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2011 Mountain Brush Reference Area <br />(Photographs 9 through 12) <br />COVER <br />(Table A -5) <br />Native shrubs were the predominant lifeform observed in the Mountain Brush Reference Area, <br />contributing 62.9 percent total first -hit vegetation cover. Of this, Gambel's oak (Quercus gambelii) <br />contributed 29.1 percent, mountain snowberry contributed 15.2 percent, and Saskatoon serviceberry <br />(Amelanchier alnifolia) contributed 13.9 percent. Native perennial forbs and native perennial cool season <br />grasses made moderate contributions to cover, with 10.9 and 8.6 percent, respectively. Also observed in <br />the area was the noxious weed hound's tongue. <br />Total average vegetation cover for first -hits was 85.3 percent. Allowable first -hit herbaceous cover was <br />21.0 percent. Cover by standing dead, litter, bare soil and rock averaged 0.5, 8.9, 5.3 and 0.0 percent, <br />respectively. Average species density was 40.0 species per 100 sq. m. <br />PRODUCTION <br />(Table A -6) <br />Total herbaceous production in 2011 was 835.1 pounds per acre. Of this, 392.6 pounds were native <br />perennial cool season grasses, 389.0 were native perennial forbs, and 35.7 were native annual and <br />biennial forbs. Four other lifeforms were present with less than 10 pounds per acre. <br />2011 Sagebrush Reference Area <br />(Photographs 13 through 16) <br />COVER <br />(Table A -7) <br />Native shrubs were the predominant lifeform observed in the Sagebrush Reference Area, contributing <br />29.7 percent total first -hit vegetation cover. Of this, mountain snowberry contributed 15.8 percent and big <br />sagebrush contributed 11.0 percent. Native perennial forbs contributed 26.4 percent first -hit vegetation <br />cover. Additionally native perennial cool season grasses contributed 16.8 percent first -hit vegetation <br />cover. Of this, fescue (Festuca saximontana) contributed 11.5 percent and oniongrass (Bromelica <br />bulbosa) contributed 1.8 percent. <br />14 <br />