Table 11.
Number of taxa (species, subspecies, and varieties) by major taxonomic group across study sites. Sites are arranged from taxonomically richest to most depauperate. BALA = Bakers Lake; BATR = Bay Tree Lake; HOLA = Horseshoe Lake; JOLA = Jones Lake; LAWA = Lake Waccamaw; LISI = Little Singletary Lake; SALA = Salters Lake; SILA = Singletary Lake.
| LAWA | BATR | HOLA | LISI | SILA | JOLA | SALA | BALA | |
| Pteridophytes | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Gymnosperms | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Basal angiosperms | 3 | -- | 3 | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Magnoliids | 2 | -- | -- | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Monocots | 60 | 23 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 |
| Eudicots | 71 | 27 | 24 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 11 |
| Total | 145 | 56 | 52 | 39 | 36 | 33 | 22 | 18 |