Table 4.

Plant endophyte analysis in low salt (dunegrass) and high drought (gumweed) stress habitats at Cedar Rocks Preserve.

	Plant species	Sampling site	Endophyte ID*	% In plant tissues**	GPS Coordinate range***
Leymus mollis	x4 costal beach	Cladosporium	Roots/Stems	80%	48.54939 N,−122.95419 W
Dunegrass (N = 30)		cladosporioides	Seed Coat	70%	48.56431N,−122.93583 W
Grindellia integrifolia	x4 costal cliff	Alternaria	Roots/Stems	93%	48.54997 N,−122.95584 W
Gumweed (N = 42)		alternata	Seed Coat	95%	48.55006 N,−122.95603 W

^* Dominant endophyte analyzed by classic microbiological and DNA sequence analysis.

^** N = 30 dunegrass plants and 576 seed coats, and N = 42 gumweed plants and 181 seed coats were analyzed for the presence of endophytes.

^***Plants with seed heads (approx. 70% of plants had inflorescence) were collected along a linear gradient encompassing the GPS coordinates.