2008 GROWING SEASON Moccasin Creek Riparian Buffer Restoration

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THIRD ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT – 2008 GROWING SEASON Moccasin Creek Riparian Buffer Restoration (EEP Contract: 005015)

December 2008 Submitted to: Guy Pearce North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program 2728 Capital Blvd., Suite 1H 103 Raleigh, NC 27604 Submitted by: Robert J. Goldstein and Associates, Inc. 1221 Corporation Pkwy., Suite 100 Raleigh, NC 27610

Submitted for:

Greene Environmental Services, LLC 90 Ham Produce Road Snow Hill, NC 28580 (252) 747-8200

Greene Environmental Services, LLC 90 Ham Produce Road, Snow Hill, NC 28580 (252) 747-8200

Introduction and Background On 27 June 2005 the NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program awarded Greene Environmental Services a contract to restore 20.2 acres of riparian buffer along un-named tributaries to Moccasin Creek in southeastern Johnston County, NC (Figure 1). The project area is approximately 2.75 miles south of Princeton along Moccasin Creek’s western bank. The unnamed tributary that the buffer surrounds confluences Moccasin Creek immediately to the southeast of the restoration site, approximately 7.5 stream miles north of its confluence with the Neuse River (Figure 1). The entire project lies on the Danny Kornegay Farm in USGS Hydrologic Unit 03020201160010. Hay fields and cattle pastures adjacent to the buffers receive liquid hog waste from the farm and typically have 65 cow/calf pairs rotating between fields. The Moccasin Creek Riparian Buffer Restoration Plan was implemented in February 2006 with site preparation and the planting of approximately 9,700 bare root hardwood saplings of six species and 2,000 bald cypress saplings. Planted woody stem density, location, diameter, and height monitoring was conducted during December 2008 inside 17, 100 square meter quadrats, pursuant to the 2006 CVS-EEP protocol for monitoring vegetation. The monitoring results, management activities to date, identified problem areas, and planned management activities are presented below. Results During the December 2008 monitoring, 227 planted woody stems were recorded within the 17 10x10 meter quadrats (four in tracts A, B, and D, and five in Tract C; Figure 2). Planted stem density for all plots averaged 540 stems per acre (169 percent of the required 320 stems per acre). A total of 270 natural woody stems (all native species) were observed in the same 17 monitoring plots. Total native woody stem density (planted and natural) averaged 1157 per acre (261 percent above the required density). Planted woody stem success averaged 71 percent (Table 1). When averaged separately, all tracts’ live planted woody stem density also exceed the required 320 stems per acre (Tract A, 11.50 average = 465/acre (145%); Tract B, 14.25 average = 577/acre (180%); Tract C, 12.60 average = 510/acre (159%); Tract D, 14.75 average = 597/acre (187%)). The third annual monitoring data indicate that Fraxinus pennsylvanica is the most abundant planted tree species (35 percent relative density among planted species). Taxodium distichum is second (28 percent relative density among planted species), and Liriodendron tulipifera is third (21 percent relative density among planted species). Liquidambar styraciflua is the dominant species, when all native species are considered in all monitoring plots (39.6 percent relative density).

Third Annual Monitoring Report Page 1 Moccasin Creek Riparian Buffer Restoration

Greene Environmental Services, LLC 90 Ham Produce Road, Snow Hill, NC 28580 (252) 747-8200

Maintenance (completed and planned) and Qualitative Observations The quantitative data demonstrate that overall planted woody stem success was high during the third growing season. In January 2008, remedial planting was completed in areas that had experienced higher mortality rates. As of December 2008, these bare root seedlings appear to be doing well. No herbicide application or other invasive management technique has been used in the Moccasin Creek project following initial site preparation and planting. Although areas of dense rhizomatous grasses have colonized several locations throughout the site, they do not appear to be reducing planted stem vigor. These areas will be monitored to determine if trimming or herbicide application is necessary to promote seedling survival. Additionally, planted stem vigor continues to lag behind in the portion of Tract A closest to the road (Figure 2). No remedial action is recommended for either of these problems at this time.

Third Annual Monitoring Report Page 2 Moccasin Creek Riparian Buffer Restoration

C1

C2

C3

C4

C5

D1

D2

D3

4

9 2

6

7

6 6

9 1

1

10

4 4

9 6

1 8

4 9

D4

B4

5

B3

2 1

B2

7 6

B1

A4

88 47 33 78 100 79 71

A3

90 103 12 37 4 80

A2

11 48 1 3 197 2 1 2 3 2 0 270 621

2.2 9.7 0.2 0.6 39.6 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.0

11 55 8 8 0 17

A1

Volunteer Stems Acer rubrum Baccharis halimifolia Carya sp. Diosporus virginiana Liquidambar styraciflua Morella cerifera Quercus pagoda Quercus phellos Pinus taeda Prunus serotina Ulmus americana Total/plot Volunteers/ acre/ plot

Survival (%)

540

79 48 4 29 4 63 227

Total in Plot

Species Planted Stems Fraxinus pennsylvanica 35 15.9 Liriodendron tulipifera 21 9.7 Nyssa sylvatica 2 0.8 Platanus occidentalis 13 5.8 Quercus michauxii 2 0.8 Taxodium distichum 28 12.7 Total Planted Stems/Plot Total Planted Stems/Acre/Plot Total Planted Stems/Plot (average - all plots) Total Planted Stems/Acre (average - all plots)

Total Dead/ Missing

Total Live Stems

Relative Density (all)

Relative Density (planted)

Table 1. 2008 Summary Data - Vegetation Monitoring Year 3 - Moccasin Creek Riparian Buffer Restoration - Johnston County, NC

4 9

10

3

2

4

1

5 13 526

17 688

5 18 728

1 15 607

10 10 405

8

1

7

1

4 10 405

4 8 11 11 445 445

14 567

3 11 5 1 10 14 14 17 12 15 11 11 14 567 567 688 486 607 445 445 567

13

1 1

6

35

1 3 28

1

13

3

3

6

20

15

100 2

1 2 1

1 1

0 0

30 2 1,214 81

14 567

3 7 121 283

1

1 0 0

3 7 6 6 121 283 243 243

0 0

28 1,133

17 688

405 1,659 526 1,133 688 850 688 607 890 688 688 567 1,659 1,376

Total Stems/Acre (all plots - planted + volunteer) Total Stems/Acre (average - all plots - planted + volunteer)

5

1 1

1,157

137 5,544

7 283

3 121

6,273

890

526

Figure 1. 1000

0

General Location - Moccasin Creek Riparian Buffer Restoration. Johnston County, North Carolina. 1000 Feet Scale: 1 : 24,000

Moccasin Creek

JOHNSTON CO

WAYNE CO

SAMPSON CO

Restoration Site

Project Area

A4

Problem Area Plan View Moccasin Creek Riparian Buffer Restoration - Johnston County

Figure 2.

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A3

Tracts/Planting Zones

B4

A2 B3

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A1

B

Hydric Mesic

C

Hydric Mesic

D

Hydric Mesic

Monitoring Quadrats

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A

Hydric Mesic

200

0

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Problem Areas

200 Feet

Vegetation Monitoring Plot Photographs - Year 3 - 2008 - Moccasin Creek Riparian Buffer Restoration

Plot A-1

Plot A-2

Plot A-3

Plot A-4

Vegetation Monitoring Plot Photographs - Year 3 - 2008 - Moccasin Creek Riparian Buffer Restoration

Plot B-1

Plot B-2

Plot B-3

Plot B-4

Vegetation Monitoring Plot Photographs - Year 3 - 2008 - Moccasin Creek Riparian Buffer Restoration

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Plot C-4

Vegetation Monitoring Plot Photographs - Year 3 - 2008 - Moccasin Creek Riparian Buffer Restoration

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Plot D-1

Plot D-2

Plot D-3

Vegetation Monitoring Plot Photographs - Year 3 - 2008 - Moccasin Creek Riparian Buffer Restoration

Plot D-4

Raw Data - Planted Woody Stems - All Plots - Moccasin Creek Riparian Buffer Restoration - MY3 (2008)

SCIENTIFIC_NAME

plot

stemSource

stemX

stemY

dgh

Height

DBH

stemHealth

Plot A1 Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Quercus michauxii Quercus michauxii Quercus michauxii Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Quercus michauxii

A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1

R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

0.9 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.2 3.7 3.5 4.0 3.7 3.4 6.9 9.8 9.8 6.8 7.1 7.1 9.8 9.9 9.9 3.7 0.8 0.9 3.4 6.1 6.9 4.4 4.4

0.1 2.1 5.0 7.9 9.3 8.6 7.0 5.0 2.7 0.6 1.0 0.5 2.9 3.4 5.8 8.3 5.1 7.4 9.8 8.4 6.9 6.3 6.2 6.5 9.8 9.7 9.7

36 45

210 283

18

133

20

138

5 9 10 39 8 2

50 54 104 237 65 19

9 12 17 9 18 23 9

72 89 117 83 92 135 92

1 1.9

1.5

Missing Missing Missing Missing Missing Missing Missing Missing Missing 0 4 4 Missing 4 Missing Missing Missing Missing 4 Missing Missing 4 4 4 4 4 4

Plot A2 Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum

A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2

R R R R R R R

0.7 2.7 4.8 6.7 8.9 8.4 5.4

0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.3 3.1 3.0

4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Raw Data - Planted Woody Stems - All Plots - Moccasin Creek Riparian Buffer Restoration - MY3 (2008)

SCIENTIFIC_NAME Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum

plot A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 A2

stemSource R R R R R R R R

stemX 2.9 0.4 2.2 4.7 7.4 7.6 4.6 2.1

Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Fraxinus pennsylvanica Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Fraxinus pennsylvanica Taxodium distichum Liriodendron tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera

A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3 A3

R R R R R R R R R R R

1.5 4.1 6.7 9.6 8.4 5.6 3.3 0.6 3.6 6.4 8.7 6.5 1.5 4.6

stemY 3.2 3.1 6.1 6.0 6.2 9.2 8.7 9.0

dgh

Height

DBH

22 16 23 18

139 113 108 136

0.2

11 36 42 9 37 27 31 36 44 27

129 182 182 70 184 162 165 171 172 172

14

79

27 14 11

127 102 84

44 34 51 26 38

315 295 500 400 245 257

2.3 1.7 5.1 2.8 1.3 1.5

42

278

1.8

stemHealth Missing 4 4 4 4 Missing Missing Missing

Plot A3 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.3 3.9 4.4 4.4 7.3 7.1 7.4 7.3 5.4 5.2 6.2

0.9 1.3 0.8 0.2 0.3 0.7 0.8 0.7

Missing 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Missing Missing 4

Plot A4 Liriodendron tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera Platanus occidentalis Platanus occidentalis Platanus occidentalis Platanus occidentalis Platanus occidentalis Platanus occidentalis Liriodendron tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera Platanus occidentalis

A4 A4 A4 A4 A4 A4 A4 A4 A4 A4 A4 A4

0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 6.4 3.9 6.6 6.2 6.0 9.3 9.4 3.8

2.1 4.8 7.3 4.7 3.4 0.7 0.6 6.2 8.4 9.4 9.9 3.6

4 4 4 Missing 4 4 4 4 4 4 Missing 4

Raw Data - Planted Woody Stems - All Plots - Moccasin Creek Riparian Buffer Restoration - MY3 (2008)

SCIENTIFIC_NAME Fraxinus pennsylvanica Platanus occidentalis Platanus occidentalis Platanus occidentalis Platanus occidentalis Platanus occidentalis Platanus occidentalis Liriodendron tulipifera

plot A4 A4 A4 A4 A4 A4 A4 A4

stemSource

stemX 8.3 9.3 8.9 3.7 1.4 3.6 0.7 9.4

Platanus occidentalis var. occidentalis Fraxinus pennsylvanica Platanus occidentalis var. occidentalis Platanus occidentalis var. occidentalis Platanus occidentalis var. occidentalis Platanus occidentalis var. occidentalis Platanus occidentalis var. occidentalis Platanus occidentalis var. occidentalis Platanus occidentalis var. occidentalis Platanus occidentalis var. occidentalis Fraxinus pennsylvanica Platanus occidentalis var. occidentalis Taxodium distichum Fraxinus pennsylvanica Taxodium distichum Fraxinus pennsylvanica Platanus occidentalis var. occidentalis Platanus occidentalis var. occidentalis

B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1

R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

0.6 2.9 5.1 7.2 2.7 3.9 4.7 6.6 8.3 0.1 8.5 8.7 7.0 5.0 3.3 1.0 5.8 3.9

Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera

B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2

R R

3.7 5.7 7.0 9.8 8.1 6.6 3.3 1.4

stemY 3.6 2.4 4.5 7.8 7.8 5.9 9.7 6.8

dgh

Height

DBH

47 38

375 359

3 2.2

47 26

299 218

3.7 1.2

500 285 500 282

5 2.2 5.5 1.7

355 450 450 400 390 195

3.3 5.3 4.4 3.4 3.2 0.9

250

1.3

275 268 144

2.8 1.8 1.6

stemHealth Missing 4 4 Missing Missing Missing 4 4

Plot B1 0.3 1.4 1.3 1.7 3.5 9.9 3.6 3.9 4.0 4.3 7.3 10.0 7.1 7.2 6.9 6.7 10.0 9.8

38

4 4 4 4 Missing 4 4 4 4 4 4 Missing Missing 4 0 4 4 4

Plot B2

R R R R R

1.1 0.9 0.6 0.4 4.0 3.9 4.8 5.2

10

82

8

78

Missing Missing 4 Missing Missing 4 Missing Missing

Raw Data - Planted Woody Stems - All Plots - Moccasin Creek Riparian Buffer Restoration - MY3 (2008)

SCIENTIFIC_NAME Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Taxodium distichum Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Taxodium distichum Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Taxodium distichum

plot B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2

stemSource R R R R R R

Fraxinus pennsylvanica Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Fraxinus pennsylvanica Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Fraxinus pennsylvanica Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Fraxinus pennsylvanica Taxodium distichum Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica

B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3 B3

R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

stemX 1.4 4.5 7.4 9.2 5.9 4.9 1.6 2.9 9.8 3.3 1.4 1.4 4.5 7.4 9.2 5.9 4.9 8.5

stemY 1.4 7.5 7.0 6.7 10.0 4.3 7.7 9.9 0.4 4.8 5.2 1.4 7.5 7.0 6.7 10.0 4.3 9.3

dgh

Height

DBH

38 23 23 25 36 15 46 25 37 14 32 7

177 150 130 187 177 115 183 115 162 80 157 29

0.7 0.5

27 35 49 54 43 11 53 41 39 47 13 32 54 23 44 13 32

142 155 158 177 195 104 178 168 171 205 114 150 178 122 189 144 142

0.4 0.4 0.8 1.1 1

0.8 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.7

stemHealth Missing Missing Missing Missing Missing Missing 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Plot B3 0.2 2.8 8.2 7.7 9.8 8.8 6.2 8.0 7.3 9.6 5.2 5.8 3.2 2.3 0.4 1.2 3.7

0.1 0.2 0.8 0.5 0.9 3.9 3.6 6.5 9.8 9.3 9.6 6.6 6.6 9.4 7.0 3.4 4.0

1 0.8 0.6 1.1 0.2 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.4

4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Raw Data - Planted Woody Stems - All Plots - Moccasin Creek Riparian Buffer Restoration - MY3 (2008)

SCIENTIFIC_NAME

plot

stemSource

stemX

stemY

dgh

Height

DBH

stemHealth

20 15 42 44 19

0.3

122

142 102 183 201 134 232 176

22 6

151 37

14 9

83 92

30

165

4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Missing 4 4 Missing Missing 4 4 Missing 4

Plot B4 Taxodium distichum Fraxinus pennsylvanica Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Taxodium distichum Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Taxodium distichum

B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4

R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

0.4 3.0 5.2 7.5 14.9 17.0 19.4 17.8 15.5 13.2 10.1 7.5 5.6 2.6 0.1 10.0

0.3 0.2 0.3 1.0 0.3 0.2 0.1 3.5 3.3 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.2 2.4 3.3 0.8

1.1 1.3 1.4 0.5 0.6

0.3

Plot C1 Liriodendron tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera Platanus occidentalis Platanus occidentalis Platanus occidentalis Platanus occidentalis Liriodendron tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera

C1 C1 C1 C1 C1 C1 C1 C1 C1 C1 C1 C1 C1 C1 C1 C1 C1 C1

R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

3.3 5.2 7.4 9.2 8.3 6.6 3.8 2.9 0.9 1.0 2.4 4.1 6.0 8.5 9.8 9.5 7.4 6.0

1.0 0.9 0.9 0.7 3.6 3.5 5.1 3.9 4.0 0.8 6.6 6.8 6.8 6.4 6.2 9.6 9.4 9.5

3

23

7

85 245 242

9 19 13

76 118 101

1.4 1.7

Missing Missing 0 Missing Missing 4 Missing 0 Missing Missing Missing 4 4 4 Missing 4 4 4

Raw Data - Planted Woody Stems - All Plots - Moccasin Creek Riparian Buffer Restoration - MY3 (2008)

SCIENTIFIC_NAME Liriodendron tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica

plot C1 C1 C1 C1 C1 C1 C1 C1 C1

stemSource R R R

Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Fraxinus pennsylvanica Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Fraxinus pennsylvanica Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Taxodium distichum Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica

C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 C2

R R R R R R R R R R R R

stemX 4.0 2.0 0.4 3.3 9.2 8.3 0.9 1.0 2.4

stemY 9.4 9.4 9.5 1.0 0.7 3.6 4.0 0.8 6.6

dgh 2

Height 16

25 18 21 7 17 9

8 78 130 90 70 100 62

DBH

stemHealth 4 Missing 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Plot C2 2.2 1.7 1.1 4.5 4.3 6.8 7.5 7.1 9.6 9.9 9.3 3.8 9.9 6.8 3.8 0.8 1.2 1.6 3.6 5.8 7.8

0.2 4.0 9.0 0.5 4.4 7.7 4.4 0.8 0.7 4.2 7.7 7.2 4.2 7.7 7.2 2.7 6.7 6.8 3.8 4.3 1.7

18

130

15

115

65

215

2.2

36

212 257 275 270 284 235 255

1.1 1.3 2.9 2.5 2.2 1.6 1.5

275

Missing Missing Missing Missing 4 Missing 4 Missing Missing Missing 4 Missing 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 0 4

Plot C3 Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Fraxinus pennsylvanica

C3 C3 C3 C3

R R R R

1.1 2.1 4.6 6.3

0.5 3.6 3.8 0.4

72 74

210 232 245

1.4 2.2 2.7

4 4 4 Missing

Raw Data - Planted Woody Stems - All Plots - Moccasin Creek Riparian Buffer Restoration - MY3 (2008)

SCIENTIFIC_NAME Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum

plot C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3 C3

stemSource R R R R R R R R R R

stemX 7.0 9.1 9.8 9.1 6.9 5.6 3.0 0.5 1.0 3.8

stemY 4.3 3.9 6.7 9.8 9.8 6.5 6.3 6.5 9.5 9.8

dgh

Height

20 61

117 215 304 289 204 168 242

54 36

230

DBH

1.7 3.6 1.3 1.4 2.5 2.1

stemHealth Missing 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Missing 4

Plot C4 Nyssa sylvatica Nyssa sylvatica Taxodium distichum Nyssa sylvatica Nyssa sylvatica Nyssa sylvatica Nyssa sylvatica Nyssa sylvatica Nyssa sylvatica Nyssa sylvatica Nyssa sylvatica Nyssa sylvatica Nyssa sylvatica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica

C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4 C4

R R R R R R R R R R R R R

0.7 7.4 2.0 1.2 4.7 2.4 6.3 0.9 0.8 2.0 7.8 2.9 0.4 9.8 7.4 4.8 3.6 9.8 9.0 8.9 6.7 5.8 6.3

2.4 0.1 0.3 0.9 2.4 4.7 5.1 2.3 6.4 7.3 6.6 9.9 9.3 9.9 9.3 10.0 7.3 5.4 3.7 3.5 2.4 0.2 1.0

19

124

45

245

1.2

3 43

12.5 205

0.6

33 45 31 36 37 46 45

188 175 200 172 255 260 185 365 225 222

1 0.6 1 0.7 1.2 1.5 0.8 2.3 1 0.9

29 32

Missing Missing Missing Missing 4 Missing 4 Missing Missing 4 4 Missing Missing 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Raw Data - Planted Woody Stems - All Plots - Moccasin Creek Riparian Buffer Restoration - MY3 (2008)

SCIENTIFIC_NAME

plot

stemSource

stemX

stemY

dgh

Height

DBH

stemHealth

1.5 0.6

32 14 18

225 145 112 151 152 235 268 188 161 245 145 98 135

4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

15 18

88 71

28 27

162 156

19 12 12 21

135 93 107 115

13 18 21 24 29

86 156 152 146 201 288 155 95 63

Plot C5 Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica

C5 C5 C5 C5 C5 C5 C5 C5 C5 C5 C5 C5 C5

R R R R R R R R R R R R R

2.9 5.6 8.3 9.1 6.5 3.9 1.0 1.6 3.6 6.4 9.3 2.7 0.7

Fraxinus pennsylvanica Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Platanus occidentalis var. occidentalis Platanus occidentalis var. occidentalis Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Fraxinus pennsylvanica

D1 D1 D1 D1 D1 D1 D1 D1 D1 D1 D1 D1 D1 D1 D1 D1 D1 D1 D1 D1

R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

4.3 1.9 6.3 7.7 9.7 9.3 7.4 5.4 3.3 1.4 1.0 3.1 5.2 6.8 9.4 8.2 6.2 4.0 2.0 5.0

0.1 1.1 2.3 5.7 4.5 4.2 3.0 6.0 7.0 7.8 8.9 9.6 8.6

24 14 25 27

31

0.7 0.5 1.3 2.9 1.2 0.5 2 0.3

Plot D1 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.5 2.5 3.0 3.2 3.5 3.8 6.7 6.1 5.2 5.7 5.8 8.2 8.4 8.6 8.8 1.0

22 16 11

0.6 0.4

0.5 0.4 0.3 1 2.4 0.5

4 4 Missing 4 4 Missing 4 4 4 4 Missing 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Raw Data - Planted Woody Stems - All Plots - Moccasin Creek Riparian Buffer Restoration - MY3 (2008)

SCIENTIFIC_NAME

plot

stemSource

stemX

stemY

dgh

Height

DBH

7 10 7 6 20 14 17 9 15 13 6 15 8 11 7 7 5

68 79 65 33 195 136 180 64 97 91 41 109 77 72 42 56 60

5

49

16 21 30

121 115 155

0.6

16 27

122 195

1.1

11

25

82 310 193 240 265 205

3.1 1 1.6 1.9 0.7

30

179

0.9

stemHealth

Plot D2 Taxodium distichum Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Fraxinus pennsylvanica Platanus occidentalis var. occidentalis Platanus occidentalis var. occidentalis Platanus occidentalis var. occidentalis Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Taxodium distichum Platanus occidentalis var. occidentalis

D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2 D2

R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

2.2 9.0 7.3 5.9 4.2 2.6 0.9 1.7 3.4 5.4 7.7 9.4 7.8 5.6 3.4 1.6 7.6 9.6 5.3

Fraxinus pennsylvanica Taxodium distichum Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Platanus occidentalis var. occidentalis Taxodium distichum Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera

D3 D3 D3 D3 D3 D3 D3 D3 D3 D3 D3 D3 D3 D3 D3

R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

0.9 2.8 6.2 7.8 9.1 8.4 6.3 1.4 3.3 5.0 1.8 3.4 1.2 6.9 9.0

0.2 1.4 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.8 5.6 5.2 4.9 4.9 4.2 7.1 7.6 7.7 8.6 9.5 9.1 10.0

0.8 0.5

4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Missing 4

Plot D3 0.4 1.9 1.5 1.8 2.9 5.3 4.1 4.4 5.3 6.7 6.9 8.0 9.7 9.9 8.7

27

4 4 4 0 4 4 Missing 4 4 4 4 4 2 Missing 4

Raw Data - Planted Woody Stems - All Plots - Moccasin Creek Riparian Buffer Restoration - MY3 (2008)

SCIENTIFIC_NAME Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera Platanus occidentalis var. occidentalis Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus pennsylvanica

plot D3 D3 D3 D3 D3

stemSource

Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Taxodium distichum Fraxinus pennsylvanica

D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4 D4

R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

stemX 4.0 0.5 7.0 6.7 5.5

stemY 0.2 4.8 9.9 8.0 8.5

dgh

Height

DBH

10 25 13

68 135 110

75

67 65 29 31

247 255 225 279 235 242 151 135

3.5 2.4 2.1 3.7 2.2 2.2 0.2

30

153

0.4

285

3

stemHealth 0 Missing 4 4 4

Plot D4 0.8 3.5 2.5 5.2 6.4 7.3 9.1 10.4 11.7 12.8 14.2 16.1 16.8 19.2 19.5 19.5

0.5 0.6 4.4 4.1 0.8 3.8 1.6 4.2 1.1 4.2 1.8 4.4 0.9 5.0 0.9 4.1

63

0 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 4 0 Missing 4 Missing

Raw Data - Volunteer Woody Stems - All Plots - Moccasin Creek Riparian Buffer Restoration - MY3 (2008)

SCIENTIFIC_NAME

Plot

10-50

50-100

Acer rubrum Liquidambar styraciflua Pinus taeda

A2 A2 A2

0 4 0

1 16 0

Baccharis halimifolia Liquidambar styraciflua

A3 A3

1 0

0 1

Carya cordiformis Liquidambar styraciflua

A4 A4

0 0

0 2

Liquidambar styraciflua

B1

0

0

Baccharis halimifolia Prunus serotina

B2 B2

0 0

0 0

Diospyros virginiana

B4

0

0

Baccharis halimifolia Prunus serotina

C1 C1

0 0

0 1

Acer rubrum Baccharis halimifolia Liquidambar styraciflua Pinus taeda Quercus pagoda

C2 C2 C2 C2 C2

0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 1

Liquidambar styraciflua

C3

2

2

Acer rubrum Liquidambar styraciflua

C5 C5

1 2

1 2

100-137 C0_1 C1_2 C2Plus Plot A1 - No Volunteers Plot A2 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Plot A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Plot A4 0 1 0 0 3 8 0 0 Plot B1 3 0 0 0 Plot B2 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 Plot B3 - No Volunteers Plot B4 0 1 2 0 Plot C1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Plot C2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Plot C3 2 0 0 0 Plot C4 - No Volunteers Plot C5 4 2 0 0 6 9 1 0

C5Plus

C10Pl C15Pl C20Pl C25Pl C30Pl C35Pl us us us us us us Total

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

1 28 1

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

1 1

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

1 13

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

5 1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

6 1

0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0

1 1 3 1 1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

6

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

8 20

Raw Data - Volunteer Woody Stems - All Plots - Moccasin Creek Riparian Buffer Restoration - MY3 (2008)

SCIENTIFIC_NAME

Plot

10-50

50-100

100-137

Acer rubrum Liquidambar styraciflua Pinus taeda

D1 D1 D1

1 8 0

0 4 0

0 3 0

Baccharis halimifolia Liquidambar styraciflua Morella cerifera

D2 D2 D2

0 100 0

31 0 0

4 0 2

Liquidambar styraciflua

D3

3

3

1

Liquidambar styraciflua Quercus phellos

D4 D4

0 2

1 0

0 0

C0_1 C1_2 Plot D1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Plot D2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Plot D3 0 0 Plot D4 0 0 0 0

C10Pl C15Pl C20Pl C25Pl C30Pl C35Pl us us us us us us Total

C2Plus

C5Plus

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

1 15 1

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

35 100 2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

7

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

1 2