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3.0 RESULTS <br />3.1 DISPOSAL AREA <br />Woody plant density in the disposal area was fairly <br />homogeneous. Seventy 1 meter by .50 meter plots were read with 0 <br />to 5 stems counted per plot. Gamble oak was the dominant species <br />encountered with mountain mahogany and snakeweed common. Counted <br />stems ranged from small seedlings to plants over six feet tall. <br />Woody plant density averaged 4.08/m2 or 16,528/acre for <br />the refuse disposal area. Sample adequacy was obtained and is <br />exhibited in Tables 3.1 and 3.2. <br />3.2 WILLOW CARR REFERENCE AREA <br />3.2.1 Cover <br />Total plant cover in the Willow Carr reference area <br />averaged 37.9 percent with 35.4 percent litter, and 26.7 percent <br />bare ground. Table 3.3 shows the percent cover and relative <br />species composition. Ten transects were read and statistical <br />adequacy was achieved. Even though the species composition <br />varied among transects the total percent cover was relatively <br />consistent. <br />3.2.2 Production <br />A total of 7.0 production plots were clipped within the <br />reference area with an average production of 70.9 grams/m2 or 709 <br />kg/ha or 633 lbs/acre. of this total, approximately 47% is <br />contributed by grasses and 53% by forbs. Sample adequacy was not <br />achieved due primarily to the fact that plots in the willows <br />differed significantly from the adjacent grasslands and the clump <br />grass growth form in the grassland resulted in variability among <br />plots within that part of the Willow Carr type. Table 3.4 <br />exhibits the production results. <br />• <br />