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points taken (50). First hit relative vegetation cover was calculated by dividing first hit <br />absolute cover for each species by the total first hit vegetation cover. All layer absolute cover <br />was calculated by dividing all hits for a particular species by the total number of points taken <br />(50). In addition, all-layer relative cover was calculated using all hits for a particular species <br />divided by the total hits accumulated during sampling of the transect. <br />Production Sampling <br />Production sampling was done in all Seneca II mine reclamation areas listed above, except the <br />reclamation lek area, and the two reference areas. There was no production sampling at Seneca <br />II-W m <br />ine reclaimed areas. Herbaceous production sampling was accomplished using one-half square <br />meter (0.5 m2) circular quadrats within which all herbaceous growth in a vertical projection <br />was removed by clipping, and placed in labeled paper bags. Alfalfa (Medicaao sa iv ), when it <br />occurred, was placed in separate labeled bags. Production sampling intensity in the Wadge <br />Pasture was greater than cover sampling, so that in addition to the twenty production samples <br />taken in association with the cover transects, thirty more were located independently, making a <br />total of fifty (50) samples. <br />Production samples within each reclaimed area or reference area totaled as follows: <br />Area Number of 0.5 sq. m. Plots <br />1978 Reclaimed Areas 1 5 <br />1988 Reclaimed Areas 1 5 <br />1991 Reclaimed Areas 1 0 <br />Wadge Pasture 5 0 <br />Mountain Brush Reference Area 1 5 <br />Sagebrush Reference Area 1 5 <br />Reclamation Lek NA <br />Native Lek 1 NA <br />Native Lek 2 N4 <br />Native Lek 3 NA <br />• <br />3 <br />