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Total average all-hit vegetation cover was 163.6 percent. Allowable all-hit herbaceous vegetation cover <br /> was 74.6 percent (Table H-7). Cover by standing dead, litter, bare soil and rock averaged 0.4, 8.7, 1.2, <br /> 0.0 percent, respectively (first hit). Average species density was 31.0 species per 100 m2 <br /> 2016 Mountain Brush Extended Reference Area <br /> (Photographs 98 through 113) <br /> COVER <br /> (Table A-5) <br /> Cover data were collected at 16 samples in the Mountain Brush ERA. Native shrubs were the <br /> predominant lifeform observed in 2016, contributing 81.8 percent all-hit vegetation cover. Of this, <br /> Gambel's oak (Quercus gambelii) contributed 43.3 percent, mountain snowberry contributed 20.9 <br /> percent, and Saskatoon serviceberry contributed 11.9 percent. Native perennial cool season grasses and <br /> native perennial forbs made strong contributions to all-hit cover, with 21.8 and 18.8 percent, respectively. <br /> Elk sedge (Carex geyeri, 7.9 percent) and Agassiz bluegrass (6.8 percent) were the dominant native <br /> perennial cool season grasses species, while native perennial forbs were comprised of many species, <br /> none of which were dominant. Introduced perennial cool season grasses were present with 3.4 percent <br /> all-hit vegetation cover, comprised primarily of smooth brome (3.0 percent). Four other lifeforms, native <br /> annual and biennial forbs, introduced annual and biennial forbs, introduced perennial forbs and <br /> bryophytes were present with less than 2.0 percent all-hit vegetation cover each. <br /> The B-List noxious weeds hound's tongue (1.4 percent) and bull thistle (0.0 percent)were observed in the <br /> Mountain Brush ERA. <br /> Total average all-hit vegetation cover was 128.1 percent. Allowable all-hit herbaceous vegetation cover <br /> was 44.9 percent (Table H-8). Cover by standing dead, litter, bare soil and rock averaged 1.1, 11.2, 3.0, <br /> and 0.1 percent, respectively (first hit). Average species density was 26.3 species per 100 m2. <br /> 2016 Sagebrush Extended Reference Area <br /> (Photographs 114 through 130) <br /> COVER <br /> (Table A-6) <br /> Cover data were collected at 17 samples in the Sagebrush ERA. Native shrubs were the predominant <br /> lifeform observed in 2016, contributing 41.3 percent all-hit vegetation cover. Of this, mountain snowberry <br /> 14 <br />