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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 - -> <br />West Mine <br />Run of <br />Mine <br />Grasses and Grass -likes <br />N P Achnatherum hymenoides Indian Ricegrass <br />0.13 <br />0.12 <br />NxW A Anisantha tectorum Cheatgrass <br />0.20 <br />1.53 <br />I P Bromopsis inermis Smooth Brome <br />0.07 <br />0.86 <br />I A Bromusjaponicus Japanese Brome <br />- <br />0.06 <br />N P Elymus lanceolatus var. 1. Thickspike Wheatgrass <br />18.70 <br />26.24 <br />N P Elymus lanceolatus var, riparius Riparian Wheatgrass <br />0.20 <br />6.81 <br />N P Elymus trachycau /us Slender Wheatgrass <br />0.13 <br />1.29 <br />N P Nassella wridula Green Needlegrass <br />0.91 <br />- <br />N P Pascopyron smithii Western Wheatgrass <br />9.77 <br />8.52 <br />N P Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp, inerme Beardless Wheatgrass <br />0.72 <br />0.55 <br />N P Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp, spicata Bluebunch Wheatgrass <br />- <br />0.31 <br />Forbs <br />I A Alyssum alyssoides Pale Madwort <br />8.40 <br />4.48 <br />I P Astragalus cicer Cicer Milkvetch <br />17.59 <br />21.58 <br />NxW B Carduus nutans Musk Thistle <br />0.07 <br />0.18 <br />NxW P Con volvulus arvensis Field Bindweed <br />3.06 <br />- <br />N A Descurainia pinata Western Tansymustard <br />0.13 <br />0.12 <br />I A Erodium cicutarium Redstem Stork's Bill <br />- <br />0.06 <br />N B Grindelia squarrosa Curlycup Gumweed <br />- <br />1.41 <br />N P Heliomeris multiflora Showy Goldeneye <br />0.33 <br />0.18 <br />N P Heterotheca villosa Hairy False Golden Aster <br />0.07 <br />- <br />I B Lactuca serriola Prickly Lettuce <br />0.07 <br />0.67 <br />N P Lin um lewisii Lewis Flax <br />0.85 <br />2.27 <br />I P Medicago sativa Alfalfa <br />30.49 <br />8.77 <br />I B Melilotus offlcinalis Sweetclover <br />0.18 <br />N P Penstemon strictus Rocky Mountain Penstemon <br />0.85 <br />0.80 <br />I P Sanguisorba minor Small Burnet <br />0.65 <br />11.96 <br />I P Securigera varia Crown Vetch <br />1.56 <br />- <br />I B Tragopogon dubius False Salsify <br />3.84 <br />0.25 <br />I A Thlaspiarvense Field Pennycress <br />0.07 <br />Trees, Shrubs, and Sub - Shrubs <br />N S Atriplex canescens Fourwing Saltbush <br />- <br />0.31 <br />N SS Krascheninnikovia lanata Winterfat <br />- <br />0.43 <br />N S Chrysothamnusnauseosus Rubber Rabbitbrush <br />0.39 <br />- <br />N S Quercus gambelii Scrub Oak <br />0.20 <br />- <br />N S Purshia tridentata Bitterbrush <br />0.07 <br />0.06 <br />N S Rosa woodsii Wood's Rose <br />0.52 <br />- <br />Summary by Lifeform: <br />Native Perennial Cool Grasses <br />30.55 <br />43.84 <br />Introduced Perennial Grasses <br />0.07 <br />0.86 <br />Annual Grasses <br />- <br />0.06 <br />Native Perennial Forbs <br />2.08 <br />3.25 <br />Native Biennial Forbs <br />- <br />1.41 <br />Native Annual Forbs <br />0.13 <br />0.12 <br />Introduced Perennial Forbs <br />50.29 <br />42.31 <br />Introduced Biennial Forbs <br />3.91 <br />1.10 <br />Introduced Annual Forbs <br />8.47 <br />4.54 <br />Noxious Weeds <br />3.32 <br />1.72 <br />Sub - Shrubs <br />- <br />0.43 <br />Native Shrubsi <br />1.17 <br />0.37 <br />Species Diversity 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 />0 <br />(Standard - 1 Species) <br />4. Number of Native Shrubs = <br />4 <br />3 <br />(Standard - 2 Species) <br />5. Annual & Biennial Species Total Relative Cover = <br />(Rel. Cover may only contribute 10% towards the Total Cover Standard) <br />12.51 <br />7.23 <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 />