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Table 7. Cover Data - Seneca II Mine Reclaimed Area BRB2 (2006 * *) Affected Area, <br />Sage Creek Mine Baseline, Sage Creek Coal Company, Routt County, CO - 2008 <br />• RELATIVE RELATIVE <br />PLANT SPECIES AVERAGE VEGETATION AVERAGE VEGETATION <br />COVER FREQUENCY COVER COVER -ALL COVER -ALL <br />(%) ( %) (%) (%) (%) <br />• <br />/ <br />NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) <br />Bromelica bulbosa <br />0.00 <br />5.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />Carex geyeri <br />0.00 <br />5.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />Ceratochloa carinata <br />0.15 <br />15.00 <br />0.30 <br />0.15 <br />0.29 <br />Elymus trachycaulus <br />0.10 <br />5.00 <br />0.20 <br />0.10 <br />0.20 <br />Festuca brachyphylla ssp. coloradensis <br />0.45 <br />50.00 <br />0.91 <br />0.50 <br />0.98 <br />Festuca ovina var. glauca <br />0.00 <br />15.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />Leymus cinereus <br />1.25 <br />30.00 <br />2.52 <br />1.25 <br />2.45 <br />Poa agassizensis <br />0.00 <br />10.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />Poa compressa <br />0.00 <br />20.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />Poa nemoralis ssp. interior <br />0.00 <br />5.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />TOTAL NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) <br />2.0 <br />70.0 <br />3.9 <br />2.0 <br />3.9 <br />INTRODUCED PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) <br />Agropyron desertorum <br />0.05 <br />5.00 <br />0.10 <br />0.05 <br />0.10 <br />Bromopsis inermis <br />13.10 <br />100.00 <br />26.36 <br />13.35 <br />26.13 <br />Psathyrostachysjuncea <br />0.00 <br />15.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />Thinopyrum intermedium <br />15.10 <br />100.00 <br />30.38 <br />15.50 <br />30.33 <br />TOTAL INTRO. PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) <br />28.3 <br />100.0 <br />56.8 <br />28.9 <br />56.6 <br />NATIVE SHRUBS <br />Amelanchier alnifolia <br />0.00 <br />5.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />Chrysothamnus nauseosus <br />0.00 <br />5.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus <br />0.00 <br />5.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />Seriphidium tridentatum <br />2.95 <br />75.00 <br />5.94 <br />3.10 <br />6.07 <br />Symphoricarpos rotundifolius <br />0.55 <br />65.00 <br />1.11 <br />0.60 <br />1.17 <br />TOTAL NATIVE SHRUBS <br />3.5 <br />80.0 <br />7.0 <br />3.7 <br />7.2 <br />Standing dead <br />5.75 <br />100.00 <br />5.75 <br />Litter <br />27.60 <br />100.00 <br />27.60 <br />Bare soil <br />16.55 <br />100.00 <br />16.55 <br />Rock <br />0.40 <br />30.00 <br />0.40 <br />TOTAL VEGETATION COVER <br />49.7 (s =9.6) <br />100.0 <br />51.1 (s =10.1) <br />100.0 <br />GROUND COVER (Litter+ Rock+Veg+St. Dead) <br />83.5 <br />84.8 <br />SPECIES DENSITY (# of species /100 sq.m.) <br />(AVERAGE= 18.5 Std.Dev.= 4.9) <br />Page 2 of 6 <br />*P= Present within 1 m. on either side of cover transect, but not quantitatively encountered. <br />* *Data collected in 2006. <br />() =Data in parens. = 2nd hits. 1 st hit is top -most layer of vegetation, below 1 st hits may exist other (2nd) hits. <br />