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• on these plots to determine woody stem density as discussed below. No woody stem sampling will <br />be conducted on other grassland areas of the surface mine. <br />In order to determine success for establishing shrubs on the surface mine grassland community, <br />two different measurements will be made. In the areas of shrub transplant, permanent transects <br />of 2 x 50 meters will be established and all individual shrubs within the transect will be counted. <br />Shrub counts on seeded areas will be made using random 2 x 50 meter belt transects. Woody stem <br />density values will be presented as woody stems per transect and extrapolated to represent woody <br />stems per acre. In either area, LCC proposes to establish 500 stems per acre. -f„_ an-e~~iaRd ~r <br />Production <br />A minimum of fifteen 0.5 meter quadrants per community will be clipped for production or <br />standing biomass in Phase III sampling. Quadrants will always be located at the 15-meter mark <br />along the transect on the right-hand side of the tape. Clipping will be conducted after the cover <br />and density measurements are collected. Vegetation within the quadrant will be clipped as close <br />to the ground as possible without pulling up roots and soil. Clipped vegetative biomass will be <br />separated by life form, bagged, weighed, dried, and reweighed. Only above-ground, current <br />year's growth of herbaceous species (not woody plants or succulents) at least half-way in the <br />quadrant will be clipped and bagged. The contents of the bags will be weighed to the nearest 0.1 <br />• <br />r~ <br />L <br />~'j~-oz <br />PERMR.rtv~April2l, 199! 2.05-73a (revised 4/21/98) <br />