LIST OF TABLES 

 Table Page 



1 Hydrologic Zones Occurring in Bottomland Forests of the 

 Southeastern United States 12 



2 Annual Flood Frequency (Percent of Years in Which 

 Boundary Is Exceeded at Least Once during Growing 



Season for More than 7 days) for Zone Boundaries .... 21 



3 Average Annual Duration of Flood Events (days) 



for Zone Boundaries 23 



4 FTI Numbers of Commonly Occurring Species in this 



Study 25 



5 Variations in Species Flood Tolerance Index 



Numbers According to Life Stage 30 



6 Comparison of Three Water-Tolerance Ratings for 



Selected Bottomland Forest Tree Species 34 



7 Relative Frequencies in Each Hydrologic Zone of Tree 

 Species Used in the Statistical Analyses; Groupings 



of Species Correspond to Cluster Membership 40 



8 Relative Frequency of Occurrence of Each Sapling 

 Species in the Hydrologic Zones along with Their 



Cluster Memberships 45 



9 Relative Frequencies in Each Hydrologic Zone of the 



Vine Species Used in Statistical Analyses 47 



10 Mean Importance Values for Species in Each Cluster Used 



in the DFA, Arranged by Zone/Sample 50 



11 Predicted Hydrologic Zones (Columns) and Actual 

 Zones (Rows) Based on DFA Results Using Only 



Tree Importance Values 51 



12 Predicted Hydrologic Zones (Columns) and Actual 

 Zones (Rows) Based on DFA Results Using Average 



FTI Values for All Observed Tree Species at the Site . . 52 



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