2018-01-31_PERMIT FILE - C2009087 ‎(25)‎

• Permit No: C2009087
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 1/31/2018
• Doc Name: Vegetation Information
• Section_Exhibit Name: Exhibit 2.04.10-E1 Vegetation Information
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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Table 5. Cover Data - CRP /Improved Pasture Affected Area, Sage Creek Mine Baseline,
Sage Creek Coal Company, Routt County, CO - 2008
RELATIVE
PLANT SPECIES AVERAGE VEGETATION
COVER FREQUENCY COVER
(%) (%) ( %)
RELATIVE
AVERAGE VEGETATION
COVER -ALL COVER -ALL
(%) (%)
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Percent Foliar Cover'
- -- Sample Number - --
NATIVE PERENNIAL FORBS (cont.)
Veronica catenata
0.00
6.25
0.00
0.00
0.00
Vicia americana
0.06
6.25
0.14
0.06
0.14
1
TOTAL NATIVE PERENNIAL FORBS
1.6
93.8
3.7
1.8
3.9
1
5(1)
- --
INTRODUCED PERENNIAL FORBS
Astragalus cicer
0.25
31.25
0.57
0.25
0.56
Breea arvensis
0.06
37.50
0.14
0.13
0.28
P
P
Medicago sativa
0.25
56.25
0.57
0.25
0.56
3
Taraxacum officinale
0.06
56.25
0.14
0.06
0.14
P
TOTAL INTRO. PERENNIAL FORBS
0.6
93.8
1.4
0.7
1.5
3
P
- --
NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool)
Achnatherum lettermanii
0.00
12.50
0.00
0.00
0.00
Achnatherum nelsonii
0.00
6.25
0.00
0.00
0.00
P
Ceratochloa carinata var marginata
0.38
6.25
0.86
0.38
0.84
6
Ceratochloa polyantha
0.00
6.25
0.00
0.00
0.00
Critesion jubatum
0.00
6.25
0.00
0.00
0.00
P
Elymus elymoides
0.00
6.25
0.00
0.00
0.00
Elymus longifolius
0.00
6.25
0.00
0.00
0.00
Elymus trachycaulus
0.00
6.25
0.00
0.00
0.00
Leymus cinereus
0.06
6.25
0.14
0.06
0.14
Poa agassizensis
3.13
81.25
7.14
3.19
7.11
2
5(1)
5
Poa ampla
0.00
18.75
0.00
0.00
0.00
Poa compressa
0.00
6.25
0.00
0.00
0.00
P
X agrositanion saundersii
0.06
12.50
0.14
0.06
0.14
1
TOTAL NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (c)
3.6
87.5
8.3
3.7
8.2
2
11(1)
6
INTRODUCED PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool)
Bromopsis inermis
9.56
50.00
21.86
9.81
21.90
31(2)
25
Elytrigia repens
1.44
6.25
3.29
1.44
3.21
23
Phleum pratense
0.69
56.25
1.57
0.69
1.53
1
2
Thinopyrum intermedium
22.56
93.75
51.57
22.81
50.91
16
26(1)
TOTAL INTRO. PERENNIAL GRASSES (c)
34.3
100.0
78.3
34.8
77.5
47(2)
27(1)
50
NATIVE SHRUBS
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
0.00
6.25
0.00
0.00
0.00
Seriphidium canum
0.00
6.25
0.00
0.00
0.00
P
Seriphidium tridentatum
0.38
18.75
0.86
0.44
0.98
2
TOTAL NATIVE SHRUBS
0.4
18.8
0.9
0.4
1.0
- --
2
- --
Standing dead
1.13
50.00
1.13
1
Litter
32.31
100.00
32.31
10
27
10
Bare soil
22.69
100.00
22.69
29
12
33
Rock
0.13
12.50
0.13
1
TOTALS
100.0
101.1
100
100
100
TOTAL VEGETATION COVER
43.8 (s =10.4)
100.0
44.8 (s =11.0)
100.0
61(2)
60(3)
56
GROUND COVER (Litter +Rock +Veg +St.Dead)
77.3
78.4
71(2)
88(3)
67
SPECIES DENSITY (# of species /100 sq.m.)
11
26
7
(AVERAGE= 16.9 Std.Dev.= 6.9)
`P= Present within 1 m. on either side of cover transect, but not quantitatively encountered.
() =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
hits.