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Plant Community Metric Worksheet: Co-dominant species richness for Riverine wetlands
(A dominant species represents ≥10% relative cover)
Special Note:
* Combine the counts of co-dominant species from all layers to identify the total co-dominant species count. Each plant
species is only counted once when calculating the Number of Co-dominant Species and Percent Invasion submetric scores,
regardless of the numbers of layers in which it occurs.
Floating or Canopy-forming
(non-confined only)
Invasive Short (3.0 m) Invasive Total number of co-dominant species
for all layers combined
(enter here and use in Table 18)
Percent Invasion
*Round to the nearest integer*
(enter here and use in Table 18)
Table 18: Ratings for submetrics of Plant Community Metric.
Rating
Number of Plant Layers Number of Co-dominant
Present
Species
Percent Invasion
Non-confined Riverine Wetlands
A 4 – 5 ≥ 12 0 – 15%
B 3 9 – 11 16 – 30%
C 2 6 – 8 31 – 45%
D 0-1 0 – 5 46 – 100%
Confined Riverine Wetlands
A 4 ≥ 11 0 – 15%
B 3 8 – 10 16 – 30%
C 2 5 – 7 31 – 45%
D 0-1 0 – 4 46 – 100%
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