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Appendix



Figure 1. An aerial view of the area of interest, Oliver’s Woods, Cleveland County, Norman, OK.

List of Floral Keys Used in This Study:

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  Hunter, Carl G. Trees, shrubs and vines of Arkansas. (1989). Ozark Society Foundation
  
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  Little, Jr. Elbert L. Forest Trees of Oklahoma. (2002). State Dept. of Agriculture
  
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  Smith, Edwin B. Keys to the Flora of Arkansas. (1994). The University of Arkansas Press
  

Daubenmeyer Scale
Value	% Coverage
0	0
1	0.1-1.0
2	1.0-5.0
3	5.0-25.0
4	25.0-50.0
5	50.0-75.0
6	75.0-90.0
7	90.0-100.0

Figure 2. The percentage of canopy openness for plots.



Figure 3. Soil pH for plots.



Figure 4. Soil Nitrogen for plots.



Figure 5. Soil Phosphorous for plots.

Soil Moisture (g)
H1	0.023	R1	0.114
H2	0.059	R2	0.113
H3	0.039	R3	0.234
H4	0.000	R4	0.422
H5	0.009	R5	0.129
H6	0.012	R6	0.143
H7	0.012	R7	0.137
H8	0.000	R8	0.168
H9	0.063	R9	0.130
H10	0.083	R10	0.225
H11	0.019	R11	0.113
H12	0.089	R12	0.164
H13	0.102	R13	0.153
H14	0.104	R14	0.152
H15	0.146	R15	0.281
H16	0.107	R16	0.145
H17	0.024	R17	0.278
H18	0.018	R18	0.116
H19	0.088	R19	0.147
H20	0.084	R20	0.202

Table 1. Soil moisture content for plots.

Plot	Nearest Tree	Distance to Tree (m)	Tree Diameter (m)	Clump Circumference (m)
H1	Acer negundo	0.40	1.00	4.09
H2	Juglans nigra	0.35	0.73	3.27
H3	Juglans nigra	0.85	2.34	8.58
H4	Celtis occidentalis	0.94	2.24	6.97
H5	Juglans nigra	0.59	1.25	8.19
H6	Ligustrum vulgare	0.27	0.99	9.07
H7	Cercis canadensis	0.40	0.39	7.08
H8	Tilia americana	0.11	1.40	6.11
H9	Carya illinoensis	0.63	1.01	6.01
H10	Carya illinoensis	0.41	0.79	7.32
H11	Carya illinoensis	0.63	0.91	1.50
H12	Celtis occidentalis	0.77	2.40	7.39
H13	Cercis canadensis	0.53	0.92	5.97
H14	Juglans nigra	0.84	1.06	3.16
H15	Juniperus virginiana	0.37	1.52	2.61
H16	Celtis laevigata	0.34	1.48	11.80
H17	Quercus macrocarpa	0.12	0.26	7.95
H18	Ulmus sp.	0.21	0.35	10.45
H19	Celtis occidentalis	0.20	1.40	9.63
H20	Quercus macrocarpa	0.11	1.92	20.00

Table 2. Tree nearest to clump of honeysuckle id, distance from clump, and diameter. Also honeysuckle clump circumference.

Plot	Nearest Tree	Distance to Tree (m)	Tree Diameter (m)
R1	Juglans nigra	0.40	1.20
R2	Juglans nigra	0.10	1.28
R3	Cercis canadensis	0.71	2.00
R4	Cercis canadensis	0.55	2.93
R5	Cercis canadensis	1.13	2.52
R6	Juglans nigra	0.62	2.07
R7	Fraxinus pennsylvanica	0.90	1.01
R8	Fraxinus pennsylvanica	0.44	0.38
R9	Carya illinoinensis	0.92	1.33
R10	Juniperus virginiana	0.59	2.09
R11	Carya illinoensis	0.22	2.19
R12	Cercis canadensis	0.74	1.51
R13	Celtis occidentalis	0.36	2.56
R14	Juglans nigra	0.23	0.80
R15	Juniperus virginiana	0.28	1.53
R16	Juglans nigra	1.67	2.23
R17	Quercus macrocarpa	2.40	0.46
R18	Juglans nigra	0.32	3.45
R19	Celtis occidentalis	0.88	2.71
R20	Morus alba	0.46	2.53

Table 3. Tree nearest to clump of honeysuckle id, distance from clump, and diameter.

Coverage of Associated Species – Honeysuckle Plots
	H-1	H-2	H-3	H-4	H-5	H-6	H-7	H-8	H-9	H-10	H-11	H-12	H-13	H-14	H-15	H-16	H-17	H-18	H-19	H-20
Apiaceae sp.	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	3	0	1	3	1	0	1	2	1
Aster sp.	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bidens bipinnata	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brassicaceae sp.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	3	2	0	1	1	1
Bromus sp.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carex sp.	3	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	3	3	0	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	1
Carya illinoensis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carya illinoensis seedling	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Celtis occidentalis	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Celtis occidentalis seedling	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	0	0	2	0	2
Cercis canadensis seedling	2	0	0	3	2	3	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Elephantopus carolinianus	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eupatorium	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Geum canadense	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	2
Gallium sp.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
Galium triflorium	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ivy cultivar-periwinkle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4
Ligustrum vulgare	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lonicera japonica	4	5	3	6	6	3	4	6	6	2	3	3	3	5	3	6	7	3	6	5
Morus rubra sapling	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Opuntia humifusa	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Panicum sp.	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
Parthenocissus quinquefolia	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
Poaceae sp.	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Polygonum sp.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Rhus copallina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rosa multiflora	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Smilax bona-nox	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
Smilax tamnoides var. hispida	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	3	6	2	0	0	5	0	3	3	3
Tilia americana	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Toxicodendron radicans	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Ulmus sp.	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vitis sp.	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0