Common plant species flowering on the ROW and the number of butterfly species using them at 5 census counts. Common plant species were those that occurred on at least 4 of the 5 treatment units.
| CENSUS COUNT | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shrub Species | 1 5/31 - 6/2 | 2 6/19 - 6/20 | 3 7/5 - 7/6 | 4 7/22 - 7/23 | 5 8/13 - 8/14 | Total |
| Number of butterfly species | ||||||
| Blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis) | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Deerberry (Vaccinium stamineum) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Dawberry (Rubus hispidus) | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis) | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera Japonica) | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Purple flowering raspberry (Rubus odoratus) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Wild rose (Rosa sp.) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| CENSUS COUNT | ||||||
| Herbaceous Species | 1 5/31 - 6/2 | 2 6/19 - 6/20 | 3 7/5 - 7/6 | 4 7/22 - 7/23 | 5 8/13 - 8/14 | Total |
| Number of butterfly species | ||||||
| Barrens strawberry (Waldsteinia fragaroides) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare) | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Cinquefoil (Potentilla canadensis) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Daisy fleabane (Erigeron annuus) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Indian tobacco (Lobelia inflate) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Healall (Prunella vulgaris) | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Joe Pye weed (Eupatorium dubium) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Mountain mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium) | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Purple milkweed (Asdepias purpurascens) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Queen Anne’s lace (Daucus carota) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium) | 4 | 4 | 8 | |||
| Spotted kanpweed (Centaurea maculosa) | 5 | 2 | 7 | |||
| Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Total | 1 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 45 |