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• The number of cover transects that were placed in each reclaimed area or reference area was <br />as follows: <br />Area Number of Transects <br />1991/1993 Reclaimed Areas 15 <br />First hit interceptions were used to calculate absolute top layer (first hit) foliar cover by dividing <br />the number of interceptions for a particular species or material by the total number of points <br />taken (50). First hit relative vegetation cover was calculated by dividing first hit absolute cover <br />for each species by the total first hit vegetation cover. All-layer absolute cover was calculated <br />by dividing all hits for a particular species by the total number of points taken (50). In addition, <br />all-layer relative cover was calculated using all hits for a particular species divided by the total <br />hits accumulated during sampling of the transect. <br />Herbaceous Production Sampling <br />• No herbaceous production sampling was undertaken in the Seneca II-W Mine 1991/1993 <br />Reclaimed Area in the 1997 monitoring. <br />Shrub Density Sampling <br />Shrub density sampling was undertaken in the 1991/1993 Reclamation Area of the Seneca II-W <br />Mine. Shrub density in this reclaimed area was measured within 2 x 50 m quadrats ("belt <br />transects") oriented along the cover transect (where a cover sample was also taken). It should <br />be noted that all big sagebrush encountered were referred to Seraohidium tridentatum. <br />Total numbers of shrub density transects in each area were as follows: <br />Reclaimed Area Number of Transects <br />1991/1993 Reclaimed Areas 15 <br />All shrubs, including seedlings, with root crowns found within the quadrat boundaries were <br />tabulated by species and by life stages as follows: Seedling, Mature, or Dead. <br /> <br /> <br />