PERMFILE41090

• Permit No: C1981021
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 12/11/2001
• Section_Exhibit Name: APPENDIX B VEGETATION STUDIES
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Table 7• (cont'd) Reference area. Cover, frequency, a~species diversity summaries for herb layer
components in the big sagebrush community.

Mean
Cover
Relative
Cover Range of
Cover
Values
Percent
Frequency
Relative
Frequency

I.V.

Rank
SEMI-SHRUBS
Gutierrezia sarothme 3.7 9.92 0- 12 66.7 5.65 15.57 4
SHRUBS
Artemisia tridentata 17.9 47.99 8- 28 100.0 8.47 56.46 1
Chrysotharmaus parryi 0.1 0.27 0- 1 6.7 0.57 0.84 23
Chrysothamnus viscidifGorus 0.2 0.54 0- 3 13.3 1.13 1.67 19
~ Sum of Species Cover 37.2 29- 45

Total Herbaceous Cover 13.5 6- 26
Total Shrub/Semi-Shrub
Cover 20.7 11- 28
Total Vegetation 31.4 24- 41
Lichen 0.4 0- 6•
hlos s - -
Litter 61.5 28-'.00
Bare Soil 40.3 <1- 73
Rock - -
Evaluation of the herb layer and ground layer as a single unit. The values in this
section add to 100 percent for each quadrat.