Wetland Project

Rijalda Porcic Cobie Graham Megan Jay

WELCOME

Goal•Mapping of specific areas of study in the

manmade wetland

• Identifying organisms found in randomly placed quadrats

Materials• Perimeter flags • Piped quadrant • Marker pipes • Sharpie • Random numbers chart• Hammer • Map of wetland• Camera • Measuring tape

& Boots! (:

Procedure•Mapping of perimeters •Random placement of perimeter flags into

two areas; outer land and inner water•Use of PVC quadrat to orient markers•Numbering and hammering of markers•Creating map of markers•Record percentage cover of plants present

within each quadrat

ResultsWe found that, in both the dry and wet areas, the

plants that were most common were:• Bacopa caroliniana• Distichlis spicata

• Eleocharis geniculata

Also, in more than six of our eleven quadrants, the most abundant species were:

• Bacopa caroliniana• Eleocharis geniculata

• Cyperus  spp.

Results: Common speciesPerimeter

Basin Perimeter

Basin

Species Mean % cover class

Mean % cover class

% frequence

ofoccurrenc

e

% frequenc

e of occurene

ceCyperus odoratus

1.5 0.5 70 50

Eleocharis geniculata

1.8 1.6 80 80

Cyperus surinamensis

1.3 1.4 70 80

Distichlis spicata

2.1 1.7 60 50

Bacopa caroliniana

2.7 1.8 90 80

% cover class:1

0-1%2

1-5%3

5-25%4

25-50%5

50-75%6

75-100%

Bacopa caroliniana

Distichlis spicata

Eleocharis geniculata

Common to the wetland

Common sedges

Cyperus odoratus

Cyperus surinamensis

The End