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<br />Table 5 - Absolute percent cover data (first hit) listed by area <br />and life form, North Thompson Creek Mine. <br />ABSOLUTE COVER VALUE SUMMARY <br />' REFUSE NO. 1 NO. 3 NO. 1 TOTAL <br />AREA MINE MINE FAN MINE <br />BARE 26.8 18.3 28.1 8.7 23.0 <br />' LITTER 21.8 22.3 17.3 18.0 20.3 <br />ROCK 9.0 9.9 13.7 5.3 10.5 <br />PERENNIAL GRASSES 23.5 23.4 17.4 67.3 24.5 <br />ANNUAL GRASSES 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 <br />PERENNIAL FORBS 17.7 22.5 20.4 0.7 19.1 <br />ANNUAL FORBS 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.3 <br />' SHRUBS 0.5 3.4 2.3 0.0 2.1 <br />NOXIOUS WEEDS 0.2 0.4 0.2 <br />VEGETATIVE COVER 42.3 49.6 40.9 68.0 46.2 <br />' PERENNIAL, <br />NON-NOXIOUS COVER 41.7 49.3 40.1 68.0 45.7 <br />' NOTE: TOTAL MINE absolute value was calculated by summing cover over <br /> all transects and div iding by the number of trans ects (45). Therefore, <br /> eacg area is weighted in importance according to the number of transects <br /> it contained. <br /> <br /> RELATIVE COVER VALUE SUMMARY <br />' REFUSE N0. 1 NO. 3 NO. 1 TOTAL <br /> AREA MINE MINE FAN MINE <br />' PERENNIAL GRASSES 55.5 47.1 42.7 99.0 53.0 <br /> ANNUAL GRASSES 0.4 0.3 0.2 <br /> PERENNIAL FORBS 41.7 45.3 50.0 1.0 41.4 <br /> ANNUAL FORBS 0.8 0.5 0.7 0.6 <br /> SHRUBS 1.2 6.8 5.6 4.5 <br /> NOXIOUS WEEDS 0.4 1.0 0.4 <br /> PERENNIAL, <br />' NON-NOXIOUS COVER 98.4 99.2 98.3 100.0 98.9 <br />I] <br />1 <br />r <br />A-5 <br /> <br />