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Sutey Reference Area #1 <br />Absolute and Relative Cover Sample Mea ns, 1998-2001 <br /> 1998 1999 2000 2001 <br />Absolute Noxious Cover 6 7=k• 8 7°r~ 6 7% 2 2 ~= <br />Relative Noxious Cover 15.3~~~ 24 8% 16.1 % 5.8°<, <br />Absolute Grass Cover 5.7~b 10 84% 25 9% 30.7% <br />Relatvie Grass Cover 13.0"0 30 9% 61.7°iU 82.5% <br />Absolute Forb Cover 31.2`/0 15.1 °i~ 8 7% 4.3% <br />Relative Forb Cover 71 1 °io 43.3°i. 20 74/0 11 7% <br />Total Vegetation Cover 43.9% 34.8% 42.0% 37.2% <br />'Reduction in noxious weed c over between 1998 and <br />2001 is significant at the 90% level of staUStical confidence <br />Figure 1 Sutey Reference Area #1 -Absolute Cover <br />Trends; 1998-2001 <br />y 50.0% <br />~ 40.04% ---• - - • •~- Absolute Noxious <br />• t-.. <br />;; 30.0" ~ ----• - , -= -~• Cover <br />- ~, <br />0 20.0.• -- - -------=--~.~~•---~' Absolute Grass <br />N Cover <br />a 10.0"'~ f-~ - •• - -- - - - I Absolute Forb <br />0 <br />0 0.0°~ -------- ------------- Cover <br />~~~~~~~~~ o00 op^ Total Vegetation <br />rL 1. Cover <br />Year <br />Total Vegetation cover has remained relatively <br />stable from 1998 to 2001, while grass cover has <br />risen dramatically and cover of non-noxious fortis <br />has markedly declined Cover of target noxious <br />species has also declined. <br />TABLE 2 <br />