Wetland Project Rijalda Porcic Cobie Graham Megan Jay
Dec 18, 2015
Goal•Mapping of specific areas of study in the
manmade wetland
• Identifying organisms found in randomly placed quadrats
Materials• Perimeter flags • Piped quadrant • Marker pipes • Sharpie • Random numbers chart• Hammer • Map of wetland• Camera • Measuring tape
& Boots! (:
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
ResultsWe 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.
Results: Common speciesPerimeter
Basin Perimeter
Basin
Species Mean % cover class
Mean % cover class
% frequence
ofoccurrenc
e
% frequenc
e of occurene
ceCyperus odoratus
1.5 0.5 70 50
Eleocharis geniculata
1.8 1.6 80 80
Cyperus surinamensis
1.3 1.4 70 80
Distichlis spicata
2.1 1.7 60 50
Bacopa caroliniana
2.7 1.8 90 80
% cover class:1
0-1%2
1-5%3
5-25%4
25-50%5
50-75%6
75-100%