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Fringed sage, a native subshrub, averaged 163.2 individuals per acre and Greene rabbitbrush averaged 8.9 individuals per acre. 1995 Reclamation (Photographs 5 through 8) ' Cover (Table 4) Native perennial forbs were the dominant lifeform in this area and provided 46.1 percent of total vegetation cover. The major contributor to this lifeform was western yarrow. Blue flax, Rocky ' Mountain penstemon, and two-groove milkvetch also made measurable contributions. Native perennial cool-season grasses contributed 18.0 percent of total vegetation cover. Sheep fescue, and slender wheatgrass (Elymus trachycaulus) each contributed more than one-fifth and thickspike wheatgrass, foxtail barley (Critesion jubatum), and western wheatgrass each ' contributed more than one-tenth to this total. Basin wildrye (Leymus cinereus), bluebunch wheatgrass, bottlebrush squirreltail (Elymus longifolius), green needlegrass, Agassiz bluegrass, Canada bluegrass, and Sandberg bluegrass were present in lesser quantities. Introduced ' perennial forbs contributed 14.5 percent of total vegetation cover. Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) contributed more than two-thirds of this total. Burnet (Sanguisorba mino~j, cicer milkvetch, and Canada thistle contributed the balance. Introduced annual and biennial forbs contributed 9.5 percent of total vegetation cover. Yellow sweetclover (Melilotus of/icinalis) accounted for nearly ' nine-tenths of this total. Bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare) and ffixweed tansymustard (Descurainia Sophia) contributed the balance. Introduced perennial cool season grasses accounted for 6.6 percent of total vegetation cover. Russian wildrye accounted for more than four-fifths of this total. Intermediate wheatgrass, desert wheatgrass, and ryegrass (Lolium perenne) made measurable contributions. The native subshrub, fringed sage, contributed 2.8 percent of total vegetation cover. Big sagebrush accounted for 2.2 percent of total vegetation cover. Rubber rabbitbrush and Douglas rabbitbrush were present but did not contribute to measured cover values. ' Introduced annual grasses that included cheatgrass (Anisantha tectorum), Japanese brome (Bromus japonicus), and cereale rye (Secale cereale) contributed 0.3 percent of total vegetation cover. Total vegetation cover was 37~ercent. Standing dead, litter, bare soil, and rock were 1.2, 25.1, 36.0, and 0.5 percent respectively. Species density was observed to be 19.1 species per 100 sq. m. ' Production (Table 5) Native perennial forbs and native perennial cool season grasses were the dominant lifeforms in ' this area where total annual production averaged 1320.4 pounds of herbaceous biomass per acre. Native perennial forbs contributed 30.1 percent (397.9 Ib/acre) of total production. Western yarrow and blue flax accounted for more than nine-tenths of this total. Four other species contributed the balance. Native perennial cool season grasses comprised 23.9 percent (315.8 ' Ib/acre) of all production in this area. Foxtail barley and slender wheatgrass contributed approximately one-half and one-fourth respectively. Eight other species accounted for the balance. Introduced perennial cool season grasses accounted for 19.9 percent (262.3 Ib/acre) of ' all production. Russian wildrye was the dominant species in this lifeform. Four other species made relatively minor contributions. Eleven and one-half percent of all production was contributed by introduced annual and biennial forbs. More than one-half of this production was derived from yellow sweetclover. The balance was contributed by eight other species. Alfalfa ' was the dominant species in the group of introduced perennial forbs and accounted for 8.4 percent (110.6 Ib/acre) of all production. Fringed sage, a native subshrub, and the native shrubs, big sagebrush and Douglas rabbitbrush, accounted for 3.9 (51.7 Ib/acre) and 2.2 percent (28.6 Ib/acre), respectively, of all production.