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• perennial, non-noxious plant species, with no annual species being encountered. Total <br />cover (vegetation + litter + rock) was measured at 73.8% with bare ground being <br />intercepted on 26.3% of fast hits. <br />Woody plant data are summarized in Tables 6 and 7. Data from the sixteen 50 <br />square meter quadrats indicated that 1372 woody stems per acre are present on the <br />reclaimed area. Four species were encountered. The 100 square meter quadrat data <br />was similar, indicating that 1536 stems per acre are present. In neither case was the <br />data collected to adequacy. The data therefore only represents rough estimates of <br />actual numbers. With additional quadrats, the two techniques would be expected to <br />yield closer results. Implications for sample adequacy are discussed below. <br />• 2. Reference Area <br />Table 4 lists the resulu of cover sampling in the extended reference area. Total <br />cover was estimated at 46.9%, with almost 42% of that total being contributed by <br />Quercus gambelii (Gambel oak). Sabina scopulorum (Rocky Mountain juniper) is the <br />next most important species, contributing 13.0 °6 of the overall vegetative cover. Over <br />the 22 transects, 29 plant species were encountered. Six were perennial grasses, nine <br />were perennial forts, eight were shrubs, and three were tree species. Total cover was <br />measured at 77.3%. <br />Table 10 shows relative cover amounts for species using fu•st hit data only and <br />all hits. Both methods yield very similar results. Table 11 lists the amount of absolute <br />cover that would be measured if one were to manipulate contributions from the three <br />• <br />7 <br />