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CEXTRP~C~~ ~M ,N~f~m~y SANE QY Ir`J Atlloust- o~ IQB~E. Production Q~~(o~n1l~-L ~~}SEL)N~ V~oE"rF~TtB/~J W~etJ /tE5t7t1Ri.~ p~Vr~GOAMEn79' Total herbaceous production for the Meadow vegetation type averaged 157.1 g/m2 or about 1,400 Ibs/acre. Production was primarily perennial graminoids with western wheatgrass averaging 115.3 g/m2. Other important producers basically corresponded to cover values: Agassiz bluegrass 113.1 g/m21, green needlegrass 19.4 g/m21, sleepy grass 15.5 g/m21, blue grams 15.4 g/m21, and sand dropseed 12.0 g/m21. Forb produc- tion averaged 3.7 g/m2 end annual graminoid production was only 0.1 g/m2. Broom snakeweed, a subshrub, averaged 0.3 g/m2. See Table 4. Shrub Densit Total shrub density in the Meadow vegetation type was low, averaging only 0.3 shrubs/50 m2 or about 23 shrubs/acre. ISee Table 5.1 Rubber rabbitbrush was the only shrub present In this vegetation type. Average height far this shrub generally ranged from about 50 to 120 cm. Trees Because very few trees occurred in this vegetation type, each individual was noted by species. The majority of these occurred along the intermittent drainage of Delagua Canyon. These included 33 box- elders (Ac.en neQundvl, 15 narrowleaf cottonwoods IPvpu.lua anyuiti~v~livl, 12 plains cottonwoods IPvpu.lue daltvidv.~), 9 elms lU1mu~ sp.l, end 2 ponderosa pines IPinu~ pvndv~o~vl. The elm trees were assumed to have been planted by residents of the old town of Delagua earlier in the century. ~_ 3.2.2 Pinyon-dunlper Woodland Complex The Pinyon-Juniper Woodland Complex occurred on moderately steep slopes and ridge tops of the permit area, occupying about 153 acres of affected area end a total of f145 acres of the permit area. Soils were shallow and relatively rocky. The dominant species in this vegetation - type was pinyon pine lPinu~ edu/F~l while one-seed juniper (rfun,ipeau4 mvnvepeiunal was subdominant. Two phases were Included in this vege- tation type: an oakbrush phase occurred on north- and northeast-facing slopes, occupying about 3 acres of affected area and 104 acres of the permit area, and a ponderosa pine/Douglas-fir IP~eudv.t~wsv menl~.ie4iil phase occurred on the higher ridge tops in the southeast corner of the permit area occupying about 44 acres of the permit area, but none in the ~_ affected area. These phases were small in area end contained elements of the pinyon-juniper woodland. The oakbrush phase exhibited a lower tree density and a more strongly developed shrub layer. The ponderosa pine/Douglas-fir phase was evidenced by a relatively closed canopy of tree cover of various species. The entire Pinyon-Juniper Woodland Compler was sampled as one unit. -(3-