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false dandelion (Acoseris spp.), spreading dogbane (f~pocynum androsaemifolium), blue
<br />columbine (Aauileaia coerulea), bracted aster, weedy milkvetch, harebell, Eaton thistle,
<br />Barbey larkspur (Delphinium barbevi\, subalpine wildbuckwheat ( riog4.p~m subalpinuml,
<br />Engelmann aster (Eucephalus engelmannii), wild strawberry (Fraggria virginiana), green
<br />gentian (Erasers spgGiosa), western tickweed (Hackelia floribunda), showy goldeneye,
<br />alumroot (Heuchera parviflora), wayside gromwell, silver lupine, chokecherry lupine, few-
<br />Flowered false Solomon's seal (Maianthemum stellatum), mountain candytuft (Noccaea
<br />!»~, wild tarragon, varileaf scorpionweed, cudeaf coneflower (Rudbeckia amofa), desert
<br />groundsel (Senecio eremop ilus), twisted stalk (Streptoous fassetti), Fendler meadowrue
<br />(Thalictrum fendleri), American vetch, and yellow prairie violet (Viola nuttallii). One
<br />introduced perennial fort, common dandelion, accounted for 0.2 percent of total vegetation
<br />cover. Swamp sow-thistle (Sonchus ulicinosus) was also present.
<br />Native perennial cool season grasses and grass-like plants contributed 13.9 percent of total
<br />vegetation cover. Agassiz bluegrass provided nearly two-thirds of this percentage, but elk sedge
<br />was also important. Other species contributing to this lifeform's total vegetation cover
<br />included; Canada brome (Bromop~is canadensis), fringed brome (Bromopsis canadensis ssp.
<br />canadensis), mountain brome, thickspike wheatgrass, Baltic rush (Juncus ater), Letterman
<br />needlegrass, and Nelson needlegrass. Oniongrass, nodding brome (Bromop,~ eril, blue
<br />wildrye, alkali muhly (Muhlenbergia asperifolia), interior bluegrass, fowl bluegrass, and
<br />needle and thread (~ipa comata) were also present in less than measurable amounts. Although
<br />introduced perennial cool season grasses did not contribute measurably to total vegetation cover,
<br />redtop, smooth brome, meadow fescue, and timothy were present.
<br />Introduced annual and biennial (orbs contributed 3.6 percent of total vegetation cover. Hound's
<br />tongue was the only species contributing to this lifeform's cover. Other species present
<br />included prickly lettuce, twolobe speedwell, pennycress, and salsify. Two native annual forts,
<br />dragonhead and microsteris, each contributed half of this lifeform's 0.5 percent of total
<br />vegetation cover. Linearleaf collomia and Douglas knotweed were also present. Ferns in the
<br />form of bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) accounted for 0.7 percent of total vegetation cover.
<br />Total vegetation cover averaged 82.2 percent. Standing dead, litter, and bare soil averaged 0.2,
<br />13.6, and 4 percent cover, respectively. Species density averaged 39.4 species per 100 sq.m.
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