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0lk <br />•a <br />•` <br />Ponderosa Pine -Oak Vegetation Type <br />Affected Area <br />The shrub Quercus gambelii was the cover dominant species (1.2%) <br />(Table 1). Other grass, forb, and shrub species provided less than 1% <br />cover, with Carex sp. at 0.5%, the forb Thalictrum fendleri at 0.4%, <br />the shrubs Cercocarpus montanus and Ribes inerme at 0.4%, and moss at <br />0.6%. Total plant cover averaged 4.1%, litter and rock 90%, and plant - <br />litter -rock 94.1%. Bare ground averaged 8.70. Sample adequacy for <br />cover required 28 samples, 37 were taken (Table 2). <br />The most productive species was the grass Andr000gon scooarium <br />(1.1 gms/m2) (Table 3). Important species were Danthoniaap rryi <br />(0.8 gms/m2), Carex sp. (0.6 gms/m2), and Anemoneap tens (0.6 ams/m2). <br />Total production averaged 4.6 gms/m2. Sample adequacy was met at 22 <br />samples, 25 were taken (Table 2). <br />Quercus gambelii was the most dense shrub (1 shrub/m2) (57% of <br />all shrubs) (Table 4). Ribes inerme had 0.5 shrub/m2 (29% of all <br />shrubs). Average shrub density was 1.7 shrubs/m2. <br />Pinus ponderosa was the most dense tree (Table 4) at 860 trees/ha <br />or 59% of all trees. Pinus edulis had the highest sapling density, <br />at 300 trees/ha, or 210, followed by Pinus ponderosa at 160 trees/ha, <br />or 110. Mean tree and sapling density was 1,460 trees/ha. <br />Reference Area <br />Quercus gambelii was the cover dominant species (1.0%) (Table 1). <br />Moss provided 0.9% cover and Ribes inerme 0.5% cover. Carex so. had the <br />high cover value for the grasses, at 0.3%, and Anemone patens had the <br />51 <br />