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Table 2 Munger - Vegetation Cover - 2016 <br />Average Ground Cover Summary <br />Percent Ground Cover Based on Point-Intercept Sampling <br />Area -->Phase III Bond <br />Release Block Reference Area <br />Grasses and Grass-likes <br />NP Achnatherum hymenoides Indian Ricegrass 0.78 0.03 <br />XAAegilops cylindrica Jointed Goatgrass 0.74 - <br />IPAgropyron cristatum Crested Wheatgrass 1.12 - <br />XAAnisantha tectorum Cheatgrass 9.16 32.93 <br />NP Bromus marginatus Mountain Brome - 0.13 <br />NP Elymus elymoides Bottlebrush Squirreltail - 0.03 <br />NP Elymus lanceolatus Thickspike Wheatgrass 0.34 - <br />NP Leymus cinereus Great Basin Wildrye 1.64 - <br />NP Nassella viridula Green Needlegrass 0.66 0.53 <br />NP Pascopyron smithii Western Wheatgrass 3.46 0.30 <br />NP Poa secunda / canbyi Sandberg Bluegrass 1.30 0.07 <br />Forbs <br />NP Astragalus sp.Milkvetch 0.46 - <br />XPCardaria draba Whitetop 0.68 4.53 <br />IACeratocephala orthoceras Curveseed Butterwort 0.02 0.23 <br />IAChorispora tenella Crossflower 0.96 - <br />NP Cirsium undulatum Wavyleaf Thistle 0.04 - <br />XPConvolvulus arvensis Field Bindweed 0.10 - <br />NA Descurainia pinnata Western Tansymustard - 0.03 <br />XAErodium cicutarium Redstem Stork's Bill 0.08 0.17 <br />NP Eucephalus glaucus Glaucous Aster 0.16 - <br />NB Grindelia squarrosa Curlycup Gumweed 0.68 - <br />NP Hedysarum boreale Northern Sweetvetch 5.96 0.10 <br />NA Helianthus annuus Common Sunflower 0.08 0.03 <br />IBLactuca serriola Prickly Lettuce 0.52 0.03 <br />NA Lappula redowskii Flatspine Stickseed - 0.07 <br />IALepidium densiflorum Common Pepperweed 0.56 0.97 <br />NP Linum lewisii Lewis Flax 0.44 - <br />NP Machaeranthera canescens Hoary Tansyaster - 0.03 <br />IBMelilotus officinalis Sweetclover 4.28 - <br />NP Penstemon palmeri Palmer's Penstemon 0.08 - <br />NA Plantago patagonica Woolly Plantain - 0.07 <br />IASisymbrium altissimum Tall Tumblemustard 0.02 0.10 <br />NP Sphaeralcea coccinea Scarlet Globemallow 0.06 0.10 <br />IPTaraxacum officinale common dandelion - 0.07 <br />IBTragopogon dubius False Salsify 0.08 0.10 <br />Sub-Shrubs <br />NP Gutierrezia sarothrae Snakeweed 1.28 2.17 <br />NP Krascheninnikovia lanata Winterfat 1.24 - <br />Shrubs & Trees <br />NP Atriplex canescens Fourwing Saltbrush 0.30 0.40 <br />NP Atriplex confertifolia Shadscale Saltbush 0.16 - <br />NP Chrysothamnus nauseosus Rubber Rabbitbrush 2.48 0.13 <br />NP Juniperus osteosperma Utah Juniper - 0.20 <br />NP Sarcobatus vermiculatus Greasewood - 0.73 <br />NP Seriphidium tridentatum tri.Basin Big Sagebrush 12.98 14.63 <br />NP Symphoricarpos rotundifolius Snowberry 0.04 0.10 <br />Total Plant Cover 52.94 59.03 <br />Rock 8.02 5.77 <br />Litter 22.68 31.37 <br />Bare ground 16.36 3.83 <br /> Perennial Cover (excluding noxious weeds)34.98 19.77 <br />Summary by Lifeform: <br />Perennial Grasses 9.30 1.10 <br />Annual Grasses - - <br />Perennial Forbs 7.20 0.30 <br />Annual and Biennial Forbs 7.20 1.63 <br />Noxious / Aggressive Weeds 10.76 37.63 <br />Sub-Shrubs 2.52 2.17 <br />Shrubs and Trees 15.96 16.20 <br />Sample Adequacy Calculations: <br />Mean = 52.94 59.03 <br />Variance = 153.57 99.00 <br />n =50 30 <br />nmin =9.25 4.89 <br />N=Native, Nw=Warm Season, I=Introduced, X=Noxious A=Annual, B=Biennial, P=Perennial <br />CEDAR CREEK ASSOCIATES, Inc.12 Munger Canyon Mine - 2016 <br />Phase III Bond Release Report