PERMFILE56480

• Permit No: C1981025
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 12/11/2001
• Doc Name: VEGETATION INVENTORY - Loadout
• Section_Exhibit Name: 3.0 Appendix 3-V Continued
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section Page

1.0 I NTRODUCT I ON. 1
2.0 METH ODS 2
2.1 Vegetation Mapping 2
2.2 AfFected Area Sampling Design. 2
2.3 Reference Area Selection 2
2.4 Reference Area Sampling Design 3
2.5 Measurements 3
2.5.1 Collection end Analysis of Cover Data 3
2.5.2 Collection and Analysis of Shrub end Tree Data. 4
2.5.3 Collection and Analysis of Production Data. 5
2.6 Plant Species Collection and Identification. 5
2.7 Species Diversity Calculations 5
2.8 Time of Sampling 6
2.9 Agency Coordination. 6
3.0 VEGE TATION. 7
3.1 Local Ecology. 7
3.2 Vegetation Types B
3.2.1 Pinyon-Juniper Woodland B
3.2.2 Rubber Rabbitbrush Shrublend. 11
_ 3.2.3 Big Sagebrush Shrublend 13
3.2.4 Riparian Woodland 14
3.2.5 Meadow Grassland. 14
3.2.6 Haylands Ihayetll. 16
3.2.7 Haylands lpasturedl 16
i.2.8 Disturbed end Developed Areas 16
3.3 Plant Species List 19
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