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Table 11. Cover Data -Sagebrush Reference Area, Seneca IIW Mlne, SCC, Routt Co., CO - 2003 Page 4 of 4 <br />lr <br />u <br /> <br />PLANT SPECIES <br />Percent Foliar Cover' <br />--Sample Number--- <br />5 6 7 8 9 10 <br />NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) (coot) <br />Ceratochloa cednata P P P P <br />Elymus lanceolatus fm. albicans 1 P P 1 <br />Elymus Iongifolius i P 1 P <br />Elymus trachycaulus P 3 1(1) 1 1 <br />HesperosOpa somata P P <br />Koeleria macrantha 1 2 <br />Paswpymm smithii 6 18 5 3(1) 5(1) <br />Poa agassizensis 2(2) 7(2) (1) 3(1) 1 5(3) 15(1) (3) 1 <br />Poa secunda 2 P <br />TOTAL NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) 2(4) 14(3) 7(1) 4(2) 20 15(3) 3(1) 23(2) 1(3) 4 <br />INTRODUCED PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) <br />Bromopsis inemtis 9(1) 1 <br />TOTAL INTRO. PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) -- - - - -- 9(1) - - 1 <br />NATIVE SHRUBS <br />Amelanchier alnifolia 1 1 P 6 1 P <br />Chrysothamnus nauseosus 1 <br />Chrysothamnusviscidifloms 1 6(1) 1(1) 5(i) P P P 10 <br />Mahonia repens P <br />Padus virginiana ssp. melanocerpa (i) <br />Quercus gambelii 1 <br />Seriphidium arbusculum ssp. longilobum 1 <br />Seriphidium tridentatum 24(1) 18 13 34 20 16 25 6 1 ~ 14 <br />Symphodcarpos rotundifolius 22(4) 16(3) 22(3) 3(1) 1 42 2 <br />TOTAL NATIVE SHRUBS 48(5) 40(4) 37(4) 43(2) 21 23 25 7 44(1) 26 <br />MOSS <br />Moss 2 <br />TOTAL MOSS -- - - - - 2 -- -- - - <br />SUCCULENT <br />Opuntia polyacantha P <br />TOTAL SUCCULENT - - P - --- --• - -- - - <br />Standing dead 4 8 2 5 3 3 1 2 <br />Litter 38 28 25 37 25 22 47 45 36 38 <br />Bare soil 5 5 23 8 20 15 10 6 71 18 <br />Rock 1 1 1 <br />TOTALS 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 <br />TOTAL VEGETATION COVER 53(10) 59(10) 50(5) 50(9) 52 60(4) 42(3) 47(3) 51(6) 43(2) <br />GROUND COVER (Litter+Rock+Veg+St.Dead) 95(10) 95(10) 77(5) 92(9) 80 85(4) 90(3) 94(3) 89(6) 82(2) <br />SPECIES DENSITY (# of species/100 sq.m.) 19 28 16 25 14 31 11 24 23 22 <br />(AVERAGE=21.5 Std.Dev.= 6.1) <br />'P= Present within 1 m. on either side of the cover transect, but not quantitatively encountered. <br />~~ <br />