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Cheatgrass, an introduced annual grass, comprised the bulk of this lifeform, which measured <br />• 11.5 percent total vegetation cover. Native annual and biennial forbs and native shrubs were <br />present with less than 2 percent total vegetation cover. <br />Total vegetation cover was 35.7 percent. Bare soil accounted for 45.94 percent of the total, litter <br />13.81 percent, rock 3.81 percent, and standing dead 0.75 percent. Average species density was <br />24.6 species per 100 sq.m. <br />PRODUCTION <br />(Table 8) <br />Total production observed in the 1998-1999 reclaimed areas was 2,335.8 pounds per acre. Of <br />this, 356.7 pounds per acre was alfalfa and the remaining 1,978.9 pounds per acre was <br />composed of other species. <br />WOODY PLANT DENSITY <br />(Table 9) <br />Woody plants comprised solely the native shrub lifeform in this area in 2003. 161.9 stems per <br />acre were counted, the majority of which were big sagebrush (63.1 stems per acre). Bitterbrush <br />• (Purshia Mdentata} accounted for 45.7 stems per acre and mountain snowberry contributed <br />another 40.5 stems per acre. Saskatoon serviceberry measured 10.1 stems per acre and <br />chokecherry added 2.4 stems per acre. <br />PECOCO Pasture Reclaimed Area <br />(Photographs 13-16) <br />COVER <br /> <br />(Table 10) <br />The dominant lifeform in this reclamation unit was introduced annual and biennial forbs; they <br />averaged over 38 percent of total vegetation cover. Nearly half of this total was occupied by Jim <br />Hill mustard, while the remaining half was composed primarily of yellow sweetclover and <br />pennycress. Also common were the introduced perennial cool season grasses with 33.6 percent <br />total vegetation cover. The predominant species in this lifeform was intermediate wheatgrass, <br />occupying 9/10'" of the total. Smooth brome occupied the bulk of the remaining 1/10'". Native <br />perennial cool season grasses accounted for 11.3 percent total vegetation cover. Basin wildrye <br />(Leymus cinereus) composed 5.09 percent of total vegetation cover while fescue (Festuca <br />saximontana) comprised 3.7 percent. Lifeforms present with under 10% total vegetation cover <br />• included introduced perennial forbs, introduced annual grasses, native annual and biennial forbs, <br />9 <br />