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Table 18. Cover Data -Mountain Brush Reference Area, Seneca 11 Mine, SCC, Routt, CO - 2003 Page 4 of 4 <br /> <br />PLANT SPECIES <br />Percent Foliar Cover' <br /> <br />• <br />-Sample Number- <br />4 5 6 7 8 9 10 <br />INTRODUCED PERENNIAL FORBS <br />Taraxacum officinale p p p <br />TOTAL INTRO. PERENNIAL FORBS - - - P -- P P - - -- <br />NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) - <br />Achnatherum lettermanii 1 P <br />Achnatherum nelsonii P (1) <br />Carex geyeri 1(11) 1(5) 1(2) 1 3(8) 1(20) P <br />Ceratochloa carinata P (1) P 1 P P <br />Elymus glaucus (1) 1 1 <br />Elymus trachycaulus (1) 2(1) 1 P P P (2) <br />Hesperostipa comata 1 <br />Nassella viridula P P <br />Pascopymm smithii 1 P <br />Poa agassizensis 3(6) 2(7) 1 1 P 1(6) (1) <br />TOTAL NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) 4{18) 4(9) 3(6) 1(1) 3(2) 3 3(8) 2(28) 1 1(1) <br />INTRODUCED PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) <br />Bromopsis inennis P (1) P <br />Phleum pratense (1) <br />Poa pratensis P 2 P (1) P P <br />TOTAL INTRO. PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) - P P 2 (1) (2) - -- P P <br />NATIVE SHRUBS <br />Amelanchier alnifolia 20(3) 21(2) 22(1) 15 15 1(5) 20(1) 28(8) 15 5 <br />Chrysothamnus viscidi8orus P P <br />Mahonia repens P <br />Padus virginiana ssp. melanocarpa 3(4) (5) 6 7(1) 10(1) 1 1 13(4) 3 <br />Paxistima myrsinites P P P <br />Quercusgambelii 38(2) 25(2) 22 31(1) 22 20 42 49(1) 4 <br />Ribes inerme P P <br />Ribes lacustre P <br />Rosa woodsii (1) P P 1(1) <br />Sedphidium cenum 1 7 1 <br />Seriphidium tridentatum 1 4 1 4 14 2 1 <br />Symphoricarpos rotundifolius 8(13) 10(11) 5(5) 7(17) 18(9) 21(5) 2 1 26(5) 32(4) <br />TOTAL NATIVE SHRUBS 70(23) 60(20) -55(6) 62(19) 69(10) 63(10) 65(1) 80(10) 60(9) 42(4) <br />FERNS <br />Pteridium aquilinum ssp. lanuginosum 2(5) <br />TOTAL FERNS - - - - - - 2(5) - <br />MOSS <br />Moss P P <br />TOTAL MOSS ~ -- - - P - P -- -- -- <br />Standing dead 2 3 1 1 7 3 1 <br />Litter 23 15 24 6 14 11 22 9 9 16 <br />Bare soil 3 10 9 24 11 21 2 26 23 <br />TOTALS 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100' 100 <br />TOTAL VEGETATION COVER 74(48) 73(33) 64(13) 69(22) 74(14) 68(13) 71(11) 86(50) 65(9) 80(8) <br />GROUND COVER (Litter+Rock+Veg+St.Dead) 97(48) 90(33) 91(13) 76(22) 89(14) 79(13) 100(11) 98(50) 74(9) 77(8) <br />SPECIES DENSITY (# of species/100 sq.m.) 24 29 31 29 28 30 26 19 24 37 <br />(AVERAGE= 27.7 Std.Dev.= 4.9) <br />•P= Present within 1 m. of either side of the cover transed, but not quantitatively encountered. <br />