Plant cover

For glass covers placed over plants, see Cloche (agriculture).
Native plant cover in the Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve in Idaho, United States, including Eriogonum ovalifolium and Delphinium andersonii

The abundances of plant species are often measured by plant cover, which is the relative area covered by different plant species in a small plot. Plant cover is not biased by the size and distributions of individuals, and is an important and often measured characteristic of the composition of plant communities.[1][2]

  1. ^ Kent, Martin; Coker, Paddy (1994). Vegetation description and analysis : a practical approach. Chichester New York: Wiley. ISBN 978-0-471-94810-0. OCLC 32234336.
  2. ^ Grant, S. A. (1993). Resource description: Vegetation and sward components. In A. Davies, R. D. Baker, S. A. Grant, & A. S. Laidlaw (Eds.), Sward measurement handbook (2nd ed., pp. 69–98). British Grassland Society, Reading.