Herb coverage on southern pine beetle and non-southern pine beetle impacted permanent plots in Coweeta white pine watershed 1.

Percent cover of herb layer species was compared between beetle-impacted and non-beetle-impacted white pine plots in watershed 1. All herbaceous species, and some non-herbaceous species growing in the herb layer, were identified and their percent cover estimated in each of the eight 10-m by 10-m modules within each plot. These eight values were averaged to get the percent cover of each species on each plot. The 4 beetle and 4 non-beetle plots were used to compare treatments. Herbaceous data were collected 20 Jul - 6 Aug 2001, 23 Jul - 2 Aug 2002, and 21 Jul - 1 Aug 2003. Percent cover for herb layer species represent plot averages.