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l <br />~• PART I <br />• VEGETATION INVENTORY <br />I-1 .0 INTRODIICTION <br />Successful revegetation of disturbed lands comprises <br />the final phase of the reclamation process. The basic <br />objective for achieving adequate revegetation success is <br />restoration of the structure and function of the ecosystem <br />present before disturbance. Without a detailed, <br />community-level vegetation analysis prior to mining, complete <br />restoration of the ecosystem after mining would be difficult. <br />• Pre-mining vegetation studies are•based on the <br />`. investigation and description of plant communities or <br />vegetation types that must first be recognized in the field. <br />Although sharp boundaries are rare between any related natural <br />phenomena, field identification of indicator life forms, <br />species dominance and presence or absence of certain <br />r diagnostic species can be used to spatially define the plant <br />L <br />communities under study. These parameters provide the basis <br />for segregating and analyzing each vegetational unit which <br />occupies the landscape. <br />•- This study is designed to provide the quantitative and <br />taxonomic data necessary for use in achieving and evaluating <br />final revegetation success and eventual establishment of <br />i_• <br />