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Table 9. Cover Data -Mountain Brush Reference Area, Seneca IIW Mine, SCC, Routt Co., CO - 2003 Page 4 of 4 <br />~J <br />• <br /> <br />PLANT SPECIES <br />Percent Foliar Cover' <br />-Sample Number- <br />4 5 6 7 6 9 10 <br />INTRODUCED PERENNIAL FORBS <br />Bmea arvensis P <br />Taraxacum otficinale P <br />TOTAL INTRO. PERENNIAL FORBS - P - - - - - -- - - <br />NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) " <br />Achnatherum hymenoides P <br />Achnatherum lettennanii 1 P (1) <br />Achnalhemm nelsonii 1 1 1 P 1 P 2(1) P <br />Bromopsis canadensis P P <br />Carex geyed 2(1) 6(12) ~ 2(2) (1) (3) 1(1) 3(4) <br />Carex pensylvanica ssp. heliophila 1 <br />Ceratochloa cadnata P (1) P P P P P P <br />Elymus glaucus 2(4) 1 <br />Elymus lanceolatus fm. albirans 1 6(1) 1 P <br />Elymus longifolius P P <br />Elymus trachycaulus 1(1) 3 1(2) 1(1) P P 2(1) 3 1(1) <br />Hesperostip8 somata P 2 B t P 2 5 <br />Kceleda mavantha ~ P <br />Poa agassizensis 3(5) 8(7) (2) 3(1) 4(4) (8) 3(2) 2(5) e(5) (2) <br />Poa secunda P <br />Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata P <br />TOTAL NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) 9(7) 20(19) 10(7) 7(5) 12(7) 2(12) 5(3) 8(7) 19(9) 2(3) <br />INTRODUCED PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) <br />Thinopyrum intermedium 1 <br />TOTAL INTRO. PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) - - t - - -- - - - - <br />NATIVE SHRUBS <br />Amelanchier alnifolia 12(1) 3 7(3) 1 4 9(2) 9(2) 5 6(2) <br />Chrysothamnus viscitli0orus 1 P P <br />Mahonia repens P P <br />Padus virginiana ssp. melanocarpa 11(1) 5(4) 2(5) 3(18) 1 (1) 4(3) (3) <br />Paxistima myrsinites P <br />Quercus gambelii 6 36 32(2) 52 25(1) 20 38(1) 30 22 42 <br />Rosa woodsii P <br />Seriphidium tridentalum 4 8 3 6 1 6 <br />Symphoriwrpos rotundifolius 14(5) 5(5) 6(1) 10(5) 13(10) 20 3(7) 18(3) 10(5) 9(7) <br />TOTAL NATIVE SHRUBS 48(7) 49(9) 55(11) 66(23) 46(11) 63(2) 51(10) 54(4) 41(8) 57(12) <br />PARASITE <br />Aphyllon fasciculatum P <br />TOTAL PARASITE - - - - -- -- - P - - <br />Standing dead 1 2 2 3 2 1 3 2 2 <br />Litter 24 17 19 16 20 19 29 20 25 16 <br />Bare soil 10 7 12 14 9 9 8 6 19 <br />Rock 2 2 1 <br />TOTALS 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 <br />TOTAL VEGETATION COVER 65(16) 76(33) 67(20) 82(36) 61(21) 68(17) 60(23) 69(14) 67(22) 63(15) <br />GROUND COVER(Litter+ROCk+Veg+St.Dead) 90(16) 93(33) 08(20) 100(36) 86(21) 91(17) 91(23) 92(14) 94(22) 81(15) <br />SPECIES DENSITY (# of species7100 sq.m.) 30 34 20 26 31 30 31 20 19 22 <br />(AVERAGE=26.3 Std.Dev.= 5.6) <br />'P= Present within 1 m. on either side of the cover transect, but not quantitatively encountered. <br />