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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 />