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Review Draft Eastern Gateway Wetland Restoration Site -- Annual Report <br /> in the first year, many of the plants were just small seedlings at the time of the <br /> sampling; we anticipate vegetative cover will increase in succeeding years as the <br /> individual plants establish an mature. <br /> Cover of native species was substantial in all three macroplots, and was notably <br /> higher than non - native species in two of the three macroplots. Only in <br /> Macroplot #3 was introduced species cover higher than native species cover. <br /> Deschampsia cespitosa cover was relatively low in this first year, especially in <br /> #1 and #2, but this is to be expected, as the plants were immature and not yet <br /> full size: Bare ground was prominent in all three macroplots, ranging from <br /> 36.3% in #3 to 63.9% in #2. Again, this was to be expected for Year 1, when <br /> many of the establishing plants are seedlings and thus have not grown to full <br /> size. <br /> Cover of both Deschampsia cespitosa and non - native species appeared to be ' <br /> related to the hydrology gradient, with both measuring highest in Macroplot #3, <br /> which was less inundated than the other two macroplots. <br /> Table . Percent Vegetative Cover Means and 95% Confidence Interval <br /> Widths from the Eastern Gateway Restoration Site, 1994. <br /> Macroplot Macroplot Macroplot <br /> #1 #2 Average for <br /> #3 All Plots <br /> Total Vegetative 42.0 36.163.7 47.3 <br /> Cover (100 =Bare Ground) <br /> Bare Ground 58.0 63.936.3 52.7 <br /> Litter 0.4 0.8 1.33 2.53 <br /> Native Species 37.1 34.4 26.7 32.7 <br /> Deschampsia 2.8 0.1 18.3 7.1 <br /> cespitosa <br /> Introduced Species 4.4 1.1 40.53 15.3 <br /> r - -- <br /> Frequency Sampling: <br /> The purpose of frequency sampling was to assess the relative abundance of <br /> individual plant species found on the site, as well as the diversity of species <br /> Page 10 <br />