Southeast Transect Line Analysis

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The location of the Southeast Transect Line is shown in Figure 3. The complete length of Southeast Transect Line is 598 feet and is seen in Figure 5. It includes 9 plots. The vertical distance decreases from 1260 feet to approximately 1236 feet with a horizontal distance of 500 feet (Plot 1 through 8). From plots 8 to 9, the slope increases gently for approximately 20-30 feet. The pattern of occurrence in the transect has a greater variety of smaller species such as Goldenrod and Little Bluestem at the start and ends with taller vegetation like the Red Cedar and Amur Honey Suckle this along with the species composition is seen in Table 2. The dominant species varies more compared to the other two transect lines. In plot 1, the dominant species