FQA Study Title: June 2006

05/20/2012

Description

Another random choice of plants, this time beginning with an earlier study’s findings that are then edited.

Detailed Findings

Here are the summary data from this study. These calculations are all performed by algorithms developed by Craig Freeman, PhD, at the University of Kansas. Results are based on the species found during this evaluation — listed in the section below.

Total species richness, all taxa 9
Native species richness 9
Percent adventive species 0.00
Mean conservatism, all taxa 4.89
Floristic quality index, all taxa 14.67
Mean conservatism, natives only 4.89
Floristic quality index, natives only 14.67
Number of state rare species (S1 & S2) 2
Number of federally threatened or endangered species (T & E) 0
Mean wetland quality coefficient, natives only 0.89
Number of species used in above calculation (native) 9
Mean wetland quality coefficient, all species 0.89
Number of species used in above calculation (native+adventive) 9
Coefficient of Conservatism Tallies
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Missing
1 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0
Wetland Indicator Coefficient Tallies (Native)
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 Missing
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0
Wetland Indicator Coefficient Tallies (Adventive)
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 Missing
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Longevity Tallies
Annual Biennial Perennial Annual/Biennial Annual/Biennial/Perennial Missing
3 0 6 0 0 0
Growth Habit Tallies (all *phytes)
Chama Geo Helo Hemi Hydro Nanoph Phanero Thero Mixed class Missing
1 0 0 4 1 0 0 3 0 0

9 Species Found

These are the species identified during this study.

Scientific Name Common Name CoC States
Acalypha ostryifolia pineland threeseed mercury IA, IL, KS, MO
Acalypha rhomboidea common threeseed mercury IA, IL, KS, MI, MO, SD/ND
Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis western yarrow KS, SD/ND
Agalinis aspera tall false foxglove IA, IL, KS, MO, SD/ND
Asarum canadense Canadian wildginger IA, IL, KS, MI, MO, SD/ND
Berlandiera lyrata lyreleaf greeneyes KS
Carex cephalophora oval-leaf sedge IA, IL, KS, MI, MO
Ceratophyllum echinatum spineless hornwort KS, MI
Symphyotrichum fendleri Fendler's aster KS