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Table 7. Cover Data -Aspen Extended Reference Area, Seneca IIW Mine, SCC, Routt Co., CO - 2004 Page 4 of 4 <br />• <br />PLANT SPECIES <br />Percent Foliar Cover' <br />• <br />• <br />----Sample Number---- <br />5 6 7 8 9 10 <br />NATIVE PERENNIAL FORBS (cant) <br />Valerians occidentalis 2(3) P 1(5) (1) (1) - (1) <br />Vicia americans P (1) (1) P P P P <br />Violas p. 1 P 2(4) 2(6) 1(2) P (i) 2(3) P P <br />TOTAL NATIVE PERENNIAL FORBS 23(21) 32(39) 5(18) 15(34) 7(29) 25(34) 49(8) 13(29) 3(4) 14(14) <br />INTRODUCED PERENNIAL FORBS <br />Breea arvensis ~ P P (2) 3(2) 5(2) P <br />Taraxacum officinale (3) (1) P P P P <br />TOTAL~INTRO. PERENNIAL FORBS - - P (3) (1) (2) 3(2) 5(2) P P P <br />NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) <br />Achnatherum nelsonii P <br />Bromelica bulbosa P P <br />Bromopsis canadensis 2 2 (2) 2(3) (5) (1) 11(7) (2) 2 4(7) <br />Carex geyeri (2) P 1 P P P <br />Elymus glaucus - 2(2) P 5(14) 1(7) 10(12) 4(4) 1 1(7) 6(13) (i) <br />Elymus trachycaulus 1(1) (1) P 1 5(6) <br />Poa agassizensis 2(1) P 1(1) (3) P 1 (1) 4(1) P <br />Poa compressa P <br />TOTAL NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) 6(5) 2 6(17) 411) 10(21) 5(5) 14(7) 1(10) 17(20) 4(8) <br />INTRODUCED PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) ' <br />Agrostis gigantea P P 1 1 P P P <br />Phleum pratense ~ P P P P <br />TOTAL INTRO. PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) P --- P P 1 1 P P P <br />NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (warm) <br />Panicum virgatum 1(1) <br />TOTAL NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (w) -- --- --- --- -- i(1) --- - - -- <br />NATIVE SHRUBS <br />Acerglabrum P 1 4 P <br />Amelanchier alnifolia 9(4) 11(2) 6(4) 7(9) 1 14(3) 18(6) 4(1) 7(2) <br />Padus virginiana ssp. melanocarpa (1) P 8(9) P 8(8) 29(6) <br />Duercus gambelii 1(1) P 1 <br />Ribes lacustre - 2(4) P P P 7 P (2) <br />Rosa woodsii P 1 P P (1) <br />Rubacer parviFlorum P <br />Sambucus microbotrys (1) <br />S mphoricar os rotundifolius 11(13) 10(8 (2) 16(11) 2(3) 3(3) 3(2) 18(11 4(6) 13(8) <br />TOTAL NATIVE SHRUBS 21(19) 24(14) 6(6) 32(29) 3(4) 21(6) 4(2) 45(25) 8(8) 49(18) <br />NATIVE TREES <br />Populus tremuloides 38 38 75 44 73 40 20 34 56 17 <br />TOTAL NATIVE TREES 38 38 75 44 73 40 20 34 56 17 <br />MUSHROOMS <br />Fungus P P P <br />TOTAL MUSHROOMS --- - -- P P --- P - - <br />Standing dead 1 1 1 1 2 1 <br />Litter 6 1 3 3 1 2 2 4 5 3 <br />Bare soil 3 3 4 2 3 1 4 2 5 10 <br />Rock 1 <br />TOTALS 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 <br />TOTAL VEGETATION COVER 89(47) 96(53) 92(45) 95(76) 96(61) 96(50) 93(20) 94(64) 88(42) 86(42 <br />GROUND COVER (Litter+Rock+Veg+St.Dead) 97(47) 97(53) 96(45) 98(76) 97(61) 99(50) 96(20) 98(64) 95(42) 90(42) <br />SPECIES DENSITY (# of species/100 sq.m.) 39 34 38 41 47 35 3t 36 50 44 <br />AVERAGE=39.5 Std.Dev.= 6.0 <br />`P= Present within 1 m. of either side of the cover transect, but not quantitatively encountered. <br />