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

Table 7. Cover Data - Seneca II Mine Reclaimed Area BRB2 (2006*") Affected Area,
Sage Creek Mine Baseline, Sage Creek Coal Company, Routt County, CO - 2008
Percent Foliar Cover*
• PLANT SPECIES
Sample Number
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
•
NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool)
Bromelica bulbosa
P
Carex geyeri
P
Ceratochloa carinata
1
P
Elymus trachycaulus
Festuca brachyphylla ssp. coloradensis
P
P
P
3(1)
Festuca ovina var. glauca
P
Leymus cinereus
1
Poa agassizensis
P
Poa compressa
P
P
P
P
Poa nemoralis ssp. interior
P
TOTAL NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (c)
- --
P
P
- --
P
P
2
P
3(1)
- --
INTRODUCED PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool)
Agropyron desertorum
Bromopsis inermis
27
16
5
32
8
24(1)
6
10(1)
2
35
Psathyrostachys juncea
P
Thinopyrum intermedium
4
10
30(1)
5
3
4
20(1)
18(4)
28(1)
7(1)
TOTAL INTRO. PERENNIAL GRASSES (c)
31
26
35(1)
37
11
28(1)
26(1)
28(5)
30(1)
42(1)
NATIVE SHRUBS
Amelanchier alnifolia
P
Chrysothamnus nauseosus
P
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
P
Seriphidiumtridentatum
2
P
23
4(1)
P
1
2
1
Symphoricarpos rotundifolius
1
P
P
1
P
P
P
TOTAL NATIVE SHRUBS
- --
3
- --
P
23
5(1)
P
1
2
1
Standing dead
2
10
7
1
8
7
3
5
9
12
Litter
35
21
18
24
33
14
14
30
18
28
Bare soil
6
33
29
6
9
27
22
5
29
13
Rock
1
2
1
TOTAL VEGETATION COVER
56
36
46(1)
69
48
51(2)
61(4)
60(6)
44(2)
47(1)
GROUND COVER (Litter+ Rock+Veg+St. Dead)
94
67
71(1)
94
91
73(2)
78(4)
95(6)
71(2)
87(1)
SPECIES DENSITY (# of species /100 sq.m.)
10
16
18
15
15
27
26
22
21
17
(AVERAGE= 18.5 Std.Dev.= 4.9)
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*P= Present within 1 m. on either side of cover transect, but not quantitatively encountered.
* *Data collected in 2006.
() =Data in parens. = 2nd hits. 1 st hit is top -most layer of vegetation, below 1 st hits may exist other (2nd) hits.