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<br />VEGETATION ANALYSIS <br />Individual Species <br />Grasses and forbs in the Individual Species Plots were evaluated <br />on the basis of aerial cover as determined by the line-transect <br />method. The procedure consisted of stretching a tape measure <br />diagonally across the length of each individual seeding, from the <br />southeast corner to the northwest corner. Cover values were <br />recorded. Each transect was approximately 600 cm in length. Last <br />year an additional transect was run on each individual seeding, <br />such that it "criss-crossed" the line described above. The vari- <br />• ability between these two lines was small enough that it was <br />necessary to run only one line this year. In 1976 and 1977 data <br />on grasses and forbs was collected by estimating numbers of plants <br />for each individual species. 'By 1979, however, many of the species <br />had developed into dense stands and this method was deemed impractical. <br />Selected species of grasses and forbs were also evaluated for <br />biomass production. A 0.125 m2 quadrat was randomly placed at three <br />separate locations within each seeding. All above ground biomass <br />of the species of interest was clipped and bagged. This procedure <br />was repeated for all three replications. The biomass samples were <br />then oven-dried and weighed. The values obtained were extrapolated <br />to kg/ha to make them more understandable. <br /> <br />