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Table 51. Number of fields surveyed by crop in each ecodistrict
Annual crops
Perennial
Cereal crops
Broad-leaved annual crops
crops
Spring
Sugar Dry
Grass
wheat Barley Corn Other Canola Potatoes beets beans Other Alfalfa hay
Delacour Plain (798)
1
3
-
-
4
-
-
-
-
-
3
Cardston Plain (800)
3
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
3
Twin Butte Foothills (801) -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
Majorville Upland (787)
1
4
1
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
1
Standard Plain (788)
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Blackfoot Plain (790)
2
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
1
-
Lethbridge Plain (793)
43
52
16
-
14
-
2
1
-
13
12
Brooks Plain (812)
29
11
5
1
14
2
-
1
1
40
5
Berry Creek Plain (806) -
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
Bindloss Plain (815)
3
5
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
4
1
Bow City Plain (818)
3
1
3
-
3
-
2
-
-
7
1
Vauxhall Plain (823)
27
10
2
-
11
1
7
9
1
10
3
Foremost Plain (828)
33
13
9
-
16
9
3
14
-
8
6
Purple Springs Plain (829) 9
1
3
-
1
7
3
2
-
3
6
Table 52. Density, species richness and weed-free quadrats in the surveyed crops in each ecodistrict
Number of
Density
Species
Weed-free
fields surveyed
(number/m
2
)
(number /field)
quadrats
Crop
mean SE median
mean SE
%
SE
Delacour Plain (798)
11
18.0
7.3
4.7
3.3
0.7
41.3 14.8
Cardston Plain & Twin Butte Foothills (800 & 801)
17
6.6
1.8
3.3
2.4
0.5
52.9 12.1
Majorville Upland, Standard Plain & Blackfoot Plain (787, 788 & 790)
15
6.7
2.3
1.8
2.9
0.6
57.9 12.7
Annual crops
13
6.1
2.5
1.5
3.1
0.6
59.4 13.6
Lethbridge Plain (793)
153
18.7
2.7
7.5
3.9
0.2
36.7
3.9
Annual crops
128
19.4
3.2
7.7
4.3
0.2
36.4
4.3
Cereal crops
111
21.4
3.6
8.4
4.3
0.2
35.3
4.5
Spring wheat
43
18.6
4.1
8.4
3.8
0.3
34.2
7.2
Barley
52
25.5
6.6
8.5
4.3
0.3
36.6
6.7
Corn
16
15.5
4.7
5.1
5.2
0.4
33.9 11.8
Broad-leaved annual crops
17
5.8
1.2
4.3
4.2
0.6
43.7 12.0
Canola
14
5.0
1.0
4.3
3.7
0.5
45.7 13.3
Perennial crops
25
15.1
4.3
5.5
2.4
0.3
38.3
9.7
Alfalfa
13
17.7
7.2
5.5
2.2
0.4
33.9 13.1
Grass hay
12
12.4
4.1
3.2
2.6
0.4
43.2 14.3
Brooks Plain & Berry Creek Plain (812 & 806)
114
14.1
1.4
7.4
3.8
0.2
33.6
4.4
Annual crops
66
12.0
1.8
4.6
4.6
0.2
38.8
6.0
Cereal crops
48
14.0
2.2
7.3
4.9
0.3
33.6
6.8
Spring wheat
29
13.6
2.4
7.7
5.0
0.4
33.8
8.8
Barley
12
18.9
6.2
3.8
4.6
0.4
30.0 13.2
Broad-leaved annual crops
18
6.4
2.0
2.3
3.9
0.5
52.5 11.8
Canola
14
6.4
2.2
2.3
4.4
0.4
48.9 13.4
Perennial crops
48
17.2
2.3
11.4
2.7
0.2
26.5
6.4
Alfalfa
40
17.3
2.4
11.6
2.9
0.3
23.0
6.7
Bindloss Plain (815)
14
43.2 11.8
13.2
5.6
1.0
31.4 12.4
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