| Ground Cover |
Eroded/Disturbed(0-5 km) |
Stable upland(5-15 km) |
Reference(>15 km) |
| Aralia nudicaulis |
0.00% |
0.00% |
16.67% |
| Calamagrostiscanadensis |
0.00% |
2.22% |
0.00% |
| Cinnalatifolia |
0.00% |
3.89% |
0.00% |
| Cladoniarangiferina |
5.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Clintonia borealis |
0.00% |
0.00% |
4.44% |
| Comptoniaperegrina |
0.00% |
0.67% |
0.00% |
| Cornuscanadensis |
0.00% |
1.89% |
2.22% |
| Coryluscornuta |
0.00% |
2.56% |
1.11% |
| Cyperaceae spp. |
0.00% |
0.56% |
0.00% |
| Danthoniaspicata |
0.00% |
0.22% |
0.00% |
| Deschampsia spp. |
18.33% |
32.22% |
1.67% |
| Eurybiamacrophylla |
0.00% |
0.00% |
4.44% |
| Gaultheria procumbens |
0.00% |
5.56% |
3.89% |
| Kalmia angustifolia |
2.78% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Ledumgroenlandicum |
2.78% |
0.22% |
0.00% |
| Lycopodiumdendroideum |
0.00% |
1.11% |
1.67% |
| Lycopodiumdigitatum |
6.11% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Phleumpratense |
0.00% |
2.22% |
0.00% |
| Pohlianutans |
0.00% |
1.67% |
0.00% |
| Polypodiumvulgare |
0.00% |
0.44% |
0.00% |
| Polytrichumjuniperinum |
9.44% |
6.22% |
5.00% |
| Pteridiumaquilinum |
2.22% |
9.44% |
46.67% |
| Sorbusdecora |
0.00% |
0.00% |
6.11% |
| Trifoliumpratense |
0.00% |
0.44% |
0.00% |
| Vacciniumangustifolium |
38.89% |
18.33% |
6.11% |
| Total |
95.56% |
89.89% |
100.00% |
|
| Sites are grouped based on distance from the smelters. Eroded/Disturbed sites: Airport, Wahnapitae Hydro-Dam and Kelly Lake; Stable upland sites: Kingsway,Kukagami and Laurentian; Reference sites: Onaping Falls, Capreol and Hagar. |
| Table 3: Percentage of ground cover by different plant species in eroded/disturbed,stable upland and reference sites from GSR. |
