Claim · model-written summary
Ordination grouped herbaceous plots into hydrophytic and xerophytic groups along a soil moisture gradient.
- Taxon
- vascular florat0
- Outcome
- two consistent groups, hydrophytic and xerophytice0
- Qualifier
- soil moisture gradiente0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionValue
Verbatim
e0“Non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMS) was used to classify and ordinate the herbaceous plots into two consistent groups, hydrophytic and xerophytic, based on a soil moisture gradient along the first axis.”
t0“vascular flora”
Title
The vascular flora of Boiling Spring Lakes Preserve, Brunswick County, North Carolina
Jeff Morris NC Digital Online Collection of Knowledge and Scholarship (The University of North Carolina at Greensboro) 2009
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Observation The survey found 403 species in 88 families.
- Observation Asteraceae had 61 species.
- Observation Cyperaceae had 46 species.
- Observation Poaceae had 44 species.
- Observation Fabaceae had 20 species.
- Observation Ericaceae had 14 species.
- Observation Croton michauxii was a new state record.
- Observation Rubus discolor was a new state record.
- Observation The survey added 40 new county records.
- Association Xerophytic plots were positively correlated with elevation and depth to B horizon.
- Mechanism Moisture availability structures plant associations.
- Recommendation Early restoration should increase soil organic matter to maintain water balance and reduce erosion.