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• than the current standard of 200 stems per acre. Big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentate) was <br />the dominant shrub followed by Snowberry (~mohoricarpos occidentalis) and Silver <br />sagebrush (A. cane). Louisiana sagewort (A. ludovicana) was the only half-shrub <br />recorded along the transects. <br />]996 Revised Data <br />Table 3b shows the revised 1996 shrub and half-shrub density data collected for <br />the reclaimed areas. A total of 301 stems per acre, or 150% of the standard, were <br />recorded on the primary reclaimed azea. On the smaller aeeas, 71 stems per acre were <br />recorded on Topsoil Pile B, 4614 stems per acre on the Topsoil C, 1457 stems per acre on <br />the Sanitary Landfill azea, and 1713 stems per acre on the Explosives Storage azea. All of <br />these values except for Topsoil Pile B are still much greater than the 200 stems per acre <br />• standard. Big sagebrush was the dominant shrub species on all reclaimed aeeas except for <br />Topsoil Pile B where Serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia) was dominant. Other prevalent <br />shrub species recorded were Snowberry and Silver sagebrush. Louisiana sagewort was <br />the only half-shrub recorded along the transects. It should be noted that for shrub density <br />Topsoil Pile B had four sample sites while Topsoil Pile C and the Sanitary Landfill azea <br />had two sample sites each and the Explosives Storage area had three sample sites. <br />1997 Data <br />The 1997 data (Table 3c) shows that the primary reclaimed area had 336 stems per <br />acre, or 16H% of the standard. Topsoil Pile B had 202 stems per acre, Topsoil Pile C had <br />4249 stems per acre, the Sanitary Landfill azea had 627 stems per acre and the Explosives <br />Storage area exhibited 708 stems per acre. These values are higher than the current <br />. standard of 200 stems per acres. Snowbeny was the dominant shrub species recorded on <br />25 <br />