REP47849

• Permit No: C1980005
• IBM Index Class Name: Report
• Doc Date: 3/31/2005
• Doc Name: 2004 Revegation Monitoring Report
• From: Seneca Coal Company
• To: DMG
• Permit Index Doc Type: Reveg Monitoring Report
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Table 1. Cover Data - 1997 Reclaimed Area, Seneca II Mine, SCC, Routt Co., CO • 2004
PLANT SPECIES
RELATIVE
AVERAGE VEGETATION
COVER FREQUENCY COVER
RELATIVE
AVERAGE VEGETATION
COVER-ALL COVER-ALL
(%) (%)
Page 1 of 4
Percent Foliar Cover'
---Sample Number---
1 2 3 4
NATIVE ANNUAL & BIENNIAL FORBS
Collomia linearis 0.00 5.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Descurainia incana 0.00 5.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Epilobium brachycarpum 5.95 70.00 12.33 5.95 12.08 15
Grindelia squarrosa 0.45 50.00 0.93 0.45 0.91 P
Machaeranthera bi elovii 0.10 25.00 0.21 0.10 0.20
TOTAL NATIVE ANN. &BIEN. FORBS 6.5 85.0 13.5 6.5 13.2 15 P
INTRODUCED ANNUAL 8 BIENNIAL FORBS
Carduus nutans ssp. macrolepis 0.00 5.00 0.00 ~ 0.00 0.00
Chenopodium glaucum 0.00 40.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 P P
Cirsium vulgare 0.30 10.00 0.62 0.35 0.71
Cynoglossum officinale 1.65 90.00 3.42 1.75 3.55 1 1
Lactuca serriola 0.00 30.00 0.00 0.00 0:00 P P
Lappula redowskii 0.00 10.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Lepidium pertoliatum 0.00 5.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Madia glomerata 0.00 5.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Melilotus offlcinalis 1.15 70.00 2.38 1.15 2.34 P 6
Pocilla biloba 1.30 85.00 2.69 1.30 2.64 P 3 1
Polygonum arenastrum 0.00 20.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Sisymbrium altissimum 0.70 75.00 1.45 0.70 1.42 6 P 2
Thlaspi arvense 0.05 20.00 0.10 0.05 ~ 0.10 1 P
Tra o 0 on dubius ss . ma'or 0.00 30.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 P P
TOTAL INTRO. ANN. &BIEN. FORBS 5.2 95.0 10.7 5.3 10.8 7 -- 4 10
INTRODUCEDANNUAL GRASSES
Anisantha tectorum 1.65 35.00 3.42 1.65 3.35 29 P
Bromus 'aponicus 0.35 55.00 0.73 0.35 0.71 1 2
TOTAL INTRO. ANN. GRASSES 2.0 60.0 4.1 2.0 4.1 30 2
NATIVE PERENNIAL FORBS
Achilles lanulosa 0.00 40.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 P
Adenolinum lewisii 1.55 65.00 3.21 1.65 3.35 P 1
Agastache urticifolia 0.00 5.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 P
Aster ascendens 0.15 45.00 0.3t O.tS 0.30 P
Astragalus miser var. oblongifolius ~ 0.00 5.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Eriogonum brevicaule 0.05 35.00 0.10 0.05 0.10
Eucephalus glaucus 0.50 40.00 1.04 0.50 1.02
Geranium caespitosum ssp. caespitosum 0.00 5.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Heliomeris multiflora 0.00 15.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Lithospermum spp. 0.00 5.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Lupinus sp. 0.00 15.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 P
Oligosporus dracunculus ssp. glaucus 0.00 5.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Penstemon Palmeri 0.00 30.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Penstemon strictus 0.30 60.00 0.62 0.35 0.71 P 1
Perideridia gairdneri ssp. borealis 0.00 20.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 P
Vicia americans 0.00 25.00 D.00 0.00 0.00 P
Vir ulus ericoides roup 0.45 25.00 0.93 0.45 0.91
TOTAL NATIVE PERENNIAL FORBS 3.0 95.0 6.2 3.2 6.4. P P 2
INTRODUCED PERENNIAL FORBS
Astragalus titer 2.35 50.00 4.87 2.45 4.97 12 23(1)
Breeaarvensis 1.90 85.00 3.94 2.00 4.06 1 3(1)
Medicago saliva 2:15 40.00 4.46 - 2.20 4.47 2 2 5
Rumex crispus 0.00 15.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 P
Taraxacum officinale 0.00 5.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOTAL INTRO. PERENNIAL FORBS 6.4 95.0 13.3 6.7 13.5 2 14 1 31(2
NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool)
Ceratochloa carinata 0.75 60.00 1.55 0.75 1.52 P
Critesion jubatum ~ 0.10 50.00 0.21 0.10 0.20
Elymus lanceolatus tm. dasystachya 2.05 60.00 4.25 2.05 4.16 6 1
Elymus trachycaulus 0.90 65.00 1.87 0.90 1.83 P
Festuca brachyphylla ssp. coloradensis 1.75 55.00 3.63 1.85 3.76 P
Festuca saximontana 0.10 15.00 0.21 0.10 0.20 P
Leymus cinereus 0.95 70.00 1.97 0.95 1.93 3 P 3
Nassella viridula 0.25 60.00 0.52 0.25 0.51 P P
Pasco yrum smithii 2.65 65.00 5.49 2.75 - 5.58 10 4
'P= Present within 1 m. of either side of the cover transect, but not quantitatively encountered.