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Area on March 3 l and April 4, 1 966 . At this late date, however, much green vege¬ 
tation had appeared in the plots, and the burns did not achieve the desired re¬ 
sults. 
Vegetative analyses of burned and nonburned plots were made on the Dale Area 
during the last 2 weeks of August. Vegetation was sampled with a 1/16-square- 
meter quadrat. In 10 burned plots, 299 quadrat samples were taken, and 209 quadrat 
samples were taken in 7 nonburned plots. Plant species were identified, and the 
percent top cover of each species present and the percent bare ground were estimated. 
The 10 plant species found to occur most frequently within the quadrats are shown 
in Table 3« 
The most apparent difference between the burned and nonburned plots was in the 
amount of bare ground. There was an average of 30 and 7 percent bare ground in the 
quadrats taken in the burned and nonburned plots, respectively. Thus, burning did 
eliminate much ground-duff and create more edge, and also resulted in more frequent 
occurrence of two important quail-food plants, common ragweed and Korean lespedeza. 
These two plants occurred in 37 percent of the quadrats taken in the burned plots. 
Korean lespedeza occurred in 13 percent and common ragweed in 1 percent of the 
quadrats taken in the nonburned plots. Thus, the initial effects of burning on the 
Dale Area are most promising. 
Table 3 . The 10 most frequently occurring plants found in 299 quadrat samples taken 
in burned plots and in 209 quadrat samples taken in nonburned plots in August I 966 
on the Dale Area. 
Species 
Times 
Percent Frequency 
Rep resented 
of Occurrence 
Burned Plots 
Go 1 den rod 
(Solidaqo sdd.) 
Rough buttonweed 
152 
51 
(Diodia teres) 
Korean lespedeza 
117 
39 
(Lespedeza stipulacea) 
Common ragweed 
111 
37 
(Ambrosia artemisiifolia) 
Lance-leaf ragweed 
110 
37 
(Ambrosia bidentata) 
61 
20 
Rush 
(Juncus SDD.) 
Whiteheath aster 
52 
17 
(Aster pi 1 osus) 
Tickle grass 
^5 
15 
(Aqrostis hyemalis) 
45 
15 
Bidens 
(Bidens sdd.) 
Crabgrass 
35 
12 
(Di q i tar i a spp .) 
25 
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