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Table A-5. Cover Data - Mountain Brush Extended Reference Area, Yoast Mine, SPL, Routt Co., CO - 2016 <br />3 of 9 <br />PLANT SPECIES <br />FIRST HIT <br />FIRST HIT <br />RELATIVE <br />AVERAGE <br />VEGETATION <br />COVER' <br />FREQUENCYb COVER' <br />(%) <br />(%) (%) <br />ALL HIT <br />ALL HIT <br />RELATIVE <br />Percent <br />AVERAGE <br />VEGETATION <br />Foliar Cover <br />COVER' <br />COVER' <br />Sample Number <br />(%) <br />(%) <br />01 02 <br />NATIVE SHRUBS <br />Amelanchieralnifolia <br />9.81 <br />100.00 <br />11.60 <br />11.94 <br />9.32 <br />3 <br />5(1) <br />Artemisia tridentata <br />0.81 <br />31.25 <br />0.96 <br />1.19 <br />0.93 <br />1 <br />Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus <br />0.13 <br />18.75 <br />0.15 <br />0.25 <br />0.20 <br />Padus virginiana ssp. melanocarpa <br />2.13 <br />43.75 <br />2.51 <br />3.88 <br />3.03 <br />Quercus gambelii <br />42.25 <br />100.00 <br />49.93 <br />43.31 <br />33.82 <br />59 <br />11 <br />Ribes inerme <br />0.00 <br />6.25 <br />0.00 <br />0.06 <br />0.05 <br />Rosa woodsii <br />0.06 <br />31.25 <br />0.07 <br />0.25 <br />0.20 <br />Symphoricarpos rotundifolius <br />12.31 <br />93.75 <br />14.55 <br />20.88 <br />16.30 <br />8(19) <br />45(11) <br />TOTAL NATIVE SHRUBS <br />67.5 <br />100.0 <br />79.8 <br />81.8 <br />63.8 <br />70(19) <br />62(12) <br />BRYOPHYTES <br />Moss <br />0.00 <br />12.50 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />TOTAL BRYOPHYTES <br />0.0 <br />12.5 <br />0.0 <br />0.0 <br />0.0 <br />--- <br />--- <br />Standing dead <br />1.06 <br />56.25 <br />1.06 <br />3 <br />Litter <br />11.19 <br />100.00 <br />11.19 <br />15 <br />18 <br />Bare soil <br />3.00 <br />81.25 <br />3.00 <br />4 <br />3 <br />Rock <br />0.13 <br />6.25 <br />0.13 <br />TOTALS <br />100.0 <br />143.4 <br />100 <br />100 <br />TOTAL VEGETATION COVER <br />84.6 (s=6.5) <br />100.0 <br />128.1 (s=17.5) <br />100.0 <br />78(47) <br />79(22) <br />GROUND COVER (Litter+Rock+Veg+St.Dead) <br />97.0 <br />140.4 <br />96(47) <br />97(22) <br />SPECIES DENSITY (# of species/100 sq.m.) <br />25 <br />25 <br />(AVERAGE= 26.3 Std.Dev.= 5.9) <br />' First Hit Cover = Absolute percent cover in vertical view with no account of <br />plants obscured by first (i.e. top) hit. <br />b Frequency = Percent of the samples in which a species or lifeform occurred <br />° First Hit Relative Cover = Percent of the First Hit vegetation cover comprised <br />of this species or lifeform <br />d All Hit Cover = Absolute percent cover in vertical view acccounting for all cover <br />by the species or lifeform, whether over -arched by other plants or not <br />' All Hit Relative Cover = Percent of the All Hit vegetation cover comprised of <br />the species or lifeform <br />'P=Present within 1m. on either side of cover transect, but not quantitatively encountered.()=2nd hit (point interception below 1st hit) <br />