(a) May 96 



(d) June 99 



(e) June 2000 



F^ Batis maritma 

 ^^ Monanthocloe littorahs 

 ^^ Bornchia frutescens 

 ^la SalKornia bigelovii 

 ^M Bare Area 



Figure 6-12: Station II percent cover maps for the five springtime sampling periods. Shaded areas for each species 

 represent parts of the transect covered by at least 50% of that species. Areas with no shading (white) were not covered by 

 greater than 50% of any one species. Springtime cover differed dramatically over the years. May 1996 represents cover 

 following a fall with heavy precipitation and no flow, June 1997 represents fall with little rain and no flow, June 1998 

 represents mid-summer flow event and fall with heavy precipitation, June 1999 represents fall with flow event and heavy 

 rains and June 2000 represents late summer flow event and early fall heavy precipitation. Note decreases in bare area 

 and increase in Salicomia bigelovii cover in (d) and (e) following late summer and fall flow events. 



Chapter Six ♦ 6-25 



