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Table 3 Bowie #1 Mine - Vegetation Cover - 2013 <br />Relative Ground Cover Summary <br />Percent Ground Cover Based on Point - Intercept Sampling <br />Area > I <br />West Mine <br />L <br />Run of <br />Mine <br />Grasses and Grass -likes <br />N <br />P Achnatherum hymenoides <br />Indian Ricegrass <br />0.11 <br />0.12 <br />I <br />A Anisantha tectorum <br />Cheatgrass <br />0.16 <br />1.53 <br />I <br />P Biymopsis inermis <br />Smooth Brome <br />0.05 <br />0.86 <br />I <br />A Bromusjaponicus <br />Japanese Brome <br />- <br />0.06 <br />N <br />P Elymuslanceolatus var. 1. <br />Thickspike Wheatgrass <br />18.98 <br />26.24 <br />N <br />P Elymus lanceolatus var. lipalius <br />Riparian Wheat rass <br />0.48 <br />6.81 <br />N <br />P Elymus bachycaulus <br />Slender Wheatgrass <br />0.16 <br />1.29 <br />N <br />P Nassella vindula <br />Green Needlegrass <br />1.39 <br />- <br />N <br />P Pascopyron smithii <br />Western Wheatgrass <br />9.59 <br />8.52 <br />N <br />P Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. inerme <br />Beardless Wheatgrass <br />0.85 <br />0.55 <br />N <br />P Pseudoroegneda spicata ssp. spicata <br />Bluebunch Wheatgrass <br />- <br />0.31 <br />Forbs <br />I <br />A A um alyssoides <br />Pale Ma wort <br />7.57 <br />4.48 <br />I <br />P Astagalus ricer <br />Cicer Milkvetch <br />20.47 <br />21.58 <br />NxW B Carduus nutans <br />Musk Thistle <br />0.05 <br />0.1.8 <br />NxW P ConvoNulus arvensis <br />Field Bindweed <br />2.61 <br />- <br />N <br />A Descurainia pinata <br />Western Tansymustard <br />0.11 <br />0.12 <br />I <br />A Erodium cimtarium <br />Redstem Stork's Bill <br />- <br />0.06 <br />N <br />B Grindelia squarrosa <br />Curlycup Gumweed <br />- <br />1.41 <br />N <br />P Heliomeris m0iAora <br />Showy Goldeneye <br />0.27 <br />0.18 <br />N <br />P Heterotheca villosa <br />Hairy False Golden Aster <br />0.05 <br />- <br />I <br />B Lactuca serriola <br />Prickly Lettuce <br />0.05 <br />0.67 <br />N <br />P Linum lewisii <br />Lewis Flax <br />2.24 <br />2.27 <br />I <br />P Medicago sabva <br />Alfalfa <br />27.99 <br />8.77 <br />I <br />B Melilotus oA%inalrs <br />Sweetclove <br />- <br />0.18 <br />N <br />P Penstemon strictus <br />Rocky Mountain Penstemon <br />0.85 <br />0.80 <br />I <br />P San uisorba minor <br />Small Burnet <br />0.53 <br />11.96 <br />I <br />P Securigera vans <br />Crown Vetch <br />1.28 <br />- <br />I <br />B Tragopogon dubius <br />False Salsify <br />3.14 <br />0.25 <br />I <br />A 7hlaspi arvense <br />Field Pennycress <br />0.05 <br />- <br />Trees, Shrubs, and Sub - Shrubs <br />N <br />S Atripexcanescens <br />Fourwing Sa us <br />1 <br />N <br />SS Krascheninnikovia lanata <br />Winterfat <br />- <br />0.43 <br />N <br />S Chrysothamnus nauseosus <br />Rubber Rabbitbrush <br />0.32 <br />- <br />N <br />S Quemusgambelii <br />Scrub Oak <br />0.16 <br />- <br />N <br />S Purshia Mdentata <br />Bitterbrush <br />0.05 <br />0.06 <br />N <br />S Rosa woodsii <br />Wood's Rose <br />0.43 <br />- <br />Summary by Lifeform: <br />Native Perennial Cool Grasses <br />31.56 <br />43.84 <br />Introduced Perennial Grasses <br />0.05 <br />0.86 <br />Annual Grasses <br />0.16 <br />1.59 <br />Native Perennial Forbs <br />3.41 <br />3.25 <br />Native Biennial Forbs <br />- <br />1.41 <br />Native Annual Forbs <br />0.11 <br />0.12 <br />Introduced Perennial Forbs <br />50.27 <br />42.31 <br />Introduced Biennial Forbs <br />3.20 <br />1.10 <br />Introduced Annual Forbs <br />7.62 <br />4.54 <br />Noxious Weeds <br />2.67 <br />0.18 <br />Sub - Shrubs <br />- <br />0.43 <br />Native Shrubs <br />0.96 <br />0.37 <br />Species Dive . Categories (Standards)t <br />1. Native, Perennial Hebaceous Species between 3% and 60% Rel. Cover = <br />2 <br />3 <br />(Standard - 5 Species) <br />2. Native, Cool- Season Grass Species between 3% and 60% Rel. Cover = <br />2 <br />3 <br />(Standard - 4 Species) <br />3. Native Forb Species between 3% and 60% Rel. Cover = <br />0 <br />(Standard - 1 Species) <br />0 <br />4. Number of Native Shrubs = <br />_ <br />4 <br />3 <br />(Standard - 2 Species) <br />5. Annual Species Total Relative Cover = <br />(Rel. Cover may only contribute 10% towards the Total Cover Standard) <br />11.14 <br />8.95 <br />t Diversity standards exclude noxious weed species. <br />CEDAR CREEK ASSOCIATES, INC. Page A - 4 Bowie #1 Mine - 2013 - Appendix A <br />Phase II Bond Release Report <br />