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INTRODUCTION <br />.............. ..............................1 <br />METHODS................................................................................................................ ..............................1 <br />PHASE I I BOND RELEASE BLOCK 2B SAMPLING .......................................................... ............................... 1 <br />REFERENCE AREA SAMPLING ................................................................................... ............................... 1 <br />SUMMARY OF SAMPLING DESIGN .............................................................................. ............................... 2 <br />COVERSAMPLING ................................................................................................... ............................... 2 <br />LIFEFORMS USED IN DATA PRESENTATION .................................................................. ..............................3 <br />PLANT SPECIES FREQUENCY AND DENSITY MEASUREMENTS ....................................... ............................... 3 <br />PLANTSPECIES LISTING .......................................................................................... ............................... 3 <br />PHOTOGRAPHICRECORD .......................................................................................... ..............................4 <br />STATISTICALMETHODS ............................................................................................. ..............................4 <br />ASSESSMENT OF RECLAMATION ADEQUACY ................................................................ ..............................4 <br />General............................................................................................................. ............................... 4 <br />Determination of Sample Adequacy ................................................................... ............................... 5 <br />Notes on the Comparison of Data to Applicable Reference Area Standards ....... ............................... 5 <br />Hypothesis Testing Approaches ......................................................................... ............................... 6 <br />SpeciesDiversity ............................................................................................... ............................... 7 <br />RESULTS <br />.... .............................10 <br />2014 PHASE II BRB- 26 ........................................................................................... .............................12 <br />Cover.............................................................................................................. ............................... 12 <br />2014 ASPEN REFERENCE AREA ............................................................................. ............................... 12 <br />Cover.............................................................................................................. ............................... 12 <br />2014 MOUNTAIN BRUSH REFERENCE AREA ............................................................. ............................... 13 <br />Cover.............................................................................................................. ............................... 13 <br />2014 SAGEBRUSH REFERENCE AREA ..................................................................... ............................... 14 <br />Cover.............................................................................................................. ............................... 14 <br />2014 STEEP MOUNTAIN BRUSH REFERENCE AREA ................................................... ............................... 14 <br />Cover.............................................................................................................. ............................... 14 <br />2014 WESTERN WHEATGRASS/ ALKALI SAGEBRUSH REFERENCE AREA ..................... ............................... 15 <br />Cover.............................................................................................................. ............................... 15 <br />DISCUSSION........................................................................................................... .............................15 <br />CLIMATIC CONDITIONS ........................................................................................... ............................... 15 <br />SAMPLE ADEQUACY CALCULATIONS ........................................................................ ............................... 16 <br />2014 ASSESSMENT OF THE BRB -213 FOR COMPLIANCE WITH PHASE II PERFORMANCE STANDARDS ............. 16 <br />Cover.............................................................................................................. ............................... 16 <br />Species Diversity and Composition .................................................................. ............................... 17 <br />i <br />