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• (Elymus trachycaulus), western wheatgrass (Pascopyrum smithir), and thickspike <br />wheatgrass (Elymus lanceolatus fm. dasystachya), with 5.47%, 3.93%, 3.53%, <br />and 2.87% cover, respectively. The second most abundant lifeform was <br />introduced annuallbiennial forbs (9.9% cover). Within this group, twolobe <br />speedwell (Pochilla biloba) was most common, with 3.8% cover. Orchard grass <br />(Dactylis glomerata), an introduced perennial cool season grass, was relatively <br />common, contributing 5.2% to total cover. <br />Total average vegetation cover, for first hits, was 38.2%. Herbaceous vascular <br />plant cover, for all hits, was 38.7%. Standing dead, litter, bare soil, and rock had <br />8.6%, 30.87%, 21.53%, and 0.8% cover, respectively (first hits}. Average species <br />density was 28.2 individuals/acre. <br />PRODUCTION <br />(Table 2) <br />Total average production was 1,868.2 Ibs/acre. Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) <br />• produced 155.2 Ibs/acre (approx. 8%), and all other species produced the <br />remaining 1,7131bs/acre. <br />WOODY PLANT DENSITY <br />(Table 3) <br />Total average density of woody plants was 101.2 individuals/acre. Big <br />sagebrush (Seriphidium tridentatum) and mountain snowberry (Symphoricarpos <br />rotundifolius), both native shrubs, had 91.87 and 8.09 individuals/acre, <br />respectively. <br />2003 Reclaimed Area <br />(Photographs 12-13) <br />COVER <br />(Table 4) <br />Native perennial cool season grasses were most abundant, with 18.9% of the total <br />• 41.8°~ vegetation cover. Within this group, mountain brome (6.4% cover), thickspike <br />wheatgrass (6.2% cover}, and slender wheatgrass (3.3°k cover) had the greatest cover. <br />The second most abundant group was introduced annual/biennial forbs (15.5°~ cover). <br />8 <br />