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3.2.2 Old Peabody Sage - Reference Area <br />A total of 24 plant species were encountered within the Old Peabody Sage Reference Area evaluated <br />in 2016 (Table 2). Ground cover in the Old Peabody Sage Reference Area (Chart 1 and Table 2) <br />consisted of 27.87% live vegetation, 20.87% rock, 17.93% litter, and bare ground exposure of 33.33%. <br />Desirable perennial cover across the unit averaged 27.13%, with annual and biennial cover averaging <br />0.23% absolute cover. Noxious weeds cover was 0.50%. Dominant taxa were blue grama and <br />snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae) with 6.50% and 5.63% average cover, respectively. Current annual <br />herbaceous production across the Reference Area averaged 411.3 pounds per acre based on oven -dry <br />samples (Table 3). Desirable perennial vegetation contributed 396.0 pounds per acre in 2015 (Table 3 <br />and Chart 2). <br />0% <br />Bond Release Block Reference Area <br />2015 <br />Page 13 <br />Bond Release Block Reference Area <br />2016 <br />Chart 1 <br />Average <br />Ground <br />Cover by Lifeform - 2015 & 2016 <br />100% <br />❑ Bare ground <br />90% <br />- <br />— <br />■ Rock <br />E3 Litter <br />70% <br />a Noxious / Aggressive <br />Weeds <br />> eo% <br />- ❑Annual & Biennial <br />Forbs <br />c 500/6 <br />❑Annual Grasses <br />— <br />0 <br />40% <br />C <br />-- ■Shrubs & Trees <br />— <br />u <br />a 30% <br />❑Sub -Shrubs --.-- <br />--- <br />20% <br />❑Perennial Forbs <br />■ Perennial Grasses <br />0% <br />Bond Release Block Reference Area <br />2015 <br />Page 13 <br />Bond Release Block Reference Area <br />2016 <br />