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Appendix B

Appendix B. 1.

Common dominance types of emergent vegetation in temporarily flooded palustrine wetland (wet meadow zones) in the Prairie Pothole Region of the Dakotas (from Stewart and Kantrud 1971, 1972; Kantrud et al. 1989).


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                                       LAND USE

    Grazed               Idle                       Hayed                   Farmed
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                                      FRESHWATER

Hordeum jubatum      Poa Palustris              Juncus balticus           Agropyron repens
juncus balticus      Calamagrostis canadensis   Calamagrostis inexpansa   Echinochloa crusgalli
Spartina pectinata   Spartina pectinata         Carex lanuginosa          Polygonum lapathifolium
Aster simplex        Carex sartwellii           Carex praegracilis        Hordeum jubatum 

                                   OLIGOSALINE WATER

Hordeum jubatum      Calamagrostis inexpansa    Juncus balticus           Agropyron repens
Juncus balticus      Spartina pectinata         Calamagrostis inexpansa   Hordeum jubatum
Distichlis spicata   Poa palustris                                        Artemisia biennis

                                   MESOSALINE WATER

Distichlis spicata   Distichlis spicata         not seen                  not seen
Hordeum jubatum      Triglochin maritima
                     Spartina gracilis
                     Atriplex patula
                     Muhlenbergia asperifolia

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Appendix B. 2.

Common dominance types of persistent and non-persistent (asterisked) emergent vegetation in seasonally flooded palustine wetland (emergent shallow marsh zones) in the Prairie Pothole Region of the Dakotas.


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                                          LAND USE

     Grazed                    Idle                    Hayed                   Farmed
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                                         FRESHWATER

Glyceria grandis          Carex atherodes         Carex atherodes         Beckmannia syzigachne
Beckmannia syzigachne     Sparganium eurycarpum   Phalaris arundinacea    Alisma plantago
                                                                            aquatica*
Sparganium eurycarpum     Phalaris arundinacea                            Alopecurus aequalis
Sium suave                Polygonum coccineum                             Polygonum coccineum
Alisma plantago-aquatica*

                                         OLIGOSALINE 

   
Eleocharis palustris     Scolochloa festucacea    Scolochloa festucacea   Beckmannia syzigachne
Beckmannia syzigachne    Carex atherodes          Carex atherodes         Sium suave
Alisma gramineum*        Polygonum coccineum                              Polygonum coccineum
Sium suave               Sagittaria cuneata*
  
                                       MESOSALINE WATER

Salicornia rubra*        Scirpus americanus       not seen                not seen
Suaeda depressa          Pucinnelia nuttalliana
Scirpus americanus
Eleocharis palustris

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Appendix B. 3.

Common dominance types of emergent vegetation in semipermanently flooded palustrine wetland (emergent deep marsh zones) in the Pralrle Pothole Region of the Dakotas.


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                                       LAND USE

    Grazed               Idle                       Hayed                   Farmed
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                                      FRESHWATER

Scirpus heterochaetus   Typha latifolia           not seen            Scirpus fluviatilis
Scirpus validus         Typha angustifolia                            Scirpus validus
Scirpus fluviatills     Typha X glauca

                                   OLIGOSALINE WATER

Scirpus acutus          Typha X glauca            not seen            Scirpus fluviatilis
Scirpus maritimus       Typha angustifolia
                        Typha latifolia
                        Scirpus acutus

                                   MESOSALINE WATER

Scirpus maritimus       Scirpus maritimus         not seen            not seen
Scirpus acutus          Scirpus acutus

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Appendix B. 4.

Common dominance types of vegetation in aquatic bed algal (A), aquatic moss and liverwort (M), rooted vascular (R) and floating vascular (F) vegetation in palustrine wetland with seasonally flooded water regime in the Prairie Pothole Region of the Dakotas.


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                                       LAND USE

    Grazed                  Idle                      Hayed             Farmed
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                                      FRESHWATER

Potamogeton             Utricularia             Lemna trisulca (F)    Ranunculus 
  gramineus (R)           vulgaris (R)                                  subrigidus (R)
Utricularia             Drepanocladus           Lemna minor (F)       Potamogeton
  vulgaris (R)            spp. (M)                                      foliosus(R)
Potamogeton             Callitriche verna (R)   Riccia fluitans (M)   Marsilea vestita (R)
  foliosus (R)         
Drepanocladus           Ranunculus                                    Bacopa rotundifolia (R)
  spp. (M)                sceleratus (R)
Ranunculus 
  cymbalaria (R)        Lemna trisulca (F)                            Eleocharis acicularis
Eleocharis acicularis   Lemna minor (F)                                 (submerged form) (R)
  (submerged form) (R)  Riccia fluitans (M)                           Ranunculus sceleratus (R)
Riccia fluitans (M)     Ricciocarpus natans (M)
Ricciocarpus 
  natans (M) 
Lemna trisulca (F) 
Lemna minor (F) 
Ranunculus 
  subrigidus (R)
    
                                   OLIGOSALINE WATER

Utricularia             Utricularia             not seen              Ranunculus subrigidus (R)
  vulgaris (R)            vulgaris (R)
Lemna minor (F)         Lemna minor (F)                               Eleocharis acicularis
Lemna trisulca (F)      Lemna trisulca (F)                              (submerged form) (R)
Drepanocladus           Drepanocladus   
  spp. (M)                spp. (M)  
Ranunculus              Riccia fluitans (M) 
  subrigidus (R) 
Ricciocarpus            Ricciocarpus 
  natans (M)              natans (M) 
Zannichellia            Zannichellia  
  palustris (R)           palustris (R)
Chara spp. (A)          Chara spp. (A)

                                   MESOSALINE WATER

none                    none                    not seen              not seen

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Appendix B. 5.

Common dominance types of vegetation in aquatic bed algal (A), aquatic moss and liverwort (M), rooted vascular (R), and floating vascular (F) subclasses of palustrlne wetland with semipermanently flooded water regime in the Prairie Pothole Region of the Dakotas.


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                                   FRESHWATER

Elodea longivaginata (R)                                 Ceratophyllum demersum (R)
Spirodela polyrhiza (F)                                  Myriophyllum spicatum (R)
Riccia fluitans (M)                                      Drepanocladus spp. (M)
Potamogeton gramineus (R)                                Ranunculus subrigidus (R)
Lemna trisulca (F)                                       Lemna minor (F)
Utricularia vulgaris (R)                                 Ranunculus flabellaris (R)
Ricciocarpus natans (M) 
Potamogeton richardsonii (R)

                                OLIGOSALINE WATER

Hippuris vulgaris (R)                                    Drepanocladus spp. (M)
Ranunculus gmelini (R)                                   Ranunculus subrigidus (R)
Ricciocarpus natans (F)                                  Lemna minor (F)
Callitriche hermaphroditica (R)                          Zannichellia Palustris (R)
Potamogeton zosteriformis (R)                            Chara spp. (A)
Potamogeton pusillus (R)                                 Potamogeton pectinatus (R)
Lemna trisulca (F) 
Utricularia vulgaris (R) 
Potamogeton richardsonii (R) 
Ceratophyllum demersum (R) 
Myriophyllum spicatum (R)

                                MESOSALINE WATER

Zannichellia palustris (R) 
Chara spp. (A) 
Potamogeton pectinatus (R) 
Ruppia maritima (R)

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