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Table 3. Cover Data - Sagebrush Affected Area, Sage Creek Mine Baseline, <br />Sage Creek Coal Company, Routt County, CO - 2008 <br />• PLANT SPECIES <br />• <br />rI <br />RELATIVE <br />AVERAGE VEGETATION <br />COVER FREQUENCY COVER <br />(%) (%) (%) <br />Page 3 of 6 <br />RELATIVE Percent Foliar Cover' <br />AVERAGE VEGETATION <br />COVER -ALL COVER -ALL - -- Sample Number-- - <br />M ( %) 1 2 3 <br />INTRODUCED PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) <br />Bromopsis inermis <br />0.94 <br />47.06 <br />1.90 <br />1.00 <br />1.86 <br />2 <br />5 <br />3 <br />Dactylis glomerata <br />0.00 <br />5.88 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />P <br />Phleum pratense <br />0.47 <br />52.94 <br />0.95 <br />0.47 <br />0.87 <br />1 <br />1 <br />6 <br />Poa pratensis <br />0.00 <br />5.88 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />Thinopyrum intermedium <br />2.88 <br />11.76 <br />5.81 <br />3.29 <br />6.11 <br />TOTAL INTRO. PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) <br />4.3 <br />70.6 <br />8.6 <br />4.8 <br />8.8 <br />3 <br />6 <br />9 <br />NATIVE SHRUBS <br />Amelanchier alnifolia <br />0.00 <br />29.41 <br />0.00 <br />0.06 <br />0.11 <br />P <br />Chrysothamnus nauseosus <br />0.59 <br />47.06 <br />1.18 <br />0.59 <br />1.09 <br />1 <br />P <br />Chrysothamnus parryi <br />0.35 <br />5.88 <br />0.71 <br />0.35 <br />0.66 <br />Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus <br />0.71 <br />58.82 <br />1.42 <br />0.82 <br />1.53 <br />1 <br />Padus virginiana ssp. melanocarpa <br />0.00 <br />5.88 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />Seriphidium canum <br />0.65 <br />23.53 <br />1.30 <br />0.65 <br />1.20 <br />1 <br />Seriphidium tridentatum <br />15.41 <br />100.00 <br />31.04 <br />15.65 <br />29.04 <br />6 <br />7 <br />7 <br />Symphoricarpos rotundifolius <br />3.35 <br />70.59 <br />6.75 <br />3.47 <br />6.44 <br />P <br />TOTAL NATIVE SHRUBS <br />21.1 <br />100.0 <br />42.4 <br />21.6 <br />40.1 <br />8 <br />8 <br />7 <br />BRYOPHYTES <br />Moss <br />0.06 <br />5.88 <br />0.12 <br />0.06 <br />0.11 <br />TOTAL BRYOPHYTES <br />0.1 <br />5.9 <br />0.1 <br />0.1 <br />0.1 <br />- -- <br />- -- <br />- -- <br />Standing dead <br />2.53 <br />82.35 <br />2.53 <br />1 <br />1 <br />Litter <br />26.94 <br />100.00 <br />26.94 <br />28 <br />28 <br />46 <br />Bare soil <br />20.65 <br />100.00 <br />20.65 <br />44 <br />46 <br />18 <br />Rock <br />0.24 <br />11.76 <br />0.24 <br />2 <br />TOTALS <br />100.0 <br />104.2 <br />100 <br />100 <br />100 <br />TOTAL VEGETATION COVER <br />49.6 (s =14.4) <br />100.0 <br />53.9 (s =16.9) <br />100.0 <br />27 <br />23(1) <br />36(2) <br />GROUND COVER (Litter +Rock +Veg +St.Dead) <br />79.4 <br />83.6 <br />56 <br />54(1) <br />82(2) <br />SPECIES DENSITY (# of species /100 sq.m.) <br />24 <br />34 <br />28 <br />(AVERAGE= 28.1 Std.Dev.= 4.9) <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 />