Changes in the Emergent Plant Community of Netley-Libau Marsh ...

Vegetation change in Netley-Libau Marsh
Grosshans et al.
APPENDIX 3
Netley-Libau plant communities and area estimates (2001)
Table A3. Netley-Libau plant communities in 2001 survey. Total area (ha) and percent cover (% of total
marsh area, and % of vegetated area) by marsh zone and vegetation class.
% Cover % Cover
Marsh Zone Vegetation Class Area (ha) (entire marsh) (vegetated area)
Non-vegetated 13,299 38.6 62.7
Open water 13,258 38.5 62.5
Sand 35 0.1 0.2
Mudflat 6 0.0 0.0
Emergent 5,889 17.1 27.8
Bulrush 322 0.9 1.5
Bulrush, Sedge, Acorus 180 0.5 0.8
Cattail 4,756 13.8 22.4
Giant reed grass 536 1.6 2.5
Dead material 96 0.3 0.4
Wet meadow 3,177 9.2 15.0
Awned Sedge 1,549 4.5 7.3
Sedges and rushes 225 0.7 1.1
Reed canary grass 587 1.7 2.8
Whitetop 22 0.1 0.1
Willow 578 1.7 2.7
Giant reed and Willow 215 0.6 1.0
Salt flats 2 0.0 0.0
Low prairie 1,872 5.4 8.8
Grasses 57 0.2 0.3
Grasses and forbs 1593 4.6 7.5
Prairie 222 0.6 1.0
Upland 10,241 29.7 48.3
Hayed grass & forbs 1,666 4.8 7.8
Grazed 950 2.8 4.5
Treed Prairie 33 0.1 0.2
Trees 4,266 12.4 20.1
Agriculture 3,327 9.6 15.7
Total marsh area 34,479 100.0
Total vegetated area 21,221 100.0
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