Table 27 — Initial frequency and mean percent cover of the more abundant species in each of four vegetation types in Colorado's Rocky 

 Mountains' 



Vegetation type 



Trifolium Kobresia Vaccinium Geranium 



Species Freq. Cover Freq. Cover Freq. Cover Freq. Cover 



Trifolium parryi 



100 20 













Danthonia intermedia 



95 17 













Sibbaldia procumbens 



88 12 













Potentilla diversifolia 



100 10 













Erigeron melanocephalus 



90 7 













Deschampsia caespitosa 



30 4 













Kobresia myosuroides 



100 



65 











Geum rossii 



85 



7 











Trifolium dasyphyllum 



73 



5 











Vaccinium scoparium 







100 



60 







Carex rossii 







76 



5 







Aster laevis 











73 



22 



Fragaria ovalis 











98 



17 



Geranium richardsonii 











100 



17 



Viola canadensis 











90 



14 



Thermopsis divaricarpa 











73 



12 



Achillea lanulosa 











98 



10 



KJallUlll UUfcaic 













7 



Bromopsis porteri 











85 



6 



Carex norvegica 











70 



4 



Thalictrum fendleri 











20 



4 



Trisetum spicatum 



13 1 40 



2 







23 



4 



Taraxacum officinale 











45 



4 



Arnica cordifolia 











45 



3 



Mosses 



53 5 80 



3 



36 



2 







Lichens 



38 1 90 



4 



59 



5 







'Only species with mean cover of at least 2 percent are included. Frequency is the percent of the forty 30- by 50-cm subplots in which the species was 



found. 















Table 28 — Initial frequency and mean percent cover of the more abundant species in each of four vegetation types in New Hampshire's 



White Mountains' 



















Vegetation type 











Carex 



Leersia 



Lycopodium 



Maianttiemum 



Species 



Freq. Cover Freq. 



Cover 



Freq. 



Cover 



Freq. 



Cover 



Carex bigelowii 



100 65 













Arenaria groenlandica 



55 14 













Vaccinium uliginosum 



35 5 













Juncus trifidus 



23 3 













Leersia oryzoides 



100 



24 











Viola pallens 



85 



12 











Onoclea sensiblis 



35 



12 











Aster acuminatus 



40 



11 



40 



11 



6 



1 



Rubus pubescens 



53 



10 











Carex crinita 



43 



9 











Dryopteris spinulosa 



20 



9 



60 



14 



58 



22 



Impatiens pallida 



43 



9 











Osmunda cinnamomea 



5 



3 











Oxalis montana 



30 



3 



98 



45 



55 



18 



Scutellaria lateriflora 



18 



3 











Dryopteris phegopteris 



23 



3 







1 



+ 



Maianthemum canadensis 



25 



3 







100 



51 



Lycopodium lucidulum 







98 



47 



19 



4 



Abies balsamea 







30 



3 



13 



1 



Trientalis borealis 



8 



+ 







62 



5 



Dryopteris disjuncta 



10 



1 







14 



3 



Lichens 



60 20 













Mosses 



50 19 45 



3 



8 



+ 



24 



4 



'Only species with mean cover of at least 2 percent are Included. Frequency is the percent of the forty 30- by 50-cm subplots in which the species was 

 found. A + indicates cover less than 0.5 percent. 



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