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Table 14. Cover Data -Sagebrush Extended Reference Area, Seneca II-W Mine, SCC, Routt Co., CO - 2001 Page 4 of 4 • PLANT SPECIES Percent Foliar Cover' r~ U • -Sample Number- 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) Achnatherum lettermanii P 2(2) Achnatherum nelsonii 2 ~ 2(2) P P P Carex geyeri 2 Ceratochloa cerinata 6 P 2 ~ Elymus elymoides 2 2 P 2 Elymus lanceolatus fm. albicans 4(4) P Elymus lanceolatus fm. dasystachya 2 P (4) Elymus trachycaulus P P P P P P Hesperostipa comata P ~ Koeleria macraniha P P P P Pascopyrum smithii P 2 2 P P P 2 P Poa agassizensis 8(8) 6(10) 10(6) 12 6(4) 16(6) 12 14(12) 6(4) Poa fendleriana 2 Poa secunda P P P P P TOTAL NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) 8(8) 14(10) 10(4) 16(8) 14. 8(6) 20(10) 14 16(12) 6(4) NATIVE SHRUBS Amelanchier alnifolia 2 (2) P P 4 P (2) Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus P Z P P P Z P P 2 Mahonia repens P Padus virginiana ssp. melanocarpa P Purshia tddentata 2 P Quercus gambelii 2 Ribes wolfii P Seriphidium tridentatum 2 36 22 24 22 20 28 20 22 Symphoricarpos rotundifolius 44 10 10 12 4 4(2) 4 40 6(2) TOTAL NATIVE SHRUBS 46 50 32(2) 38 26 30(2) 28 24 40(2) 32(2) MOSS Moss P 4 TOTAL MOSS P - - - -- 4 - - - LICHEN Cladonia spp. P Peltigera canina P P TOTAL LICHEN - - - P - - P -- - - SUCCULENT Opuntia polyacantha P TOTAL SUCCULENT - - P - - -- - - - -- Standing dead 6 4 8 10 8 8 2 4 Litter 26 18 30 28 40 38 28 52 34 34 Bare sail 8 12 t0 "6 4 8 2 4 4 22 Rock 2 TOTALS 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 TOTAL VEGETATION COVER 60(12) 66(12) 52(6) 56(10) 48 52(8) 62(12) 42 62(16) 40(6) GROUND COVER (Litter+Rock+Veg+St.Dead) 92(12) 88(12) 90(6) 94(10) 96 92(8) 98(12) 96 96(16) 78(6) SPECIES DENSITY (# of species/100 sq.m.) 18 20 23 25 24 29 26 17 24 21 (AVERAGE=22.7 Std. Dev.= 3.7) 'P= Present within 1 m. on either side of the rover transect, but not quantitatively encountered.