Research Article

Vegetation Recovery in Response to the Exclusion of Grazing by Sika Deer (Cervus nippon) in Seminatural Grassland on Mt. Kushigata, Japan

Table 1

Species list in each quadrat. Figures in the table show number of quadrats in species occurred. The total number of quadrats is 36 in “before grazing,” 10 in “inside the fence,” and 10 in “outside the fence,” respectively.

SpeciesBefore grazingInside the fenceOutside the fence
19812008200920102011201220082009201020112012

Adenophora remotiflora 1
Adenophora triphylla 3
Agrostis clavata 1
Anaphalis margaritacea 2
Angelica pubescens 243235
Aquilegia buergeriana 11111
Arabis hirsuta 11
Arenaria serpyllifolia 1
Artemisia princeps 2101087899
Astilbe microphylla 6
Brachypodium sylvaticum 324435781010
Campanula punctata 21
Chamerion angustifolium 61
Cirsium gratiosum 1111
Clinopodium chinense subsp. grandiflorum 52
Dianthus superbus var. longicalycinus 132
Dryopteris expansa  4
Filipendula multijuga 11
Fragaria nipponica 442343122
Geranium onoei 1412591
Gymnadenia conopsea 1
Hakonechloa macra 2
Iris sanguinea 236910101
Ixeridium dentatum 1
Jacobaea cannabifolia 424442
Ligularia dentata 1112
Malus toringo 11
Moehringia lateriflora 321
Oxalis corniculata 1233
Phedimus aizoon var. floribundus 112
Picris hieracioides 1121
Polygonatum odoratum 3
Polygonum cuspidatum 1113
Potentilla freyniana 4512
Ranunculus japonicus 110888825243
Scabiosa japonica 81221
Serratula coronata 191 22 
Solidago virgaurea 4
Stipa pekinensis 148101010
Tephroseris flammea 3 12643
Veronicastrum japonicum  12 7 810 9101
Viola acuminata 23