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Table 4. Shrub densities for <br />Unit 95-2. <br />Serviceberry 297 594 733 1467 100% 91% 50% <br />Chokecherry 539 539 1333 1333 100% 100% 100% <br />Gambel's Oak 486 405 1200' 1000 100%. 89% 120% <br />Totals 1322 ' <br />sd=425 1538 <br />sd=433 3366 <br />sd=1050 3800 <br />sd=1070 100% 94% 86% <br /> <br />sd=standazd deviation <br />*Survival based on original number of individual plants per transect. <br />Location: The baseline for 95-2 runs along the eastern boundary of the unit and is marked-with aluminum tags on metal boundary <br />posts (B°, B45). Transects are placed perpendicular to the baseline at the 15, 30, and 45 meter mazks. Endpoints of the transects are <br />marked with wooden stakes. <br />Herbaceous Cover: Grass = 33 % coverage. Forb = 123 % coverage. Forb cover consisted primazily of both perennial and annual' <br />species, Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense) and Kochia (Kochia scoparia). Forb coverage increased dramatically between.1996 and <br />1997. <br />Comments: Overall survival appeazs to have increased from 67% to 86% between annual monitoring. Survival calculations appeaz <br />to be affected by resprouting of shrubs from stems or roots which were previously counted as dead. This is noted most prominently in <br />the Gambel's Oak which is the most difficult to locate and to determine the survival status. The browse rate increased from 42% to <br />94%. All species were observed with a high browse rate with no apparent preference for species. Browse will likely result in <br />continued mortality on this site over time. <br />8 <br />¢' <br />~: ; <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />• <br />