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Sutey Reference Area #2 <br />Absolute and Relative Cover Sa mple Means : 1998-2001 <br /> 1998 1999 2000 2001 <br />Absolute Noxious Cover 14.6% 5 G:-~ 9 8~~ 2 6=~. <br />Relative Noxious Cover 26.4% 20.9'% 23 1`i'c 9 3=~: <br />Absolute Grass Cover 4 4°% 4.4% 19.0"c 20.2°~, <br />Relative Grass Cover 7.8% 16,4"/, 44.8`/° 72 1°i, <br />Absolute Forb Cover 37 2°/, 16.6'/° 13 6% 5 2'/, <br />Relative Forb Cover 67,4% 61,9% 32.1°~ 18.6'io <br />Total Vegetation Cover 55 2% 26 8°ib 42.4°~0 28.O~~o <br />'Reduction in noxious weed cover between 1998 <br />and 2001 is significant at the 99% level of <br />statistical confidence. <br />Figure 3 - Sutey Reference Area #2 Absolute Cover <br />Trends; 1998-2001 <br /> 60.0°,'.~ <br />a, <br />' ~-Total Vegetation <br />0 % <br />50.0 ~ Cover <br />v <br />d 40,0'7: <br />•. <br />~ <br />~- Non-noxious Forb <br /> <br />~ <br />30.0 ,. <br />"' ~~ <br />~ Cover <br /> 20.0`%: ~. <br />+ +-Grass Cover <br /> ~_ <br />a 10.0';:, .- -- <br /> 0 0°io ~---~-+ ~_ Noxious Species <br /> 1998 1999 2000 2001 <br />Non-noxious forbs and noxious species cover declined from <br />1998 to 2001 Grass cover increased but the increase in <br />grass cover has not offset the decline in forb and noxious <br />species cover, resulting in a significant decline rn total <br />vegetation cover between 1998 and 2001. <br />Tr",[3LE 6 <br />