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Table 13. Cover Data - Seneca II Mine Sagebrush Reference Area, <br />Sage Creek Mine Baseline, Sage Creek Coal Company, Routt County, CO - 2008 <br />Page 4 of 4 <br />Percent Foliar Cover` <br />• PLANT SPECIES <br />- -- Sample Number-- - <br />4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 <br />J <br />NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) <br />Achnatherum lettermanii <br />P <br />P <br />Achnatherum nelsonii <br />P <br />Bromelica bulbosa <br />2 <br />3 <br />2(2) <br />2 <br />1(2) <br />3(1) <br />(2) <br />2(1) <br />3(1) <br />2 <br />5 <br />Ceratochloa polyantha <br />2 <br />1 <br />P <br />P <br />Elymus lanceolatus fm. albicans <br />2 <br />1 <br />1 <br />Elymus trachycaulus <br />1 <br />(1) <br />4 <br />11 <br />4(2) <br />4(1) <br />2(1) <br />3(1) <br />2 <br />3 <br />1 <br />Festuca saximontana <br />6 <br />7 <br />11(1) <br />21(1) <br />9(2) <br />12(4) <br />5(1) <br />5(6) <br />11(4) <br />18(3) <br />13(2) <br />19(2) <br />Koeleria macrantha <br />P <br />Pascopyrum smithii <br />1 <br />P <br />Poa agassizensis <br />5 <br />1 <br />P <br />2 <br />3 <br />P <br />3(1) <br />3 <br />3(4) <br />3 <br />(1) <br />4 <br />Poa ampla <br />2(1) <br />(1) <br />1 <br />(1) <br />TOTAL NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) <br />17 <br />10(1) <br />21(2) <br />25(3) <br />25(2) <br />17(8) <br />15(5) <br />10(9) <br />20(10) <br />27(4) <br />19(4) <br />29(2) <br />INTRODUCED PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) <br />Bromopsis inermis <br />P <br />1 <br />2(3) <br />P <br />1 <br />1 <br />Phleum pratense <br />P <br />TOTAL INTRO. PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) <br />P <br />1 <br />- -- <br />2(3) <br />- -- <br />P <br />1 <br />- -- <br />1 <br />- -- <br />- -- <br />- -- <br />NATIVE SHRUBS <br />Amelanchier alnifolia <br />P <br />2 <br />1 <br />1 <br />3 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />Artemisia campestris <br />P <br />Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus <br />P <br />5 <br />1 <br />1 <br />4 <br />1 <br />P <br />P <br />P <br />2 <br />1 <br />P <br />Seriphidium arbusculum ssp. longilobum <br />1 <br />Seriphidium canum <br />P <br />Seriphidium tridentatum <br />10 <br />9(1) <br />14 <br />11 <br />16 <br />20 <br />9 <br />11 <br />15 <br />5(1) <br />11 <br />10 <br />Symphoricarpos rotundifolius <br />4 <br />21(2) <br />15 <br />16(3) <br />14 <br />6 <br />26(2) <br />16 <br />19(2) <br />2(1) <br />5 <br />14 <br />TOTAL NATIVE SHRUBS <br />14 <br />37(3) <br />31 <br />28(3) <br />34 <br />28 <br />38(2) <br />28 <br />35(2) <br />9(2) <br />18 <br />25 <br />Standing dead <br />4 <br />6 <br />3 <br />4 <br />3 <br />2 <br />4 <br />3 <br />3 <br />5 <br />6 <br />1 <br />Litter <br />23 <br />11 <br />10 <br />13 <br />8 <br />9 <br />9 <br />14 <br />12 <br />18 <br />10 <br />3 <br />Bare soil <br />21 <br />13 <br />18 <br />9 <br />17 <br />20 <br />17 <br />17 <br />12 <br />19 <br />17 <br />29 <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 />52 <br />70(8) <br />69(5) <br />74(13) <br />72(7) <br />69(15) <br />70(12) <br />66(13) <br />73(15) <br />58(10) <br />67(10) <br />67(3) <br />GROUND COVER (Litter +Rock +Veg +St.Dead) <br />79 <br />87(8) <br />82(5) <br />91(13) <br />83(7) <br />80(15) <br />83(12) <br />83(13) <br />88(15) <br />81(10) <br />83(10) <br />71(3) <br />SPECIES DENSITY (# of species /100 sq.m.) <br />33 <br />25 <br />31 <br />24 <br />25 <br />29 <br />30 <br />24 <br />31 <br />32 <br />31 <br />23 <br />(AVERAGE= 28.2 Std.Dev.= 3.4) <br />`P= Present within 1 m. on either side of cover transect, but not quantitatively encountered. <br />() =Data in parens. = 2nd hits. A 1st hit is top -most layer of vegetation, below 1st hit interceptions may exist other interceptions - these are 2nd <br />hits. <br />