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/ Tables 1 and 2 of the appendix show the results of <br />sampling. Thirty-one species were encountered over the <br />seventeen transects of which two were annual grasses, three <br />were annual forbs, three were shrubs, five were perennial <br />forbs, seventeen were perennial grasses, and one was a <br />noxious weed. Total vegetative cover on first hit data <br />averaged 61.2$. The dominant species was Elytrigia repens <br />(although this would probably be classified under the older <br />taxonomic system as Agropyron riparium (riparian <br />wheatgrass)). The next most important species were also <br />perennial grasses (POa pratensis, Pascopyrum smithii, and <br />Phalaroides arundiacea). Cover contributed on first hits by <br />Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle) is included in Table 1 <br />(1.18 absolute cover; 1.78 relative cover). Data was also <br />collected excluding Canada thistle. As noted above, second <br />hits after a thistle first hit were recorded. Although bare <br />ground or litter were most commonly intercepted in these <br />second hits, other plant species were encountered on <br />occasion. Data excluding thistle first hits and including <br />second hits are presented in Table 2. <br />The approved permit requires that for final bond <br />release, seven plant species must contribute between 3 and <br />408 relative cover. Based on the first hit data, seven <br />species were found to be contributing between 3 and 40$ <br />relative cover. However, all seven species were perennial <br />grasses and the permit requires that two of the seven <br />5 <br />