Table 3 Percent cover ± SE of the most common plant species by habitat type, Lincoln National Forest, autumn 2005–2006
From: Herbivory of sympatric elk and cattle on Lincoln National Forest, south-central New Mexico
Habitat type | Species | % Cover | |
|---|---|---|---|
2005 | 2006 | ||
Aspen | Abies concolor | – | 13.6 ± 4.0 |
|  | Aster spp. | 13.5 ± 3.4 | 6.5 ± 2.0 |
|  | Fragaria vesca | 11.2 ± 2.4 | 10.4 ± 1.1 |
|  | Moss | 7.8 ± 2.5 | 8.3 ± 2.8 |
|  | Poa pratensis | 15.0 ± 3.5 | 13.6 ± 4.0 |
|  | Populus tremuloides | 8.9 ± 4.3 | – |
Burn | Artemisia ludoviciana | – | 7.4 ± 3.2 |
|  | Bromus inermis | 7.2 ± 2.7 | 12.8 ± 4.7 |
|  | Dactylis glomerata | 15.8 ± 4.0 | 5.2 ± 1.2 |
|  | Piptochaetium fimbriatum | 6.7 ± 2.4 | – |
|  | Poa pratensis | 6.1 ± 2.6 | 4.4 ± 2.0 |
|  | Quercus undulata | 13.3 ± 3.9 | 16.3 ± 5.5 |
Meadow | Achillea millefolium | 7.3 ± 1.2 | 3.7 ± 0.1 |
|  | Bromus spp. | – | 4.6 ± 3.5 |
|  | Bromus inermis | 3.9 ± 2.1 | – |
|  | Poa pratensis | 52.8 ± 3.9 | 47.4 ± 5.4 |
|  | Erodium cicutarium | 5.0 ± 1.8 | 7.2 ± 2.4 |
|  | Trifolium spp. | 3.4 ± 1.4 | – |
Thinned | Aster spp. | 12.0 ± 2.9 | 13.8 ± 2.8 |
|  | Bromus spp. | 7.3 ± 1.7 | 8.0 ± 1.8 |
|  | Fragaria vesca | 8.9 ± 2.2 | – |
|  | Moss | 5.4 ± 1.2 | 7.0 ± 2.9 |
|  | Poa pratensis | 27.5 ± 4.6 | 17.3 ± 4.0 |
|  | Quercus gambelii | 6.5 ± 3.0 | 8.0 ± 4.3 |