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Sutey Reference Area #2 <br />Absolute and Relative Cover Sample Mean s; 1998-2001 <br /> 1998 1999 2000 2001 <br />Absolute Noxious Cover 14.6% 5.6% 9.8% 2.6% <br />Relative Noxious Cover 26.4% 20.9% _ <br />23.1 % 9.3% <br />Absolute Grass Cover 4.4% 4.4% 19.0% 20.2% <br />Relative Grass Cover 7.8% 16.4% 44.8% 72.1 <br />Absolute Forb Cover 37.2% 16.6% 13.6% 5.2% <br />Relative Forb Cover 67.4% 61.9% 32.1% 18.6% <br />Total Vegetation Cover 55.2% 26.8% 42.4% 28.0% <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 />0 50.0% <br />~ 40.0% <br />~ 30.0% <br />20.0% <br />a 10.0% <br />0.0% <br />-~ Total Vegetation <br />Cover <br />-e-Non-noxious Forb <br />Cover <br />-.-Grass Cover <br />--~ Noxious Species <br />Non-noxious fortis 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 in total <br />vegetation cover between 1998 and 2001. <br />TABLE 6 <br />1998 1999 2000 2001 <br />