TABLE 1.
Species found in each habitat grouped by plant functional type
| Palsa | Bog | Fen | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deciduous shrub | Betula nana | Betula nana | |
| Vaccinium uliginosum | |||
| Evergreen shrub | Andromeda polifolia | ||
| Empetrum nigrum | Andromeda polifolia | ||
| Vaccinium microcarpum | |||
| Vaccinium vitis‐idaea | Vaccinium microcarpum | ||
| Forb | Comarum palustre | ||
| Rubus chamaemorus | Rubus chamaemorus | Rubus chamaemorus | |
| Graminoid | Carex canescens | ||
| Carex rostrata | Carex rostrata | ||
| Carex rotundata | Carex rotundata | ||
| Eriophorum angustifolium | Eriophorum angustifolium | ||
| Eriophorum vaginatum | Eriophorum vaginatum | Eriophorum vaginatum | |
| Moss | Polytrichum strictum | Polytrichum strictum | |
|
Sphagnum fuscum feather mosses |
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| Sphagnum spp. | Sphagnum spp. | ||
| Lichen | lichen | ||
| Horsetails | Equisetum spp. | ||
| Mean richness | 8.4 | 5.4 | 2.8 |
| Mean Shannon diversity | 1.54 | 0.95 | 0.86 |
| Mean Pilou's evenness | 0.73 | 0.57 | 0.85 |
Bold species names indicate habitats where that species is common (i.e., found in at least 3 plots). Richness, Shannon Diversity, and Pilou's evenness are mean values across five replicates for each site. Bold values are significantly different from both other sites at p < .05; italic values are different from each other but not the third site at p < .05; based on ANOVA with Tukey HSD.