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Table 2 Bowie #1 Mine - Vegetation Cover - 2013 <br />Average Ground Cover Summary <br />Percent Ground Cover Based on Point - Intercept Sampling <br />Area - -> <br />West Mine <br />Run of Mine <br />Grasses <br />and Grass -likes <br />N <br />P <br />Achnatherum hymenoides <br />Indian Ricegrass <br />0.08 <br />0.07 <br />NxW A <br />Anisantha tectorum <br />Cheatgrass <br />0.12 <br />0.83 <br />I <br />P <br />Bromopsis inermis <br />Smooth Brome <br />0.04 <br />0.47 <br />I <br />A <br />Bromus japonicus <br />Japanese Brome <br />- <br />0.03 <br />N <br />P <br />Elymus lanceolatus var. 1. <br />Thickspike Wheatgrass <br />11.48 <br />14.27 <br />N <br />P <br />Elymus lanceolatus var. nparius <br />Riparian Wheatgrass <br />0.12 <br />3.70 <br />N <br />P <br />Elymus trachycau /us <br />Slender Wheatgrass <br />0.08 <br />0.70 <br />N <br />P <br />Nassella wridula <br />Green Needlegrass <br />0.56 <br />- <br />N <br />P <br />Pascopyron smithii <br />Western Wheatgrass <br />6.00 <br />4.63 <br />N <br />P <br />Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. inerme <br />Beardless Wheatgrass <br />0.44 <br />0.30 <br />N <br />P <br />Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata <br />Bluebunch Wheatgrass <br />- <br />0.17 <br />Forbs <br />I <br />A <br />Alyssum alyssoides <br />Pale Madwort <br />5.16 <br />2.43 <br />I <br />P <br />Astragalus cicer <br />Cicer Milkvetch <br />10.80 <br />11.73 <br />NxW B <br />Carduus nutans <br />Musk Thistle <br />0.04 <br />0.10 <br />NxW P <br />Con volvulus arvensis <br />Field Bindweed <br />1.88 <br />- <br />N <br />A <br />Descurainia pinata <br />Western Tansymustard <br />0.08 <br />0.07 <br />I <br />A <br />Erodium cicutarium <br />Redstem Stork's Bill <br />- <br />0.03 <br />N <br />B <br />Grindelia squarrosa <br />Curlycup Gumweed <br />- <br />0.77 <br />N <br />P <br />Heliomeris multiflora <br />Showy Goldeneye <br />0.20 <br />0.10 <br />N <br />P <br />Heterotheca villosa <br />Hairy False Golden Aster <br />0.04 <br />- <br />I <br />B <br />Lactuca serriola <br />Prickly Lettuce <br />0.04 <br />0.37 <br />N <br />P <br />Linum lewisii <br />Lewis Flax <br />0.52 <br />1.23 <br />I <br />P <br />Medicago sativa <br />Alfalfa <br />18.72 <br />4.77 <br />I <br />B <br />Melilotus ofcinalis <br />Sweetclover <br />- <br />0.10 <br />N <br />P <br />Penstemon stactus <br />Rocky Mountain Penstemon <br />0.52 <br />0.43 <br />I <br />P <br />Sanguisorba minor <br />Small Burnet <br />0.40 <br />6.50 <br />I <br />P <br />Secun_gera varia <br />Crown Vetch <br />0.96 <br />- <br />I <br />B <br />Tragopogon dubius <br />False Salsify <br />2.36 <br />0.13 <br />I <br />A <br />Thlaspi arvense <br />Field Pennycress <br />0.04 <br />Trees, Shrubs, and Sub - Shrubs <br />N <br />S <br />Atriplex canescens <br />Fourwing Saltbush <br />- <br />0.17 <br />N <br />SS <br />Krascheninnikovia lanata <br />Winterfat <br />- <br />0.23 <br />N <br />S <br />Chrysothamnus nauseosus <br />Rubber Rabbitbrush <br />0.24 <br />- <br />N <br />S <br />Quercus gambelii <br />Scrub Oak <br />0.12 <br />- <br />N <br />S <br />Purshia tudentata <br />Bitterbrush <br />0.04 <br />0.03 <br />N <br />S <br />Rosa woodsii <br />Wood's Rose <br />0.32 <br />- <br />Total Plant Cover <br />61.40 <br />54.37 <br />Rock <br />5.60 <br />6.53 <br />Litter <br />25.68 <br />26.30 <br />Bare ground <br />7.32 <br />12.80 <br />Total Plant Cover (excluding noxious weeds)l <br />59.36 <br />1 53.43 <br />Total Perennial Cover (excluding noxious weeds)l <br />51.68 <br />1 49.50 <br />Summary by Lifeform: <br />Native Perennial Cool Grasses <br />18.76 <br />23.83 <br />Introduced Perennial Grasses <br />0.04 <br />0.47 <br />Annual Grasses <br />0.03 <br />Native Perennial Forbs <br />1.28 <br />1.77 <br />Native Biennial Forbs <br />- <br />0.77 <br />Native Annual Forbs <br />0.08 <br />0.07 <br />Introduced Perennial Forbs <br />30.88 <br />23.00 <br />Introduced Biennial Forbs <br />2.40 <br />0.60 <br />Introduced Annual Forbs <br />5.20 <br />2.47 <br />Noxious Weeds <br />2.04 <br />0.93 <br />Sub - Shrubs <br />- <br />0.23 <br />Shrubsi <br />0.72 <br />1 0.20 <br />Sample Adequacy Calculations: <br />n = <br />25 <br />30 <br />Mean = <br />61.40 <br />54.37 <br />Variance = <br />171.08 <br />253.34 <br />nmin = <br />7.88 <br />14.74 <br />CEDAR CREEK ASSOCIATES, INC. Page A - 3 Bowie #1 Mine - 2013 - Appendix A <br />Phase II Bond Release Report <br />