REP06819

• Permit No: C1982057
• IBM Index Class Name: Report
• Doc Date: 2/11/2000
• Doc Name: 1999 Revegetation Monitoring Report
• Permit Index Doc Type: Reveg Monitoring Report
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

• contributed more than one-tenth of this total. Chokecherry, bitterbrush, and Wood's rose
accounted for the balance.
Aspen Extended Reference Area
(Photographs 9 through 12)
Cover (Table 7)
The native tree, quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides), was the dominant species in this area and
contributed 50.4 percent of total vegetation cover. Native shrubs accounted for 25.6 percent of
total vegetation cover. Saskatoon serviceberry contributed three-fifths of this total. Mountain
snowberry, Rocky Mountain maple (Acerglabrum) and chokecherry also made measurable
contributions. Native perennial forbs accounted for 14.2 percent of total vegetation cover.
Western aniseroot (Osmorhiza occidentalis) and serrate groundsel (Senecio sen-a) each
contributed approximately one-fifth of this total. Cutleaf coneflower (Rudbeckia ampla) and
stinging nettle (Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis) each comprised one-twentieth of this total. Fifteen
other species made relatively minor contributions to total vegetation cover. Native perennial cool
season grasses accounted for 8.2 percent of total vegetation cover. Blue wildrye (Elymus
glaucus) was the dominant species in this lifeform. Canada brome (Bromopsis canadensis) and
Agassiz bluegrass were also present in measurable quantities. Hound's tongue, an introduced
biennial forb, averaged 1.1 percent of total vegetation cover. Douglas knotweed (Polygonum
douglasir), a native annual forb, and Canada thistle, an introduced perennial forb, each
contributed 0.2 percent of total vegetation cover.
Total vegetation cover was 90.0 percent. Standing dead, litter, and bare soil cover values were
1.8, 6.2, and 2.0 percent respectively. Species density averaged 27.7 species per 100 sq. m.
• Herbaceous Production (Table 8)
Total herbaceous production for all species was 830 pounds per acre. No alfalfa was observed in
this reference area.
Mountain Brush Extended Reference Area
(Photographs 13 through 16)
Cover (Table 9)
Native shrubs comprised 68.3 percent of total vegetation cover in this reference area. Gambel's
oak accounted for nearly two-thirds and mountain snowberry averaged nearly one-quarter of this
total. Saskatoon serviceberry, Douglas rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus), chokecherry,
and big sagebrush were also present in measurable quantities. Native perennial cool season
grasses (and grass-likes) averaged 19.9 percent of total vegetation cover. Agassiz bluegrass
contributed more than one-third of this total. Elk sedge (Carex geyen) and slender wheatgrass
were also important species in this lifeform. Six other species made relatively minor
contributions. Native perennial forbs contributed 10.1 percent of total vegetation cover. Silver
lupine (Lupines argentus), American vetch, and Pacific aster (Virgulaster ascenders) each
contributed approximately one-fifth of this total. Nine other species made relatively minor
contributions. Hound's tongue (Cynoglossum officinale), an introduced biennia! forb, averaged
1.1 percent of total vegetation cover. Smooth brome, an introduced perennial grass, contributed
0.5 percent of total vegetation cover.
Total vegetation cover was 73.2 percent. Standing dead, litter, bare soil, and rock averaged 1.0,
18.6, 6.8, and 0.4 percent respectively. Species density averaged 29.8 species per 100 sq. m.
Herbaceous Production (Table 10)
• Total herbaceous production for all species was 998 pounds per acre. No alfalfa was observed in
this reference area.