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• In the sagebrush rangeland and grassland communities and their <br />corresponding reference areas, the number of woody stems that were <br />rooted within 50 square meter quadrats (50 x lm) were counted. In <br />the juniper-pinyon community, the number of woody stems that were <br />rooted within 200 square meter quadrats (50 x 4m} were counted. <br />Subshrubs were not included in the woody stem counts. <br />Herbaceous Production: <br />Greystone Development Consultants, Inc. conducted the <br />vegetative production sampling at the proposed Lillylands, Inc. <br />mine site. The sampling was conducted between June 4 and June 17, <br />1991. The methods used for the sampling are outlined below. <br />Herbaceous production was sampled in both disturbance and <br />• reference areas. One to four, one meter square quadrats were <br />located at random compass points at the point locations established <br />during cover sampling. If additional samples were required, the <br />sample locations were chosen using a random numbers table. <br />The quadrat was placed flat on the ground and located 10 feet <br />from the cover sampling point. All current annual herbaceous <br />production rooted within the quadrat was clipped, bagged and <br />separated according to life form. The life forms included <br />perennial and annual grasses, perennial and annual forbs, and <br />noxious weeds. Samples were weighed and adequacy of the sample <br />calculated on green weight. The Snedecor-Cochran sample size <br />adequacy formula presented in the CMLRD's Guidelines for Compliance <br />- 5 - <br />• <br />