Percent survival of local and non-local transplants of six species included in this study grown in the Iowa State University Forestry Greenhouse (measured in 2014) and at three forest field sites (measured in 2015) in Ames, Iowa.
Species | Greenhouse | Field sites | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Local | Non-local | Local | Non-local | ||
Asarum canadense | Wild ginger | 88% | 100% | 72% | 70% |
Hydrophyllum virginianum | Virginia waterleaf | 100% | 100% | 85% | 97% |
Mertensia virginica | Virginia bluebells | 100% | 100% | 83% | 92% |
Polygonum virginianum | Jumpseed | 100% | 100% | 92% | 80% |
Ranunculus hispidus | Bristly buttercup | 100% | 100% | 82% | 73% |
Solidago flexicaulis | Zigzag goldenrod | 94% | 100% | 40% | 78% |