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TABLE IX. Percent occurrence of plants involved in nutria feeding activities in relation to 
percent vegetative composition on transect A (2,680 diggings) 


April 1955 Dec. 1955 and Mar. 1956 June and August, 1956 
Species Diggings Vegetation Diggings Vegetation Diggings Vegetation 
Saltmeadow cordgrass 59.5 91.5 91.8 90.7 78.8 86.3 
Olney's three-square 31.0 4.9 64.0 8.4 57-6 9.5 
Big cordgrass 46.2 3.1 22.6 0.5 18.7 2.2 
Saltmarsh bulrush 1.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 4.3 1.0 
Sedge 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.3 
Deer pea 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.7 
Reed 0.0 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 
Cattail 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 
Sesbania 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 
Wild millet 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 
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