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areas both had average cover near 50$, except for the Gambel oak ref- <br />• erence area which had 68.5$ cover. The chokecherry areas had high <br />vegetation cover which averaged just less than 70$. <br />Like herbaceous cover, density of shrubs was quite variable between and <br />within community types. However, trends were apparent, and similar to <br />those for herbaceous cover. The sagebrush areas had lowest shrub <br />density averaging 97.3 shrubs per quadrat. The aspen and Gambel Oak <br />types had greater densities which were comparable to each other, aver- <br />aging 106.3 and 120.3 shrubs per quadrat, respectively. The chokecherry <br />type had by far the highest average density, with about 160 shrubs per <br />quadrat. Density of trees and shrubs more than two meters tall was higher <br />on the Gambel oak areas than on the aspen areas. About 0.42 trees per <br />square meter occurred on the Gambel oak areas versus about 0.19 trees <br />per square meter for the aspen areas. <br />This examination of data shows that substantial differences existed between <br />some of the community types in terms of herbaceous biomass, cover and <br />woody plant density. <br /> <br />