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cover by lifeform are compiled in Table 24. Statistical adequacy of sampling is reviewed in Table <br />• ~ 25. The list of plant species observed during these studies in reclaimed and reference areas are <br />present in Appendix 2, Table 26. Seed mixes applied on areas revegetated prior to 1981 and in <br />years 1981 through 2000 are included in Appendix 3. Photographs of representative samples in <br />the reclaimed areas sampled in 2004, as well as photographs of the Alkali Sagebrush, Mountain <br />Brush, and Sagebrush reference areas are included in Appendix 4. Graphs of vegetation and <br />climate data are presented in Figures 1 through 10 of this report. <br />In the cover descriptions below, species listed as "also present" were not encountered during <br />point-intercept sampling but were present within one meter of either side of the 50m sample <br />transect line. Cover percentages referred to in the following results as "percent of total vegetation <br />cover" are relative, all-hit vegetation values. Percentages are rounded to facilitate discussion of <br />the results of vegetation monitoring in 2004. <br />1997 Reclaimed Area <br />(Photographs 1-4) <br />COVER <br />• (Table 1) <br />Introduced perennial cool season grasses were the dominant lifeform observed in the 1997 <br />reclaimed areas in 2004. They composed 29 percent of total vegetation cover. Of this, over half <br />was cover by smooth brome (Bromopsis inermis). Intermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum <br />intermedium) composed'/. of this total. Native perennial cool season grasses occupied 22 <br />percent of total vegetation cover; this total shared by low levels of cover by several species. <br />Western wheatgrass (Pascopyum smithii) composed '/< of the lifeform total and thickspike <br />wheatgrass (Elymus lanceolatus fm. dasystachya) composed 1/51b. Also prevalent were native <br />annual and biennial fortis, accounting for 13.2 percent of total vegetation cover. This total was <br />predominantly composed of big fruit willowherb (Epilobium brachycarpum). Of note, musk thistle <br />(Carduus nutans ssp. macrolepis), bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare), houndstongue (Cynoglossum <br />officinale), and Canada thistle (Breea arvensis) were observed in the area. <br />Total vegetation cover was 48.2 percent. Cover by standing dead, litter, bare soil, and rock <br />averaged 0.65, 21.8, 22.5, and 6.8 percent, respectively. Average species density was 26.3 <br />species per 100sq.m. <br />C~ <br />