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<br />The erassland vegetation type found at the refuse dump <br />site is distinctly different from the nearby Ponderosa Pine- <br />Pinyon-Juniper woodland. The grassland community does not appear <br />to be changing to a woodland. Grass species contribute the <br />majority of the total basal vegetation cover, 56 percent. <br />Dominant Speciea~ <br />Bouteloua aracilis <br />9.9 percent basal cover <br />98.0 percent frequency <br />Aero on smithii <br />percent basal cover <br />43.0 percent frequency <br />MuhlenberRia torreyi <br />0.93 percent basal cover <br />37.0 percent frequency <br />Gutierrezia sarothrae <br />• 1.06 percent basal cover <br />35.0 percent frequency <br />Sohaeralceae coccinea <br />0.11 percent basal cover <br />22.0 percent frequency <br />4.4 Summary of Tree and Shrub Data <br />Tree height (cm) <br />X 241.88 <br />Range 50-823 <br />Tree DBH (cm) <br />x 259.25 <br />Range 3.8-621.0 <br />Shrub height <br />R 20.9 <br />Range 10-130 <br />Number of trees/acre based on an actual count <br />of the reference area 3.8 <br />4.5 Diversity of Veeetation <br />• Diversity (species/loe individuals in sample): 17.1 <br />+L n ~r <br />