REP28218

• Permit No: C1981018
• IBM Index Class Name: Report
• Doc Date: 12/1/1996
• Doc Name: REFUSE AREA REVEGETATION STUDY - FINAL REPORT
• Permit Index Doc Type: REVEG MONITORING REPORT
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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Table 2
Deserado Mine -Comparison of 1992, 1993, and 1995 Vegetation Cover Data
(All Data Presented in Percent Unless Otherwise Noted)
North South Referent
ea 1 (12") 2 (24") 3 (36") 4 (48") 1 (12") 2 (24") 3 (36") 4 (48")
'92 Ann Grasses 0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 -
Ann Forbs 57.7 78.8 78.7 68.6 64.7 63.5 63.9 68.3 -
Per Grasses 0.1 0.2 0.3 2.2 4.9 5.1 2.8 3.7 -
Per Forbs 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -
Shrubs 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -
Total Veg 57.8 79.1 79.1 70.9 69.7 68.7 66.9 72.3 -
Total Woody Density' 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
'93 Ann Grasses 1.4 2.8 7.6 4.4 3.2 2.8 2.4 6.4 -
Ann Forbs 4.6 15.6 33.2 25.6 9.2 15.6 27.6 22.4 -
Per Grasses 5.2 8.8 10.0 16.8 13.6 14.4 8.4 12.0 -
Per Forbs 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --
Shrubs 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ---
Total Veg 11.2 27.2 50.8 46.8 26.0 32.8 38.4 40.6 ---
Woody Density'
.4rtemista tridentate 7 ---
Atriplex gardneri 7 ---
Total Woody Density' 0 0 0 0 7 0 7 0 ---
'95 Ann Grasses 43.8 42.0 35.2 32.9 48.5 52.7 51.6 49.5 1.8
Ann Forbs 1.1 8.9 33.0 40.7 6.3 8.5 10.8 24.2 5.0
Per Grasses 15.3 28.1 14.3 14.4 9.1 9.1 11.1 7.9 8.7
Per Forbs 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 3.2
Shrubs 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 25.7
Total Veg 60.3 79.0 82.8 88.2 63.9 70.3 73.8 81.7 44.4
Woody Density'
,4rtemisia tridentate 88 20 13 54 13 13 2212
Atriplex conjerrijolia 938
Atriplex gardneri 7 47 13 20 13
Ceratoides Janata 7 34
Chrvsothamnusnauseosus 20 7 7
Leptodactylon punguns 148
Sarcobatus vermiculatus 13 243
Total Woody Density` 108 27 27 13 54' 67 27 20 3588
' Notes:
Ann -Annual; Per -Perennial
' A list of the shrub species found for each plot using belt transects and their number per acre (stems/acre)
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