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• of the total production. <br />I <br />Species diversity (Table 4). <br />Twenty-four species were intercepted during multi-hit <br />cover sampling. Five species were annuals or noxious weeds <br />and nineteen were perennial species. Twelve perennial grasses <br />were sampled (with Elytrigia intermedia and Lophopyrum <br />elongatum being grouped together by the sampler who was unable <br />to distinguish the two species in the field). At least five <br />species contributed greater than 3 % relative cover. With the <br />• Elytrigia intermedia/Lophopyrum elongatum combination having a <br />relative contribution of 34.8 %, it is highly likely that both <br />species individually contributed greater than 3 ~ relative <br />cover, bringing that total to six grass species. In any <br />event, all six species are cool season grasses, far exceeding <br />the requirement that two cool season grasses exceed 3 %. One <br />forb species, Eucephalus glaucus (Glacous aster), exceeds the <br />3 ~ relative cover level at 22.6 %, thus satisfying another <br />aspect of the species diversity standard. No annual or <br />noxious weed species contributed greater than 3 % relative <br />cover. Finally, the dominant species (the complex of <br />Elytrigia intermedia and Lophopyrum elongatum) does not exceed <br />60 $ relative cover. Additionally, the three most important <br />• species combined do not exceed BO $ (Elytrigia intermedia/ <br />Lophopyrum elongatum + Eucephalus glaucus + Bromopsis inermis <br />8 <br />