Question

Attached is data from last year’s field trip to Bluff Creek Fen B. Bluff Creek Fen B is a large mound fen located in Walworth Co.

fen	plot	1-meter	1-meter tip up	1.5 meter	1.5 meter tip up	well (water table)	well tip up	VWC	EC
bcb	bcbunknown 1	111	95.8	68.1	45.3	57.4	43.1	0.45	0.13
bcb	bcbunknown 2	100.6	94.5	49.3	44	54	51.8	0.55	0.28
bcb	bcbunknown 3	90.2	92.9	43	44.4	45.7	45.9	0.67	0.42

All distances are from the tip of the piezometer or well to either the water or the peat (in the case of tip-up data). VWC is volumetric water content at the root and EC is electrical conductivity at the root zone.

1. Based on your knowledge of mound fens, where on the mound (top, middle, or bottom) are each of the “BCBUNKNOWNs?” Why would you say this?
2. Which plot would most likely have the most fen specialist or rare species? Why?
3. Where would phosphorus availability be the highest? Why?

Answer 1

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