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of the total (12.3 g/m2) and introduced perennial grasses accounted <br />for 70.1 percent of the total (94.9 g/m2). The major introduced • <br />grasses were smooth brome, intermediate wheatgrass (Agropyron <br />intermedium), pubescent wheatgrass (Agropyron trichophorwn), and <br />orchard grass. Perennial fortis other than alfalfa accounted for only <br />minor amounts of the total production. "'otal production was <br />greater than that obtained for either of the two reference areas. <br />Total shrub density was 1460 shrubs per hectare (591 shrubs per <br />acre) (Table 10). Big sagebrush was the most common shrub and this. <br />species accounted for approximately 55 percent o1` the total density. <br />Mountain snowberry accounted for almost all of the: remaining density. <br />Areas Seeded in 1978. The areas reclaimed in 1978 (Figure 4) <br />were seeded with the mix shown in Table I1. Native cool season <br />perennial grasses and introduced perennial grasses were seeded at the <br />same rates. Shrubs were also planted on the reclaimed areas (Table <br />12). In total, 53 species were observed on the: areas seeded in 1978 <br />(Table 13). All of the seeded species, except for yellow sweetclover <br />(Melilotus officinalis), were observed on the 1977 areas. The major <br />species in the 1978 areas is alfalfa which had a mean cover of 23.1 <br />percent and 90 percent frequency. The aecomi ranking species was <br />cicer milkvetch (Astragalus cicer) followed by smooth brome, <br />intermediate wheatgrass, and orchardgrass. T'hickspike wheatgrass <br />(Agropyron dasyataehyum) was the highest rs~nlcing native species <br />(Table 14). Of the species that were seeded, ttie introduced species <br />have done much better than the native spe:c:ies. The dominant <br />introduced species accounted for approximately 82 percent of the <br />total species cover. Total vegetation cover was 58.6 percent and was <br />30 i <br />