. Southeast Montana wetland assessment : developing and refining Montana's wetland assessment and monitoring strategy. Wetlands; Wetland ecology. Appendix F. Terminology, description, and calculation of the floristic quality assessment metrics. N„ = count of native species, Na = count of all species, Ne = count of non-native species, C, = index of conservatism for the *'th species, x, = percent cover for the /th species, W - coefficient of wetness. Indices Description Calculation Total species richness Native species richness Non-native species richness Cover of native graminoids Mean C Mean C
. Southeast Montana wetland assessment : developing and refining Montana's wetland assessment and monitoring strategy. Wetlands; Wetland ecology. Appendix F. Terminology, description, and calculation of the floristic quality assessment metrics. N„ = count of native species, Na = count of all species, Ne = count of non-native species, C, = index of conservatism for the *'th species, x, = percent cover for the /th species, W - coefficient of wetness. Indices Description Calculation Total species richness Native species richness Non-native species richness Cover of native graminoids Mean C Mean Cnat Cover-weighted Mean C Cover-weighted Mean Cnat FQI FQInat Cover-weighted FQI Cover-weighted FQInat Adjusted FQInat Adjusted cover-weighted FQInat Wetness Index Percent of Total Species of at least FAC Number of plant species observed Na Number of native plant species observed Nn Number of non-native plants Ng Sum of cover of native graminoids (grasses, sedges, and rushes) Average C-value of all plants Average C-value of only the native plants Sum of each species C-value multiplied by its cover values, then divided by the sum of cover values for all species Sum of each native species C-value multiplied by its cover values, then divided by the sum of cover values for native species Mean C of all species multiplied by the square- root of the number of all plant species Mean C of native plant species multiplied by the square-root of the number of native plants Cover-weighted Mean C for all species multiplied by the square-root of all species Cover-weighted Mean C for native plants multiplied by the square-root of native plants Mean C of native plants divided by 10 multiplied by square-root of native plants divided by the square-root of number of all plants multiplied by 100 Cover-weighted Mean C for native plants divided by 10 multiplied by square-root of native plants divided by the square-root of number of all plants multiplied by 100 Average coefficient of wetness for nati
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