Year 2015 Results and Final Analysis of Trends Following Five Years of Vegetation Monitoring in 20 Constructed Bioswales Along Interstate 294,Touhy Avenue to Lake-Cook Road, Cook County, IL

Taft, John B.; Carroll-Cunningham, Connie

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Year 2015 Results and Final Analysis of Trends Following Five Years of Vegetation Monitoring in 20 Constructed Bioswales Along Interstate 294,Touhy Avenue to Lake-Cook Road, Cook County, IL

Author(s)

• Taft, John B.
• Carroll-Cunningham, Connie

Issue Date

2016-01-08

Keyword(s)

• bioswale
• monitoring
• trends
• native species richness
• floristic quality

Geographic Coverage

Cook County, Illinois

Abstract

This report documents the vegetation parameters relevant to the performance standards in bioswales from sample data collected in June and September 2015, the final year of monitoring. Species composition, diversity (based on species richness and species density), percent cover, and floristic quality from 2015 sample data are described and compared to previous sample data. Vegetation trends from the 2011 baseline are examined and a comparison is made between the baseline and 2015 final sample data.

Publisher

Illinois Natural History Survey

Series/Report Name or Number

Technical Report INHS 2016 (23)

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)

Illinois State Toll Highway Authority

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This document is a product of the Illinois Natural History Survey, and has been selected and made available by the Illinois Natural History Survey and the University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It is intended solely for noncommercial research and educational use, and proper attribution is requested.

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