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<br />A combination of transect and quadrants was employed for estimating shrub <br />and herbaceous cover. Shrub cover was recorded per species by measuring (to <br />the nearest centimeter) shrub canopy intercept along a transect and a <br />community summary table. Shrub cover is expressed in three ways in the <br />tables; total centimeter cover, percent of transect and percent of all <br />shrubs. fie percent of transect figure was added to total herbaceous cover <br />to determine total vegetation cover. <br />Shrub heights were also recorded along the 25~neter transect. The height of <br />each shrub which intercepted the transect was recorded per shrub per species <br />to the nearest centimeter. Data tables list the mean centimeter height per <br />shrub species and the standard deviation. <br />The herbaceous understory covery was recorded from 25 "microplots" (20 x 50 <br />cm) spaced at one meter intervals along the line transect. Cover within the <br />microplots was estimated and analyzed according to quantitative techniques <br />• developed by Cgub_ e~ (1968). Present canopy cover was estimated <br />independently or each herb and for soil, litter, rock, and moss. Percent <br />canopy cover was recorded independently for each species as one of six <br />_~ coverage classes (0-5 5-25 25-50_50-75,_75-95,_95-100) (Daubenmire, <br />1968). fie midpoin s of these classes were later used in calculating <br />average percent coverage of the taxa encountered. Data tables record <br />percent cover and frequency per species and each species is listed <br />alphabetically per major life form: tree, shrub, graminoid, and herb. <br />At the time of sampling, slope, aspect and elevation were determined for <br />each cover site. An Dabney inclinometer was used to determine slope, a <br />compass for aspect and a USGS map for elevation. The location of each <br />transect is plotted on the plant community map, Figure 1 of the original <br />submittal. Cover data for each transcect appears in the Pppendix of <br />the original submittal. <br />u <br />IC-56 <br />7/7/7 <br />