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Plant Diversity Table 2 and Table 3
Table 2. Chicago Region flora compared to other temperate areas.
| Locale (ordered by increasing size) |
Area (square km) |
% difference in area to the Chicago Region |
approximate number of vascular plant species |
% difference in number of species to the Chicago Region |
species diversity rating (species per square kilometer times 100) |
|---|
| Chicago Region |
30,557 |
-- |
2700 |
-- |
8.8 |
| Belgium |
30,510 |
- 0.2 % |
1400 |
- 48 % |
4.6 |
| Netherlands |
41,526 |
+ 36 % |
914 |
- 66 % |
2.2 |
| Denmark |
43,094 |
+ 41 % |
1000 |
- 63 % |
2.3 |
| West Virginia, USA |
62,361 |
+ 104 % |
2344 |
- 8.4 % |
4.0 |
| Lithuania |
65,200 |
+ 113 % |
1350 |
- 50 % |
2.1 |
| Ireland |
70,280 |
+ 130 % |
950 |
- 65 % |
1.4 |
| Portugal |
92,391 |
+ 202 % |
3800 |
+ 41 % |
4.1 |
| Indiana, USA |
92,895 |
+ 204 % |
1500 |
- 44 % |
1.6 |
| Hungary |
93,030 |
+ 204 % |
2450 |
- 9 % |
2.6 |
| Wisconsin, USA |
140,663 |
+ 360 % |
2640 |
- 22 % |
1.9 |
| Illinois, USA |
143,962 |
+ 371 % |
3000 |
+ 11 % |
2.1 |
| Michigan, USA |
147,122 |
+ 381 % |
2800 |
+ 4 % |
1.9 |
| Italy |
301,230 |
+ 886 % |
5599 |
+ 107 % |
1.9 |
| France |
547,030 |
+ 1690 % |
4630 |
+ 71 % |
0.8 |
Table 3. Chicago Region flora compared to tropical areas.
| Locale (ordered by increasing size) |
Area (square km) |
% difference in area to the Chicago Region |
approximate number of vascular plant species |
% difference in number of species to the Chicago Region |
species diversity rating (species per square kilometer times 100) |
|---|
| Chicago Region |
30,557 |
0 % |
2700 |
0 % |
8.8 |
| Belize |
22,966 |
- 25 % |
3408 |
+ 26 % |
14.8 |
| Costa Rica |
51,100 |
+ 67 % |
9000 |
+ 233 % |
17.6 |
| Ecuador |
283,560 |
+ 828 % |
25,000 |
+ 826 % |
8.8 |
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