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Table 11. Cover Data - Seneca II Mine Mountain Brush Reference Area, <br />Sage Creek Mine Baseline, Sage Creek Coal Company, Routt County, CO - 2008 <br />• PLANT SPECIES <br />Page 6 of 6 <br />Percent Foliar Cover' <br />- -- Sample Number-- - <br />8 9 10 11 <br />12 13 14 15 <br />NATIVE SHRUBS (cont.) <br />Seriphidium canum <br />Seriphidium tridentatum <br />3 <br />1 <br />P <br />1 <br />Symphoricarpos rotundifolius <br />2(4) <br />29(9) <br />18(12) <br />(1) <br />16(8) <br />17(13) <br />13(16) <br />24(15) <br />2 <br />5(5) <br />19(9) <br />TOTAL NATIVE SHRUBS <br />74(25) <br />52(9) <br />57(22) <br />88(25) <br />84(28) <br />66(21) <br />66(28) <br />62(20) <br />71(17) <br />68(9) <br />47(14) <br />83(34) <br />FERNS <br />Pteridium aquilinum ssp. lanuginosum <br />12(10) <br />TOTAL FERNS <br />12(10) <br />- -- <br />-- <br />- -- <br />-- <br />- -- <br />- -- <br />- -- <br />- -- <br />- -- <br />-_ <br />-__ <br />Standing dead <br />3 <br />2 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />4 <br />1 <br />Litter <br />5 <br />15 <br />18 <br />7 <br />2 <br />5 <br />12 <br />10 <br />12 <br />19 <br />11 <br />6 <br />Bare soil <br />1 <br />9 <br />7 <br />5 <br />6 <br />6 <br />7 <br />4 <br />2 <br />9 <br />8 <br />TOTALS <br />100 <br />100 <br />100 <br />100 <br />100 <br />100 <br />100 <br />100 <br />100 <br />100 <br />100 <br />100 <br />TOTAL VEGETATION COVER <br />91(51) <br />74(29) <br />74(34) <br />93(57) <br />93(56) <br />89(45) <br />82(47) <br />83(51) <br />83(43) <br />78(34) <br />76(28) <br />85(58) <br />GROUND COVER (Litter +Rock +Veg +St.Dead) <br />99(51) <br />91(29) <br />93(34) <br />100(57) <br />95(56) <br />94(45) <br />94(47) <br />93(51) <br />96(43) <br />98(34) <br />91(28) <br />92(58) <br />SPECIES DENSITY (# of species /100 sq.m.) <br />42 <br />40 <br />30 <br />22 <br />35 <br />35 <br />32 <br />39 <br />27 <br />27 <br />44 <br />29 <br />(AVERAGE= 35.3 Std.Dev.= 7.4) <br />• <br />'P= Present within 1 m. on either side of cover transect, but not quantitatively encountered. <br />() =Data in parens. = 2nd hits. A 1 st hit is top -most layer of vegetation, below 1 st hit interceptions may exist other interceptions - these are 2nd <br />hits. <br />