Table 1. Plant community types, coverage, and percent composition at the Griffy Lake Nature Preserve, Monroe County, Indiana

Table 1. Plant community types, coverage, and percent composition at the Griffy Lake Nature Preserve, Monroe County, Indiana.

Plant Community Acres

Percent Composition

Mesic Sloping Woodlands 553 47.8 Young Mesic Woodland on Limestone Ridges 173.2 15.0 Reservoir- Open Water (Griffy Lake) 109 9.4 Dry Mesic Slope 104.4 9.0 Mature Mesic Woodland on Limestone Ridges 47.8 4.1 Mesic Floodplain Woodlands 44.8 3.9 Wet-mesic Floodplain Woodlands 42.8 3.7 Dry Slopes 20.6 1.8 Wet Floodplain Woodlands 17.9 1.5 Pine Plantation 9.4 0.8 Wet Old Field 7.2 0.6 Dry Mesic Ridges 7 0.6 Seasonal Mudflats 5.6 0.5 Cultural Communities 5.2 0.4 Emergent Wetlands 5 0.4 Dry Ridges 3.1 0.3 Sterile Old Field Habitat 0.3 0.0

Totala 1,156.3 100

Source: Adapted from Tungesvick 2019 a Sums of values may not add to total value shown due to rounding

Figure 2. Mesic sloping woodlands that underwent a controlled burn in spring of 2020.