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Table 10 Snowcap - Vegetation Cover - 2017Shadscale Reference AreaRaw DataPercent Ground Cover Based on Point-Intercept SamplingTransect -->1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Grasses and Grass-likesXAAnisantha tectorumCheatgrass 50 27 27 43 27 33 51 34 46 39 23 24 21 22 10 8 20 24 16 33 35 29 38 28 29 40 4650 44 3731.80 77.18 100Nw PAristida purpureaPurple Threeawn12120.20 0.49 13NPElymus elymoidesSquirreltail 2 10.10 0.24 7IAEremopyron triticeumAnnual Wheatgrass3 13 10.27 0.65 13NPHesperostipa comataNeedle and Thread60.20 0.49 3Nw PHilaria jamesiiGalleta 1 24 122 21112 5541.10 2.67 47Nw PSporobolus airoidesAlkali Sacaton45129123371 41 3792 3 73.07 7.44 57ForbsIAAlyssum desertorumDesert Madwort2 12 17 2 31.20 2.91 17XPCardaria drabaWhitetop220.13 0.32 7NPCirsium neomexicanumNew Mexico Thistle20.07 0.16 3NPPenstemon sp.Penstemon10.03 0.08 3NPSphaeralcea coccineaScarlet Globemallow 110.07 0.16 7Sub-ShrubsNPGutierrezia sarothraeSnakeweed310.13 0.32 7Shrubs & TreesNPAtriplex confertifoliaShadscale Saltbush26 6141193112852.57 6.23 37NPOpuntia polyacanthaPlains Pricklypear40.13 0.32 3NPSarcobatus vermiculatusGreasewood40.13 0.32 3Total Plant Cover5535405242415641484331353239333530372543423843 35 40 45 52 53 51 44Rock183026232829 9 3415112127132237272418341826321731214625171320Litter27313425303026233345382639331124282527302716362538 9 21232935Bare ground040000924110121661914182014951449102771Total Perennial Cover (excluding noxious weeds)58139158572481181411105126107957936377Perennial Plant Cover=Annual & Biennial Plant Cover =t =Variance =61.75Noxious Weed Cover =n = 3010/90 nmin =6.26N=Native, Nw=Warm Season, I=Introduced, X=NoxiousA=Annual, B=Biennial, P=Perennial23.73Average CoverRelative CoverFreq.Mean41.2031.9328.136.937.807.80Sampling Adequacy Calculations1.471.31CEDAR CREEK ASSOCIATES, Inc. A - 9 <br />Revised 06/19 <br />Snowcap Mine / Roadside Portals - 2017 <br />Phase III Bond Release - Appendix A