PERMFILE118599

• Permit No: C1981026
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 12/11/2001
• Doc Name: VEGETATION INFORMATION
• Section_Exhibit Name: APPENDIX F
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

TABLE OF CONTENTS
• PAGE
INTRODUCTION 1
METY.ODOLOGY 2
Mapping z
Sampling z
RESULTS 4
Areal Extent of Vegetation Types 4
Big Sagebrush Vegetation Type 5
Akali Sagebrush Vegetation Type 7
Weed Species 9
Winter Browse Species 9
Rare, Endangered and Threatened Species 9
EVALUATION OF REVEGETATION SUCCESS 10
Cover 1G
Production 10
Diversity 11
FIGURE 1F - Vegetation Map
FIGURE 2F - Vegetation Growing Season - 1979
'~ FIGURE 3F - Vegetation Growing Season - 1980
FIGURE 4F - Shannon-meaner Diversity Estimates
TABLE 1F - Summary of vegetative cover for two growing seasons
for the big sagebrush vegetation type
TABLE 2F - Summary of vegetative cover for two growing seasons
for the alkali sagebrush vegetation type
TABLE 3F - Summary of vegetative production (lbs/acre) for two
growing seasons for the big sagebrush vegetation type
TABLE 4F - Summary of vegetative production (lbs/acre) for two
growing seasons for the alkali sagebrush vegetation
type
TP_BLE SF - Summary of woody plant density (stems/acre) for the
alkali sagebrush and big sagebrush vegetation types,
1980 gr owing season
TABLE 6F - Species composition for big sagebrush mine area and
referen ce area, 1980 growing season
TABLE 7F - Species composition for alkali sagebrush reference
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~ area an d mine area, 1980 growing season
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TABLE 8F - Summary ve cover
of statistical analysis for vegetat
for the 1979 growing season