Life form | Treatment | Species | Specificity | Fidelity | IVrel | Abundance (stems ha−1) | IVmax |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Trees | B | Acer rubrum L. | 0.40 | 1.00 | 0.40 | 2376.40 | 0.63 *** |
Liriodendron tulipifera L. | 0.39 | 0.77 | 0.30 | 526.43 | 0.55 ** | ||
Amelanchier arborea (F. Michx.) Fernald | 0.71 | 0.33 | 0.23 | 413.89 | 0.49 ** | ||
M | Pinus strobus L. | 0.64 | 0.20 | 0.13 | 116.67 | 0.36 * | |
MB | Quercus coccinea Muenchh. | 0.34 | 0.97 | 0.33 | 1360.43 | 0.58 *** | |
Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees | 0.38 | 1.00 | 0.38 | 1173.89 | 0.62 *** | ||
Nyssa sylvatica Marshall | 0.40 | 0.90 | 0.36 | 966.98 | 0.60 *** | ||
Oxydendrum arboreum (L.) DC. | 0.49 | 0.60 | 0.29 | 838.89 | 0.54 ** | ||
Diospyros virginiana L. | 0.66 | 0.30 | 0.20 | 261.10 | 0.44 ** | ||
Quercus montana Willd. | 0.37 | 0.87 | 0.32 | 1709.09 | 0.56 * | ||
Robinia pseudoacacia L. | 0.53 | 0.30 | 0.16 | 245.00 | 0.40 * | ||
 | Abundance (%) |  | |||||
Shrubs | M | Rhododendron maximum L. | 0.84 | 0.37 | 0.31 | 287.27 | 0.55 *** |
Kalmia latifolia L. | 0.36 | 0.87 | 0.31 | 780.66 | 0.56 ** | ||
MB | Rhus glabra L. | 0.81 | 0.60 | 0.49 | 135.44 | 0.70 *** | |
Ceanothus americanus L. | 0.88 | 0.27 | 0.24 | 39.21 | 0.49 *** | ||
Lyonia ligustrina (L.) DC. | 0.84 | 0.17 | 0.14 | 179.15 | 0.38 * | ||
Hypericum hypericoides (L.) Crantz | 0.56 | 0.27 | 0.15 | 20.88 | 0.39 * | ||
 | Abundance (%) |  | |||||
Herbaceous vegetation | C | Arundinaria appalachiana Triplett, Weakley & L.G. Clark | 0.83 | 0.23 | 0.19 | 111.50 | 0.44 ** |
MB | Rubus argutus Link | 0.67 | 0.70 | 0.47 | 122.93 | 0.69 *** | |
Coreopsis major Walter | 0.73 | 0.77 | 0.56 | 91.41 | 0.75 *** | ||
Carex L. sp. | 0.48 | 0.73 | 0.35 | 83.50 | 0.60 *** | ||
Dichanthelium (Hitchc. & Chase) Gould spp. | 0.46 | 0.97 | 0.45 | 71.57 | 0.67 *** | ||
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash | 0.68 | 0.50 | 0.34 | 69.86 | 0.58 *** | ||
Helianthus divaricatus L. | 0.98 | 0.27 | 0.26 | 53.50 | 0.51 *** | ||
Potentilla canadensis L. | 0.56 | 0.53 | 0.30 | 47.18 | 0.55 *** | ||
Lespedeza bicolor Turcz. | 1.00 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 37.17 | 0.45 *** | ||
Solidago L. sp. | 0.60 | 0.33 | 0.20 | 70.08 | 0.45 ** | ||
Desmodium nudiflorum (L.) DC. | 0.64 | 0.43 | 0.28 | 52.79 | 0.51 ** | ||
Scleria P.J.Bergius sp. | 0.55 | 0.53 | 0.29 | 23.50 | 0.54 ** | ||
Conyza canadensis L. | 0.70 | 0.30 | 0.21 | 5.46 | 0.46 ** | ||
Erechtites hieraciifolius (L.) Raf. ex DC. | 0.73 | 0.27 | 0.20 | 3.00 | 0.44 ** | ||
Piptochaetium avenaceum (L.) Parodi | 0.63 | 0.23 | 0.14 | 43.00 | 0.39 * | ||
Houstonia purpurea L. | 0.62 | 0.43 | 0.27 | 30.50 | 0.46 * | ||
Cassia L. sp. | 0.90 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 4.50 | 0.35 * |