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• <br />• <br />4.0 SUMHARY <br />Vegetation data were collected and a reference area es tabllahed pur- <br />suant to mine permit stipulatine 9 and 10 for the plcryon-juniper type at <br />Chimney Rock Coal Mine during July 1983. The pirryon-juniper type encan- <br />pessed approximately 8.6 acres Sn the undisturbed portion of the Barren <br />Ridge and 39.0 acresin the Revision 1 Area. Mean vegeation cover vas 17.8 <br />percent on the affected area and 19.1 percent on [he reference area. <br />Productivity vac 32.77 lbe/acre on the affected area and 28.71 lbe/acre on <br />the reference area. The reference area vas equivalent to the affected area <br />(a - .OS) in both cover and productivity. Shrub and sub-shrub density on <br />the affected area vac approximately 2501 per acre and tree density vas <br />approximately 88 per acre. No threatened or endangered plants currently <br />listed (U.S. Pish and Uildlife Service, 1982) are kaovn to oca~r in the <br />pinyon-juniper type on the affected area or the reference area. <br /> <br /> <br />