sawgrass
7 sawgrass, thistle, herb
8 sawgrass, herb, forb
9 herb, thistle, sawgrass, forb
10 sawgrass, herb, thistle, edge of water
11 water
12 water, 12.6 = edge of water
13 sawgrass
14 herb, sawgrass, forb, grass
15 sawgrass, forb, grass
16 grass, forb
17 grass
BM 3 to BM 4
1 grass, sage
2 grass, forb, sage
3 grass, forb
4 grass, sage, forb
5 grass, forb
6 grass, sage
7 grass, forb, sage
8 sawgrass, grass, herb, forb
9 sawgrass, forb
10 sawgrass, forb
11 sawgrass, herb, forb
12 sawgrass, herb, forb
13 herb, sawgrass, forb, 13.5 = edge of water
14 water
15 water
16 water
17 rose, snowberry, water
18 rose, snowberry, herb, edge of water
19 rose, snowberry, sawgrass
20 rose, sawgrass, grass
21 sawgrass, grass
22 rose, grass
23 grass
24 grass, sawgrass
25 grass, forb
26 grass
BM 3 to BM 5
1 grass
2 grass, forb
3 grass
4 grass, sage, forb
5 grass
6 grass, thistle, sage
7 grass, sage, shrub
8 grass, herb, shrub
9 sawgrass, thistle, forb, grass
10 sawgrass, thistle
11 sawgrass, herb, thistle
12 sawgrass, herb
13 sawgrass, thistle
14 sawgrass, thistle
15 thistle, sawgrass
16 thistle, forb, sawgrass
17 sawgrass, herb
18 sawgrass, 18.6 = edge of water
19 water
20 water
21 herb, rose, edge of water
22 herb, snowberry
23 rose, snowberry, grass, herb
24 snowberry, rose, sage, grass
25 grass, 25.2 = BM 5

Taped, not true horizontal distance.

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