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cover by lifeform are compiled in Table 24. Statistical adequacy of sampling is reviewed in Table <br />• 25. The list of plant species observed during these studies in reclaimed and reference areas are <br />present in Appendix 2, Table 26. Seed mixes applied on areas revegetated prior to 1981 and in <br />years 1981 through 2000 are included in Appendix 3. Photographs of representative samples in <br />the reclaimed areas sampled in 2003, as well as photographs of the Alkali Sagebrush, Mountain <br />Brush, and Sagebrush reference areas are included in Appendix 4. Graphic depiction of <br />vegetation and climate data are presented in Figures 1 through 10 of this report. <br />In the cover descriptions below, species listed as "also present" were not encountered during <br />point-intercept sampling but were present within one meter of either side of the 50 m sample <br />transect line. Cover percentages referred to in the following results as "percent of total vegetation <br />cover' are relative, all-hit vegetation values. Percentages are rounded to facilitate discussion of <br />the results of vegetation monitoring in 2003. <br />1987-1989 Reclaimed Area <br />(Photographs 1-4) <br />COVER <br />(Table 1) <br />Introduced perennial cool season grasses dominated this area in 2003. Intermediate wheatgrass <br />(Thinopyrum intermedium) accounted for about 8/10ths of the total 50 percent vegetation cover <br />for the lifeform. Smooth brome (Bromopsis inermis) contributed over 2/10ths while four other <br />species made up the remainder. Also dominant were introduced perennial forbs, with 22.2 <br />percent of total vegetation cover. In this lifeform alfalfa occupied nearly 9/10ths of the total while <br />cicer milkvetch (Astragalus cicer) occupied the rest. Introduced annual and biennial forbs <br />accounted for 12.4 percent of total vegetation cover, Jim Hill mustard (Sisym6rium altissimum). <br />composing th'e bulk with close to 9 percent total vegetation cover. Minor contributors were <br />pennycress (Thlaspi arvense), twolobe speedwell (Pocilla biloba), hound's tongue (Cynoglossum <br />officinale). Other lifeforms present with less than ten percent total vegetation cover were native <br />perennial cool season grasses, introduced annual grasses, native perennial forbs, and native <br />shrubs. Also present, though not quantitatively observed were the native annual and biennial <br />forbs. <br />Total vegetation cover was 52 percent, the balance comprised of standing dead (1.11%), litter <br />(28.67%), bare soil (16.89%), and rock (1.33%). Species density was 18.1 species per 100 sq.m. <br />• <br />