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Table 7. Cover Data - 1999 Reclamation Area, Seneca II•W Mine, SCC, Routt Co., CO - 2001 Page 4 of 4 <br />• <br />PLANT SPECIES <br />Percent Foliar CoveP <br /> <br />--Sample Number--- <br />6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 <br />INTRODUCED PERENNIAL FORBS <br />Astragalus titer P p <br />Breea arvensis ~ P <br />Medicago saliva P P P P p P P <br />Tarazacum officinale P <br />TOTAL INTRO. PERENNIAL FORBS - P P - P P - - P P - P P - <br />NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) <br />Ceratochloa carinata 4 8 18 P 8(2) 4 2 8 16 P P 16 4 2 <br />Critesion jubatum P P P P P P P P P <br />Elymus lanceolatus fm. dasystachya P P <br />Elymus trachycaulus P P P P P 2 P 6 P P P P P P <br />Leymus cinereus P P P P P <br />Nassella viridula P P P P <br />Pascopymm smithii 4 2 2 P 2 P P 4 P 4 2 P 8 P <br />Poa agassizensis P P P <br />Poa compressa P P <br />Poa secunda P 2 <br />Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata P <br />TOTAL NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) 8 10 20 P 10(2) 4 6 12 22 4 2 P 16 12 2 <br />INTRODUCED PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) <br />Bromopsis inermis P P <br />Dactylis glomerata P P P 6 (2) 2 P 2 4 2 P 4 P P <br />Thinopyrum intermedium P P 4 P P 2 P P <br />TOTAL INTRO. PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) P P P -- 10 (2) 2 2 2 4 2 P 4 P P <br />NATIVE SHRUBS <br />Padus virginiana ssp. melanocarpa P <br />Purshia tridentata P P <br />Symphoricarpos rotundifolius P P P P <br />TOTAL NATIVE SHRUBS -- i- P - -- - - P P - P - -- P - <br />Standing dead 12 4 2 <br />Litter i6 10 16 14 26 12 24 4 16 22 36 30 26 18 20 <br />Bare soil ~ 60 54 50 64 28 34 32 64 48 36 12 40 38 50 48 <br />Rock 4 2 2 4 6 2 <br />TOTALS 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 <br />TOTAL VEGETATION COVER 24 32 34 22 46(6) 40(4) 42 28 36 36 48 28 36 32 30 <br />GROUND COVER (Litter+Rock+Veg+St.Dead) 40 46 50 36 72(6) 66(4) 68 36 52 64 88 60 62 50 52 <br />SPECIES DENSITY (# of species/100 sq. m.) 21 23 37 20 19 20 23 26 26 25 25 17 25 25 25 <br />(AVERAGE=23.8 Std.Dev.= 4.6) <br />•P= Present within 1 m. on either side of the cover transect, but not quantitatively encountered. <br /> <br />