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• _ [ll of transecu in which species was encountered]/(total number of transects]) were, <br /> not surprisingly, the three most dominant species. Lophopyrum elongatum was <br /> encountered in all 26 transects. Other than Melilotus o~Fcinalis, a biennial species that <br /> had a relative cover of 3.4%, no annual, biennial, or noxious herb species contributed a <br /> elativ cover exceeding 2%. <br /> Total herbaceous production was estimated at 54.8 grams per 1/4 square meter <br /> quadrat, or 1956 pounds per acre (Table 5). This represenu a decrease from last year's <br /> average value of 2414 pounds per acre, but is higher than 1991's 1692 pounds per acre. <br /> Perennial, non-noxious plant species composed the bulk of the herbaceous production <br /> total (91.5%), with 1790 pounds per acre. <br /> A casual comparison of 1991 and 1992 precipitation percentages in last year's <br /> report seemed to underscore that 1992 precipitation between February and June was <br /> always higher than in the same month in 1991. This seemingly significant difference <br />• may have accounted for the large jump in productivity (e.g., 1692 vs. 2414 Ibs/acre <br /> total production), though the total vegetative cover increased only by 0.97. Again this <br /> year, a fairly large difference in productivity accompanied only a small difference in <br /> cover. <br /> 96 of normal monthly precipitation in Paonia, Colo. <br /> MONTH 1~2 1 3 <br /> January 45.4 247.2 <br /> February 903 240.8 <br /> March 247.8 176.1 <br /> April 68.0 89.8 <br /> May 177.4 225.6 <br /> June 73.8 27.4 <br />. July 112.2 30.4 <br />6 <br />