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<br />Shrub Density (Table 3) <br />Native shrubs averaged 1575 individuals per acre. Wood's rose and mountain <br />snowberry (Symphoricarpos rotundifolius) each contributed approximately one- <br />third of this total. Saskatoon serviceberry and big sagebrush were also <br />important species in this lifeform and combined to contribute more than one- <br />fourth of the total. Chokecherry (Padus virginia ssp. me/anocarpa) and <br />bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata) each accounted for approximately one- <br />twentieth of the total. Rubber rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseous) and <br />prickly rose (Rosa says) comprised the balance. No other woody lifeforms <br />were observed in this area. <br />• <br />• <br />9 <br />