1. Wetland Project Rijalda Porcic Cobie Graham Megan Jay

3. Goal Mapping of specific areas of study in the manmade wetland Identifying organisms found in randomly placed quadrats

5. Materials Perimeter flags Piped quadrant Marker pipes Sharpie Random numbers chart Hammer Map of wetland Camera Measuring tape & Boots! (:

6. Procedure Mapping of perimeters Random placement of perimeter flags into two areas; outer land and inner water Use of PVC quadrat to orient markers Numbering and hammering of markers Creating map of markers Record percentage cover of plants present within each quadrat

9. Results We found that, in both the dry and wet areas, the plants that were most common were: Bacopa caroliniana Distichlis spicata Eleocharis geniculata Also, in more than six of our eleven quadrants, the most abundant species were: Bacopa caroliniana Eleocharis geniculata Cyperus spp.

10. Results: Common species PerimeterBasinPerimeterBasin SpeciesMean % cover class % frequence of occurrence % frequence of occurenece Cyperus odoratus 1.50.57050 Eleocharis geniculata 1.81.680 Cyperus surinamensis 1.31.47080 Distichlis spicata 2.11.76050 Bacopa caroliniana 2.71.89080 % cover class: 1 0-1% 2 1-5% 3 5-25% 4 25-50% 5 50-75% 6 75-100%

11. Bacopa caroliniana Distichlis spicata Eleocharis geniculata Common to the wetland

12. Common sedges Cyperus odoratus Cyperus surinamensis

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