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Nguyen Project Floristic Quality Assessment ABEAM <br /> August 2023 <br /> Table 2. Comprehensive floristic quality data <br /> Date 9/15/2023 Index Value <br /> Community Type Fresh wet meadow S 19 <br /> Ecoregion Northcentral hardwoods Si 27 <br /> Growth Habit Count %introduced 29.6% <br /> Forb/Herb 10 C 2.7 <br /> Graminoid 3 Ci 1.9 <br /> Shrub 1 FQI 11.5 <br /> Tree 12 FQIi 9.7 <br /> Vine 1 #of rare species 0 <br /> Individual C, Ci,FQI,FQIi, and corresponding weighted scores were also calculated for each Relev6. <br /> Table 3. Complete FQI calculations for each Relev6 <br /> Index Relev6 1 Relev6 2 Relev6 3 Relev6 4 <br /> S 7 5 6 14 <br /> Si 12 9 12 20 <br /> %introduced 41.6% 44.4% 50.0% 30.0% <br /> C 2.3 1.2 1.8 2.4 <br /> Ci 1.3 0.7 0.9 1.7 <br /> wC 2.8 2.2 0.9 2.9 <br /> wCi 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.8 <br /> FQI 6.1 4.9 4.9 9.0 <br /> FQIi 4.5 4.5 4.5 7.6 <br /> wFQI 7.4 7.1 7.1 10.9 <br /> wFQIi 1.7 1.5 1.7 8.0 <br /> #of rare species 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 <br /> Overall, the weighted FQI scores (without introduced species) were significantly higher than those of the <br /> weighted FQIi, non-weighted FQI, and non-weighted FQIi scores. This is because Wetland 2 was mostly <br /> dominated by large monocultures of non-native species including reed canary grass and narrow-leafed <br /> cattail(Typha angustifolia).Within Relev6 4,where there was a higher species richness and diversity index <br /> score (more equal cover of species), all index scores were substantially higher than those in the other <br /> Relev6s. Overall,the total comprehensive FQI scores and individual Relev6 FQI scores are low,indicating <br /> Wetland 2 is has a low-quality plant community and species assemblage. <br /> 4 <br />