Table 3.
Species composition and shoot density in Miscanthus and Carex communities at the Dongting Lake wetlands.
| Species | Family | Life-form | Carex community (shoots/m2) | Miscanthus community (shoots/m2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carex brevicuspis C. B. Clarke | Cyperaceae | Perennial | 793 | 155 |
| Miscanthus sacchariflorus (Maximowicz) Hackel | Poaceae | Perennial | 0 | 38 |
| Phalaris arundinacea L. | Poaceae | Perennial | 9 | 0 |
| Lolium perenne L. | Poaceae | Perennial | 3 | 23 |
| Alopecurus aequalis Sobol. | Poaceae | Annual | 15 | 9 |
| Poa annua L. | Poaceae | Annual | 0 | 5 |
| Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. | Poaceae | Perennial | 0 | 9 |
| Lapsana apogonoides Maxim. | Asteraceae | Annual | 9 | 22 |
| Artemisia selengensis Turcz. ex Bess. | Asteraceae | Perennial | 14 | 25 |
| Hemisteptia lyrata (Bunge) Fischer & C. A. Meyer | Asteraceae | Annual | 336 | 11 |
| Youngia japonica (L.) DC. | Asteraceae | Annual | 0 | 3 |
| Stachys japonica Miq. | Lamiaceae | Perennial | 0 | 6 |
| Leonurus japonicus Houttuyn | Lamiaceae | Annual | 0 | 17 |
| Salvia plebeia R. Brown | Lamiaceae | Perennial | 0 | 21 |
| Galium spurium L. | Rubiaceae | Annual | 78 | 114 |
| Paederia foetida L. | Rubiaceae | Perennial | 0 | 7 |
| Oenanthe javanica (Bl.) DC. | Apiaceae | Perennial | 2 | 15 |
| Daucus carota L. | Apiaceae | Annual | 8 | 43 |
| Calystegia hederacea Wall. | Convolvulaceae | Annual | 0 | 4 |
| Pharbitis nil (L.) Choisy | Convolvulaceae | Annual | 0 | 3 |
| Stellaria media (Linnaeus) Villars | Caryophyllaceae | Annual | 11 | 54 |
| Saxifraga stolonifera Curt. | Saxifragaceae | Perennial | 50 | 31 |
| Potentilla chinensis Ser. | Rosaceae | Annual | 27 | 6 |
| Rumex acetosa L. | Polygonaceae | Perennial | 4 | 3 |
| Cardamine hirsuta L. | Brassicaceae | Annual | 31 | 0 |
| Trigonotis peduncularis (Trev.) Benth. ex Baker et Moore | Boraginaceae | Annual | 11 | 46 |
| Astragalus sinicus L. | Papilionaceae | Annual | 0 | 58 |
| Euphorbia helioscopia L. | Euphorbiaceae | Annual | 0 | 14 |
| Veronica undulata Wall. | Scrophulariaceae | Annual | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 1401 | 744 |