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• <br /> 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 /> indi "dual plants establish an mature. <br /> Cover • native species was substantial in all three mace • plots, and was notably <br /> higher the non - native species in two of the three ma oplots. Only in <br /> Macroplot • 3 was introduced species cover higher . native species cover. <br /> Deschampsh cespitosa cover was relatively low • this first year, especially in <br /> #1 and #2, bu this is to be expected, as the pl. were immature and not yet <br /> full size. Bare ound was prominent in all s e macroplots, ranging from <br /> 36.3% in #3 to •' .9% in #2. Again, this w. to be expected for Year 1, when <br /> many of the estab • hing plants are seedlin e and thus have not grown to full <br /> • <br /> size. <br /> Cover of both Descha .sia cespitosa d non - native species appeared to be <br /> related to the hydrology _.radient, wi both measuring highest in Macroplot #3, <br /> which was less inundate • than the , ther two macroplots. <br /> Table . Percent Vegetativ. Co er Means and 95% Confidence Interval <br /> Widths from the Eastern Gate . Restoration Site, 1994. <br /> Macroplot acroplot Macroplot <br /> #� #2 Average for <br /> #3 All Plots <br /> Total Vegetative 42.0 36.1 3.7 47.3 <br /> Cover (100 =Bare Ground) <br /> Bare Ground / 58.0 63.936.3 52.7 <br /> Litter i 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 1:3 7.1 <br /> cespitosa <br /> Introduce Species 4.4 1.1 40.53 . '15.3 <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 />