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• Permit No: C1992080
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 12/11/2001
• Doc Name: BASELINE VEGETATION INVENTORY
• Section_Exhibit Name: APPENDIX 4-6 VEGETATION BASELINE INVENTORY 1982-83 A
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

TABLE OF CONTENTS
• Section page
1.0 I NTRODUCT I ON 1
2.0 METHODS. 2
2.1 Experimental Design 2
2.2 Vegetation Type Delineation and Mapping 2
2.3 Collection and Identification of Plant Species. 2
2.4 Selection and Identification of Reference Areas 2
2.5 Cover Samp I i ng . 3
2.6 Product ion Samp I i ng 3
2.6.1 Herbaceous Production. 3
2.6.2 Shrub Production Estimates 3
2.7 Woody Plant Density and Height Sampling 4
2.8 Sample Adequacy 4
2.9 Time of Sampf ing. 6
2.10 Species Diversity 6
2.11 Range Condition and Carrying Capacity 6
2.12 Agency Coordination 6
3.0 RESULTS AND D I SCUSS I ON 8
3.1 Regional Ecological Characteristics 8
3.2 Vegetation Type Descriptions. 8
3.2.1 Mountain Shrubland 8
3.2.2 Pinyon-Juniper Woodland. 10
• 3.2.3 Caprock Phase, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland 12
3.3 Reference Area Descriptions 13
3.3.1 Mountain Shrubland 13
3.3.2 Pinyon-Juniper Woodla_nd.. .. 15
3.4 Shrub Production Estimates. 16
3.5 Plant Species List. 17
3.6 Threatened or Endangered Species. 17
3.7 Species Diversity 17
3.8 Range Condition and Carrying Capacity 18
3.9 Sample Characteristics, Adequacy, and Comparability 19
4.0 SUMMARY. 21
5.0 REFERENCES C I TED 22
6.0 OLD FIELD AND CULTIVATED FIELD - 1982 STUDY. 23
6.1 Introduction. 23
6.2 Methods 23
6.2.1 Experimental Design. 23
6.2.2 Vegetation Type Delineation and Mapping. 23
6.2.3 Collection ar.d Identification of Plant Species 23
6.2.4 Cover, Production, and Woody Plant Density Sampling 23
6.2.5 Sample Adequacy. 23
6.2.6 Species Diversity. 23
6.3 Results and Discussion. 23
6.3.1 Old Field. 23
• 6.3.2 Cultivated Field 24
7.0 DATA TABLES FOR 1982 AND 1983 STUDY. Appendix A