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New Horizon Mine <br />Irrigated Pasture Reference Area: <br />Sampling on the Irrigated Pasture Reference Area consisted of random distribution of 30 ground <br />cover transects. A total of 19 plant species were encountered within the Irrigated Pasture Reference <br />Area evaluated in 2015 (Table 2). Ground cover in the Irrigated Pasture Reference Area (Table 2 and <br />Charts 1 and 2) consisted of 90.53% live vegetation, 0.0% rock, 6.83% litter, and bare ground exposure <br />of 2.63%. Desirable perennial cover across the unit averaged 89.5%, with annual and biennial cover <br />averaging 0.60% absolute cover. Noxious weeds cover was 4.43 % absolute cover. Dominant taxa were <br />tail fescue (Festuca arundinacea) and Canada bluegrass (Poa compressa) with 41.93% and 9.971io <br />average cover, respectively. For information purposes, the relative forage quality based on ground cover <br />was 98.9% (Table 2). <br />CEDAR CRM�K ASSt3C[ATFS, Inc. 9 New Horizon Mine <br />2015 interim Revegeta[ion fva[uatlon <br />2015 Annual Reclamation Report Page 28 <br />