TABLE X. Percent occurrence of plants involved in nutria feeding 
activities in relation to percent vegetative composition 
on transect B (359 diggings) 

Dec. 1955 and March 1956 June and August 1956 

Species Diggings Vegetation Diggings Vegetation 
Saltmeadow cordgrass 11.6 21.1 4.9 10.7 
Olney's three-square 2.5 0.7 0.0 0.0 
Big cordgrass 11.1 5.2 8.7 1.9 
Reed 25 0.0 1.2 0.0 
Southern bulrush 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 
Sedge 49.5 (0.8 0.0 6.2 
Spike rush 22.2 60.5 33.5 15.1 
Wild millet 0.0 0.0 46.6 16.8 
Paspalum 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.8 
Sprangletop 0.0 6.6 5.0 25.4 
Other species 0.0 5.1 0.0 21.1 
