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<br />1997 Reclaimed Area <br />(Photographs 1 through 4) <br />COVER (TABLE I) <br />Introduced perennial forbs were the dominant lifeform observed in this area in 2004. They <br />composed 43% of total vegetation cover. Of this, alfalfa (Medicago saliva) composed 8/10'" . <br />One quarter of total vegetation cover was composed of native perennial cool season grasses. Of <br />the fourteen species observed in the area, thickspike wheatgrass (Elymus lanceolatus fm. <br />dasystachya) was the dominant, with just under 1/3rtl of the lifeform total. Occupying 1/5"' of the <br />lifeform total was basin wildrye (Leymus cinereus). Sixteen percent of vegetation cover was due <br />to introduced perennial cool season grasses. Composing over half this total was orchardgrass <br />(Dactylis glomerata). Hard sheep fescue (Festuca ovina var. duriuscula) composed y.. <br />Observed in the area were houndstongue (Cynoglossum officinale) and Canada thistle (Breea <br />arvensis). <br />Total vegetation cover was 51.9 percent. Standing dead, litter, bare soil, and rock averaged 2.73, <br />• 24.27, 19.47, and 1.67 percents of total cover, respectively. Species density was 28.7 species <br />per 100 sq.m. <br />HERBACEOUS PRODUCTION (TABLE 2) - <br />Herbaceous production averaged 2039.5 pounds per acre. Of this, alfalfa contributed 947.9 <br />pounds per acre. <br />WOODY PLANT DENSITY (TABLE 3) <br />Total woody plant density was 352 stems per acre. 232 stems per acre were big sagebrush <br />(Seriphidium tridentatum) and 105 stems per acre were snowberry (Symphoricarpos <br />rotundifolius). Three additional species - bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata), rubber rabbitbrush <br />(Chrysothamnus nauseosus), and Saskatoon serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia) -comprised <br />the balance, each with under 10 stems per acre. <br />2002 Reclaimed Area <br />(Photographs 5-8) <br />COVER (TABLE 4) <br />Seventy percent of total vegetation cover was by introduced annual 8 biennial forbs. Composing <br />• approximately 1/3rtl of this total each were Jim HIII mustard (Sisymbrium altissimum) and twolobe <br />