(a) May 96 



(b) June 97 



(c) June 98 



(d) June 99 



SSd Balis maritima 

 ^^ Monanlhocloe littoralis 

 ^S Bornchia frulescens 

 \99^ Salicornia virginica 

 ^M Bare Area 



Figure 6-13: Station III 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 and June 1999 represents fall with flow 

 event and heavy rains. Note that Salicornia bigelovii cover is non-existent in the transect regardless of flow events. 



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}/egetation Communities 



