HYDRO22354

• Permit No: C1981025
• IBM Index Class Name: Hydrology
• Doc Date: 2/19/1992
• Doc Name: MINREC INC NORTH THOMPSON CREEK MINES VEGETATION MONITORING REPORT
• Permit Index Doc Type: PROF POND CERTIFICATIONS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Table 5 - Absolute percent cover data (first hit) listed by area
and life form, North Thompson Creek Mine.
ABSOLUTE COVER VALUE SUMMARY
REFUSE NO. 1 NO. 3 NO. 1 TOTAL
AREA MINE MINE FAN MINE
BARE 26.8 18.3 28.1 8.7 23.0
LITTER 21.8 22.3 17.3 18.0 20.3
ROCK 9.0 9.9 13.7 5.3 10.5
PERENNIAL GRASSES 23.5 23.4 17.4 67.3 24.5
ANNUAL GRASSES 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1
PERENNIAL FORBS 17.7 22.5 20.4 0.7 19.1
ANNUAL FORKS 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.3
SHRUBS 0.5 3.4 2.3 0.0 2.1
NOXIOUS WEEDS 0.2 0.4 0.2
VEGETATIVE COVER 42.3 49.6 40.9 68.0 46.2
PERENNIAL,
NON-NOXIOUS COVER 41.7 49.3 40.1 68.0 45.7
NOTE: TOTAL MINE absolute value was calculated by summing cover over
all transects and dividing by the number of transects (45). Therefore,
eacg area is weighted in importance according to the number of transects
it contained.
RELATIVE COVER VALUE SUMMARY
REFUSE
AREA
PERENNIAL GRASSES 55.5
ANNUAL GRASSES 0.4
PERENNIAL FORKS 41.7
ANNUAL FORBS 0.8
SHRUBS 1.2
NOXIOUS WEEDS 0.4
PERENNIAL,
NON-NOXIOUS COVER 98.4
NO. 1 NO. 3 NO. 1 TOTAL
MINE MINE FAN MINE
47.1 42.7 99.0 53.0
0.3 0.2
45.3 50.0 1.0 41.4
0.5 0.7 0.6
6.8 5.6 4.5
1.0 0.4
99.2 98.3 100.0 98.9
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