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Native perennial forts were most abundant, composing 46.1 % of the total <br />• 114.3% vegetation cover. Within this group, mountain bluebells (Mertensia <br />ciliata), sweet Cicely (Osmorhiza chilensis), and stinging nettles (U-fica gracilis <br />ssp. gracilis) were most common, having 13.6% 5.2%, and 4.3% cover, <br />respectively. Native shrubs composed 33% of total vegetation cover. Saskatoon <br />serviceberry (Amelanchieralnifolia) (12% cover) and mountain snowberry (13.7% <br />cover) were the dominant shrubs. Native perennial cool season grasses were <br />common (10.1 % cover), especially blue wildrye (Elymus glaucus), with 6.8% <br />cover. Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) was an important component of the <br />vegetation, contributing 17.7% to total cover. In general, this area was heavily <br />vegetated, with little bare ground or rock. The vegetation structure was complex, <br />with multiple physiognomic layers made up of herbs, shrubs, and trees. When <br />added together, the data for each of these overlapping layers summed to a total <br />percent cover of greater than one hundred. <br />Total average vegetation cover, for first hits, was 84%. Herbaceous vascular <br />. plant cover, for all hits, was 63.4%. Standing dead, litter, bare soil, and rock <br />each had 2.6%, 7.5%, 5.9%, and 0% cover, respectively (first hits). Average <br />species density was 36.3 species/100 sq.m. <br />PRODUCTION <br />(Table 8) <br />No alfalfa was present in our sample. Total average production of all other <br />species was 1,736.2 Its/acre. <br />Mountain Brush Extended Reference Area <br />(Photographs 13-16) <br />COVER <br />(Table 9) <br />Native shrubs were most abundant, comprising 57.2% of the tota186% <br />vegetation cover. Within this. group, Gambel oak and mountain snowberry were <br />most common, having' 31.6% and 14.9% cover, respectively. Native perennial <br />~o <br />