Table 29 — Initial frequency and mean percent cover of the more abundant species in each of four vegetation types in North Carolina's 

 Great Smoky Mountains^ 



Vegetation type 



Species 





Carex 



Potentilla 



Amphicarpa 



Dryopteris 



Freq. 



Cover 



Freq. 



Cover 



Freq. 



Cover 



Freq. 



Cover 



Carex pensylvanica 



100 



45 















Msdsola virginiana 



oc 

 OO 



4 















Rubus canadsnsis 



18 



3 



AO 



48 



O 





+ 







Holcus lanatus 







OD 



1 / 











Potsntilla simplBx 







ao 



A -t 

 1 / 



4 



+ 







Panicum boscii 







ou 



■17 











CarBx swan a 







oo 













Chrysanthsmum Isucanthsmuni 







iO 



7 











Agrimonia parviflora 









c 











rrayarid virginiana 







1 o 



c 

 o 





+ 







Luzula Bchinata 







18 



e 

 9 











Solidago gigantea 



3 



+ 



OO 



c 

 3 











Prunslla vulgaris 







DO 



c 

 O 











Lespedeza procumbens 







O 

 O 



c 

 O 











Solidago sp. 







OK 



A 



4 











Parthenocissus quinquefoiia 







on 



A 



0^ 











Clematis virginiana 







vjO 



w 











Amphicarpa bractsata 







OQ 



o 



O 



yb 



OQ 







Phlox stolonifera 













1 R 







1 naspium iruoiiaia 











71 



/ 1 



-1 K 

 1 3 







Geranium maculatum 













i O 







Viola papilionacea 



15 



+ 



10 



+ 



68 



5 







Aster divaricatus 



5 



+ 







33 



4 







Laportea canadensis 











39 



4 







Dryopteris campyloptera 















98 



82 



Clintonia borealis 











6 



+ 



50 



17 



Athyrium asplenioides 











2 



+ 



23 



16 



Oxalis montana 















78 



3 



Cacalia rugelii 















13 



3 



Mosses 







13 



1 



43 



4 



75 



9 



'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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