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Table 2. Cover Data - Sagebrush/Rabbitbrush Area (1998 Big Elk Project), Hayden Gulch Loadout, SCC, Routt Co., CO - 2013 <br />3 of 9 <br />FIRST HITALL HIT <br />FIRST HITRELATIVEALL HITRELATIVE <br />PLANT SPECIESAVERAGEVEGETATIONAVERAGEVEGETATION <br />abcde <br />COVERFREQUENCYCOVERCOVERCOVER <br /> (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) <br />NATIVE SHRUBS <br />Artemisia arbuscula ssp. longiloba 2.13 66.67 4.22 2.13 4.08 <br />Artemisia cana 0.67 60.00 1.32 0.80 1.53 <br />Artemisia tridentata 6.40 93.33 12.66 6.53 12.50 <br />Chrysothamnus nauseosus 4.00 93.33 7.92 4.13 7.91 <br />Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus 0.00 40.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 <br />Rosa sayi 0.00 13.33 0.00 0.00 0.00 <br />NATIVE SHRUBS (Cont'd) <br />Sarcobatus vermiculatus 0.27 20.00 0.53 0.27 0.51 <br />TOTAL NATIVE SHRUBS 13.5100.0 26.6 13.9 26.5 <br />BRYOPHYTES <br />Moss 0.13 13.33 0.26 0.13 0.26 <br />TOTAL BRYOPHYTES 0.1 13.3 0.3 0.1 0.3 <br />SUCCULENT <br />Opuntia polyacantha 0.00 13.33 0.00 0.00 0.00 <br />TOTAL SUCCULENT 0.0 13.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 <br />MUSHROOMS <br />Fungus 0.00 6.67 0.00 0.00 0.00 <br />TOTAL MUSHROOMS 0.0 6.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 <br />Standing dead 2.13 53.33 2.13 <br />Litter 30.13100.00 30.13 <br />Bare soil 17.20100.00 17.20 <br />TOTALS100.0101.7 <br />TOTAL VEGETATION COVER 50.5 (s=9.9)100.0 52.3 (s=10.0)100.0 <br />GROUND COVER (Litter+Rock+Veg+St.Dead) 82.8 84.5 <br />SPECIES DENSITY (# of species/100 sq.m.) <br />(AVERAGE= 24.9 Std.Dev.= 3.6) <br />a <br />First Hit Cover = Absolute percent cover in vertical view with no account of <br />plants obscured by first (i.e. top) hit. <br />b <br /> Frequency = Percent of the samples in which a species or lifeform occurred <br />c <br /> First Hit Relative Cover = Percent of the First Hit vegetation cover comprised <br />of this species or lifeform <br />d <br /> All Hit Cover = Absolute percent cover in vertical view acccounting for all <br />cover by the species or lifeform, whether over-arched by other plants or not <br />e <br /> All Hit Relative Cover = Percent of the All Hit vegetation cover comprised of <br />the species or lifeform <br />*P=Present within 1m. on either side of cover transect, but not quantitatively encountered. <br />()= Data in parentheses represent other hits that are used in conjunction with first hits for all hit cover statistics. <br />