Figure 1. Principal component plot of bacterial community composition. Points are colored to indicate if soils originated from a location that was heavily exposed to garlic mustard growth or if they were not.
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Figure 2. Diversity of bacterial species observed in treated and non-treated soils. * denotes significant difference. GM- garlic mustard, NGM- no garlic mustard, T- treated with benzyl isothiocyanate, NT- not treated
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Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
Tall bellflower (Campanula americana)
Red fox kit (Vulpes vulpes)
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Dark morph tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)
Eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina)
Question mark butterfly
(Polygonia interrogationis) Chicken of the woods (Laetiporus sulphureus)
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Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica)
Dutchman's breeches (Dicentra cucullaria)
Spring azure butterfly (Celastrina ladon)
Tall sunflower (Helianthus giganteus)
Common walking stick
Diapheromera femorata) |