Table 3.

Plant species comprising the plot^a of mixed prairie species

Species name	Classification	Mass fraction, %	Cumulative mass fractionb, %
Schizachyrium scoparium	C4 grass	31.5	31.5
Lupinus perennis	Legume	27.3	58.8
Andropogon gerardii	C4 grass	14.7	73.5
Poa pratensis	C3 grass	12.1	85.6
Lespedeza capitata	Legume	8.4	94.0
Monarda fistulosa	Non-leguminous forb	3.7	97.7
Sorghastrum nutans	C4 grass	1.3	99.0
Asclepias tuberosa	Non-leguminous forb	0.2	99.2
Achillea millefolium	Non-leguminous forb	0.1	99.3
Agropyron repens	C3 grass	0.1	99.4
Miscellaneous litter	-	0.8	100.2

^aThe plot from which these species were obtained produced 3.38 tons/hectare of fully dried aboveground harvested biomass.

^bCumulative mass fraction does not add up to 100.0% because of rounding.