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• oriented along the cover transact (where a cover sample was also taken). Shrub density <br />sampling intensity in the reclaimed areas was in some cases greater than cover sampling <br />that in addition to the ten to twenty-five shrub density samples taken along the cover Va <br />up to twenty-five (25) more were located independently, making a total of as many as f <br />(50) such samples in reclaimed areas. Additional shrub density plots were kxated rando <br />previously discussed. In the two reference areas, no shrub sampling was conducted, sinc <br />been sampled very extensively in previous years and resulting data would not have an eff <br />woody plant density performance standard. It should be noted that, whereas, in previous <br />monitoring on the Seneca II Mine, basin big sagebrush fSeriphidium tridentatum, aka. <br />~emisia tridentata ssp. S[LdSIIts~ was separated from mountain big sagebrush fSerip <br />vaseyanum, aka. Artemisia tridentata ssp. vasevanal, consultation with PWCC prior to th <br />1993 sampling resulted in the decision to discontinue this sometimes tenuous separation <br />Consequently, all big sagebrush encountered in 1993 are refered to S. tridentatum. <br />Total numbers of shrub density transacts in each area were as follows: <br />so <br />nsects, <br />fifty <br />mly as <br />e it had <br />act on a <br />years' <br />hidium <br />e <br />• Pre-law Reclaimed Areas <br />1986 R <br />l <br />i <br />d none <br />ec <br />a <br />me <br />Areas 1 5 <br />1989 Reclaimed Areas 2 5 <br />1991 Reclaimed Areas 2 0 <br />Wadge Pasture 5 0 <br />Wadge Pasture '91 2 0 <br />Mountain Brush Reference Area none <br />Sagebrush Reference Area rare <br />All shrubs, including seedlings, with root crowns found within the quadrat boundaries were <br />tabulated by species and by life stages as follows: Seedling, Mature, or Dead. <br />As a tool to enhance understanding of the collected data, the contents of the cover and summary <br />tables addressing relative cover and species density, as well as the species presence tables, are <br />organized by lifeform. Categories used include incorporate lifeform in the usual sense with an <br />indication of provenance (place of origin). Categories used include the following: Native annual <br /> <br />4 <br />