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ground live herbaceous plant biomass will be clipped within the 0.5 square meter <br />quadrat. Since the species diversity success standard is based on relative cover. <br />herbaceous production will trot be separated by species or lifeform, but will be reported <br />as Dotal herbacxous production, oonsistmt with CDMG gtridelines. Succulents, <br />sttffrutescent, and woody plants will not be sampled. Production material will be air <br />dried until weights vary by rm mote than O.lg. A minimum of fifteen (15) plots will <br />be sampled. Herbaceous production data will be collected until sample adequary is <br />achieved or to a maximum of fifty (SO) quadrats, consistent with CDMG guidelines. <br />Production values will be reported in grams per square meter (to the nearest O.lg) and <br />pounds per acre. <br />Hbodj Plant Dlr~ly <br />Woody plant density within tttc target vegetation community is very low. A woody <br />plats density criterion bas already been established for the revegetated areas based on <br />the need to establish wildlife cover clumps and hiding area. However, a reevaluation <br />of the woody plant density standard tray be appropriate is light of the characteristics of <br />the target community. in ]996, a total census of the woody phurts within the target <br />vegetation community was undertaken. Woody plant density will be reported by <br />~~ <br />Speoes Compostr'oo <br />Species composition will be calculated from quantitative vegetation cover data. <br />Relative cover data will be derived for the plant species present in the target vegetation <br />Community. The relative cover data will be tanked to determine the importance of the <br />species in the target community. <br />~~ r <br />Sample adequacy calculations will be undertaken for each parameter in the target <br />vegetation oommunity. The following formula will be used for these calculations: <br />(t)2 (s)2 <br />(d Xbar)Z <br />where: n~ =minimum saatpk size <br />t =the Student's t distribution value at the 9096 confidence level <br />s =sample standard deviation (s)2= sample variance <br />d =percent acceptable deviation from the mean (1096) <br />X~ =sample mean <br />Sample adequaty will be calculated for each quantitative sample parameter to a <br />maximum of fifty (50) transacts or quadrats. If sample adequacy is indicated by less <br />4 <br />