The Effects of Introduced Exotic Grasses, African Star Grass Hyparrhenia rufa and Anglinton Dichanthium annulatum, on Tropical Dry Forest Regeneration

 

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Transect #1

Transect #2

Scientific Name

0 m

10 m

20 m

30 m

40 m

50 m

60 m

70 m

80 m

90 m

A & J

C & K

Desmodium

T1

T1

both

T2

T2

B

B

Rytidostylis carthaginensis

both

both

both

T2

both

both

T1

both

T1

C

Asteraceae family

T1

D

Colliusi spp. (Acacia)

both

T2

T2

both

T2

T2

E

Commelina erecta

T1

T1

T1

T1

F, O, R

Q

Bursera graveolens

T1

T1

T1

T1

T2

T2

G, L, S

A

Ruellia sp.

T2

both

T2

T1

T1

H

Malvaceaefamily

T1

T1

I

K

Desmodiumsp.

T1

T2

T1

K

O

Bidens riparia

T1

T2

L

T1

T2

M

Watheria indica

T1

N

D & S

Baltimora recta

T1

T1

both

P

unknown

T1

Q

Sida rhombifolia

T1

T1

T1

T1

T

Calycophyllum candidissimum

T1

T1

U

Malachra sp.

T1

I

Malvastrum americanum

T2

Mimosa

T2

E

Asteraceae family

T2

T2

F

Priva lappulacea

T2

G

Maranta arundinacea

T2

H

Macroscepsis sp.

T2

J

Desmodium spp. 3

T2

L

Cordia dentata

T2

M

Bryophyte selayincola

T2

N

Imponea sp.

T2

T2

T2

T2

P

Asteraceae family spp. 2

T2

R

Bursera sp.

T2

 

 

Distance

T1 Soil Temperature ( C)

T2 Soil Temperature ( C)

T1 Number of Woody Stems

T2 Number of Woody Stems

T1 Total Number of Non-Grass Species

T2 Total Number of Non-Grass Species

T1 Shade (%)

T2 Shade %

0 m

27

27

19

2

6

4

0

50

10 m

28

27

3

1

5

3

8

30

20 m

29

28

6

32

4

2

0

0

30 m

29

28

1

0

3

2

0

0

40 m

27

28

1

23

4

5

100

60

50 m

25

28

1

2

2

7

100

50

60 m

28

26

0

2

2

5

5

0

70 m

29

28

1

6

6

4

10

35

80 m

25

27

1

7

3

4

85

60

90 m

29

27

7

6

7

4

15

80

Average

27.6

27.4

4

8.1

4.2

4

32.3

36.5

Standard Deviation

0.4989

0.221114