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• area perennial productivity was almost 30 pounds/acre higher. Table B] ] shows that <br />the two areas are statistically equivalent. Therefore, for the two parameters that are <br />compared directly, cover and production, the MS reference area and the MS baseline <br />area are equal and interchangeable. <br />Woody stem density (MSref): (Tables A 19, B8) The data in the ten woody <br />stem quadrats indicated that this area had the highest overall stem density. A density in <br />excess of 10000 stems/acre was estimated within the reference area. <br />3. Disturbed Meadow Community <br />*** MEADOW Baseline Area *** <br />• General Information (MEADOW): The Disturbed Meadow community is <br />shown mapped as two sepazate pieces. The somewhat elliptical area at higher altitude <br />(further north of the highway) set within the Juniper Woodland baseline community <br />was estimated ro be 5.4 acres in size. This area is mapped as soil type 75 <br />(Torriothents-Haplargids Complex, very stony), the same mapping unit applied to the <br />very dry and steep Dry Mixed Shrub minor community (DRY MS). Its inclusion in <br />this soil type may have been a mistake due to its lack of woody stems which makes it <br />look like the DRY MS community in aerial photos. It may be better mapped as being <br />the same as the Juniper Woodland community immediately around it, 74 (Torriothents- <br />Haplargids Complex, very stony). In any event, the soil can be expected to be of a <br />fairly poor quality. The second area mapped as MEADOW was at a lower elevation <br />further south and has a more complicated shape. It was also larger (10.1 acres, <br />• subtracting the interior disturbed areas). This area was, for the most part, mapped in <br />16 <br />