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- Point sitings will be located along a 25 meter transect stretched out either <br />northwest, northeast, southwest, or southeast of the sample location (the direction will <br />be randomly selected from the four possibilities). 25 meter transects are proposed <br />because of the constricted nature of the reclaimed area. <br />- The 50 points per transect (one point at each half meter interval) will comprise <br />a single sample unit. Cover will be identified by plant species, or as rock, litter, or <br />bare ground. For the purposes of estimating total vegetative cover, only first hit data <br />will be used. <br />SPECIES DIVERSITY: <br />- Because this is a Phase II study (versus Phase III), multiple hit data will not be <br />used in calculating relative vegetative cover. Instead, fast hit data will be used. In <br />reclaimed communities which are expected to have a simple structure such as this, the <br />correlation between relative cover based on multiple hit data and relative cover based <br />on first hit data can be expected to be extremely high (r>95%; see Bear No 1 & 2 <br />Mines 1993 Phase III Report -Exhibit B, for an example). Therefore, first hit data, <br />which is less time consuming to collect, is considered sufficient for the purposes of this <br />study. <br />