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Total average vegetation cover, for first hits, was 79.2%. Total average vegetation cover, for all <br />. hits, was 113.1%. Standing dead, litter, bare soil, and rock each had 2.2%, 16.1%, 2.5%, and 0% <br />cover, respectively (first hits). Average species density was 29.1 species/100 sq.m. <br />SAGEBRUSH EXTENDED REFERENCE AREA <br />(Photographs 41-44) <br />Cover <br />(Table 10) <br />Native shrubs were most abundant in the Sagebrush Reference Area, making up 24.8% <br />vegetation cover (all hits). Within this group, big sagebrush (Seriphidium tridentatum) and <br />mountain snowberry (Symphoricarpos rotundifolius) were most common, having 14.9% and 8.9% <br />total cover, respectively. Native perennial cool season grasses was the second most common <br />life form (16.5% cover). Agassiz bluegrass (Poo agassizensis) and Lettermann needlegrass <br />(Achnatherum lettermanir) were the most abundant native perennial cool season grasses (5.5% <br />and 2.4% cover, respectively). Native perennial forbs were the third most abundant group (12.0% <br />cover) comprised by numerous species with low percent cover values. Western yarrow (Achilles <br />lanulosa), mule's ear (Wyethia amplexicaulis), and weedy milkvetch (Astraga/us miser var. <br />oblongifolius) had the highest percent cover values of the native perennial forbs (3.3%, 2.8%, and <br />2.0% cover, respectively. <br />Total average vegetation cover, for first hits, was 52.3%. Total average vegetation cover, for all <br />hits, was 58.6%. Standing dead, litter, bare soil, and rock each had 4.1%, 37.3%, 6.1%, and <br />0.1 % cover, respectively (first hits). Average species density was 24.2 species/100 sq.m. <br />STEEP MOUNTAIN BRUSH EXTENDED REFERENCE AREA <br />(Photographs 45-48) <br />Cover <br />(Table 11) <br />Native shrubs were most abundant, making up 37.5% vegetation cover (all hits). Within this <br />group, .Gambel's oak (Quercus gambelii), big sagebrush (Seriphidium tridentatum), and <br />Saskatoon serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia) were most common, having 12.3%, 9.3%, and <br />6.9% total cover, respectively. Native perennial cool season grasses were the second most <br />common life form (9.1% cover). Thickspike wheatgrass (Elymus lanceolatus fm. dasystachya <br />and Montana wheatgrass (Elymus lanceolatus fm. albicans) were the mast abundant native <br />perennial cool season grasses (2.6% and 2.2% cover, respectively). Native perennial forbs were <br />the third most abundant group (6.3% cover) comprised by numerous species with low percent <br />12 <br />