Appendix A. Correlation coefficients (Pearson r) of herbaceous plant species total cover with ordination axis and the number of plots each species was found (total n = 168).
Species |
n |
Axis 1 |
Axis 2 |
Axis 3 |
Carex species |
57 |
0.403 |
0.479 |
0.405 |
Circaea lutetiana |
12 |
0.136 |
0.256 |
-0.222 |
Oryzopsis species |
2 |
0.128 |
-0.104 |
-0.063 |
Allium tricoccum |
3 |
0.123 |
0.110 |
0.041 |
Arisaema triphyllum |
126 |
0.089 |
0.141 |
-0.331 |
Maianthemum canadense |
15 |
0.030 |
-0.260 |
0.184 |
Viola selkirkii |
9 |
-0.012 |
0.008 |
0.012 |
Aralia nudicaulis |
8 |
-0.013 |
-0.144 |
-0.086 |
Impatiens species |
2 |
-0.047 |
0.036 |
0.025 |
Trillium species |
9 |
-0.054 |
0.035 |
0.173 |
Viola species |
8 |
-0.060 |
-0.012 |
0.002 |
Galium species |
4 |
-0.094 |
0.049 |
0.067 |
Polygonatum commutatum |
5 |
-0.102 |
-0.259 |
0.076 |
Streptopus roseus var. longipes |
15 |
-0.116 |
-0.247 |
0.161 |
Anemone quinquefolia |
31 |
-0.123 |
-0.148 |
0.242 |
Trillium cernuum |
5 |
-0.129 |
-0.005 |
0.155 |
Solidago flexicaulis |
6 |
-0.149 |
0.049 |
0.083 |
Galium aparine |
3 |
-0.153 |
0.101 |
-0.057 |
Matteuccia struthiopteris |
13 |
-0.154 |
-0.064 |
0.019 |
Caulophyllum thalictroides |
22 |
-0.164 |
0.007 |
0.093 |
Equisetum species |
20 |
-0.167 |
-0.034 |
0.133 |
Thalictrum dioicum |
4 |
-0.171 |
0.004 |
-0.191 |
Botrychium virginianum |
18 |
-0.174 |
-0.024 |
0.082 |
Equisetum hyemale var. affine |
31 |
-0.186 |
-0.032 |
0.295 |
Galium triflorum |
8 |
-0.189 |
0.222 |
-0.145 |
Athyrium felix-femina |
15 |
-0.205 |
-0.141 |
-0.137 |
Sanguinaria canadensis |
44 |
-0.211 |
-0.027 |
-0.100 |
Phryma leptostachya |
10 |
-0.237 |
-0.059 |
-0.041 |
Aralia racemosa |
14 |
-0.281 |
-0.035 |
0.194 |
Asarum canadense |
15 |
-0.296 |
-0.002 |
-0.004 |
Sambucus pubens |
34 |
-0.317 |
0.380 |
-0.299 |
Smilacina racemosa |
51 |
-0.381 |
-0.117 |
0.304 |
Viola pubescens |
58 |
-0.385 |
0.002 |
0.179 |
Laportea canadensis |
46 |
-0.418 |
0.311 |
0.068 |
Hydrophyllum virginianum |
52 |
-0.442 |
0.135 |
-0.093 |
Osmorhiza claytonii |
47 |
-0.442 |
0.119 |
-0.031 |
Uvularia grandiflora |
82 |
-0.458 |
-0.488 |
0.620 |
Polygonatum pubescens |
58 |
-0.483 |
-0.198 |
0.015 |