Table 1.

Means, standard deviations and significant difference indicators for all treatments, two years following transplantation, on species richness, and cover of bare ground features, total vegetation, litter, and growth forms. Different letters indicate significant differences between treatments for each variable determined through post-hoc comparisons of linear mixed effect models using block as a random factor.

Cover/Variable	Treatments
Cover/Variable	Turfs	Turfs + Shredded	Shredded	Control
Species Richness	20.2 ± 6.1 ^a	23.2 ± 7.1 ^a	10.4 ± 6.1 ^b	3.7 ± 3.2 ^c
Bare ground	289 ± 26.6 ^c	320 ± 52.2 ^bc	349 ± 68.6 ^ab	366 ± 18.8 ^a
Total Vegetation	195 ± 75.4 ^a	210 ± 91.8 ^a	56.5 ± 42.0 ^b	12.1 ± 13.4 ^c
Litter	74.9 ± 28.7 ^c	163 ± 33.4 ^b	210 ± 51.9 ^a	46.8 ± 29.1 ^d
Deciduous Shrubs	41.4 ± 22.4 ^a	39.6 ± 26.5 ^a	0 ± 0 ^b	0 ± 0 ^b
Evergreen Shrubs	37.8 ± 21.3 ^a	35.7 ± 26.4 ^a	0.6 ± 1.3 ^b	0.1 ± 0.3 ^b
Forbs	21.4 ± 17.4 ^a	24.4 ± 17.9 ^a	9.7 ± 13.2 ^b	4.4 ± 5.3 ^b
Graminoids	23.8 ± 18.1 ^a	20.0 ± 15.6 ^a	2.6 ± 3.3 ^b	3.3 ± 6.5 ^b
Biological Soil Crusts	0.3 ± 0.6 ^a	0.1 ± 0.3 ^a	0 ± 0 ^a	0.1 ± 0.2 ^a
Lichens	51.1 ± 38.4 ^ab	69.4 ± 37.9 ^a	33.6 ± 26.6 ^b	2.3 ± 3.6 ^c
Mosses	16.2 ± 13.6 ^a	18.2 ± 16.7 ^a	6.1 ± 7.6 ^b	0.9 ± 1.8 ^c