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I - Total vegetation cover was 42 percent. Standing dead, litter, bare soil, and rock cover values <br />were 2.8%, 26.8%, 26.6%, antl 1.8% respectively. Species density averaged 36.8 species per <br />100 sq. m. <br />Production <br />(Table 2) <br />Herbaceous production for alfalfa averaged 5.4 pounds per acre. Herbaceous production for all <br />other species averaged 1,040 pounds per acre for a combined total herbaceous production value <br />of 1,046 pounds per acre. <br />Woody Plant Density <br />(Table 3) <br />Total woody plant density averaged 316 individuals per acre, composed entirely of native shrubs. <br />Mountain snowberry (Symphoricarpos rotundifolius) averaged about 186 individuals per acre. Big <br />sagebrush and Saskatoon serviceberry (Amelanchieralnifolia) contributed 57 and 49 individuals <br />per acre, respectively. There were an average of 24 bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata) individuals <br />per acre. <br />1998 Reclaimed Area <br />(Photographs 5-8) <br />. Cover <br />(Table 4) <br />As in the 1995 reclamation area, native perennial cool season grasses dominated the 1998 <br />reclamation area, averaging 38 percent of total vegetation cover. Western wheatgrass composed <br />more than one quarter of this lifeform's cover. Thickspike wheatgrass averaged 7% of total <br />vegetation cover. Mountain brome, slender wheatgrass, and green needlegrass each contributed <br />about 4% to total vegetation cover while Rocky Mountain fescue added 2.5% to total vegetation <br />cover. Other contributors were basin wildrye, Agassiz bluegrass, bluebunch wheatgrass, and <br />Canada bluegrass, Nelson needlegrass (Achnatherum nelsonir) was also present. Introduced <br />perennial cool season grasses avereged 18% of total vegetation cover. Three quarters of this <br />was contributed by intermediate wheatgrass. Orchard grass, timothy (Phleum pratense); and <br />Russian wildrye (Psathrostachys juncea) composed the balance. Four other species were also <br />present in this area. Introduced annual and biennial fortis averaged almost 17% of total <br />vegetation cover. Twolobe speedwell and yellow sweetclover (Melilotus officinalis) each provided <br />approximately one-fifth of this total. Jim Hill mustard, Russian thistle (Salsola ausfralis), salsify, <br />and burning bush (t3assia sieversiana) were the other major contributors. Musk thistle (Carduus <br />nutans ssp. macrolepsis), hound's tongue, pennycress, purple mustard (Chorispora tenella), <br />• prickly lettuce (Lactuca serriola), and bluebur stickseed (Lappula redowskir) were present in small <br />but measurable amounts. In addition, seven other species were observed but not quantitatively <br />