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Table 16. Cover Data -Mountain Brush Reference Area, Seneca II 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 />INTRODUCED ERENNIAL FORBS <br />Breea arvensis p <br />Potentilla recta P <br />Taraxacum officinale P P _ P (1) <br />TOTAL INTRO. PERENNIAL FORBS P -- - P P --- P (1) P <br /> <br />NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) <br />Achnatherum lettermanii 1 P 1 P <br />Achnatherum nelsonii 1 (1) P 1 P P <br />Bromelica bulbosa P P <br />Bromelica spectabilis P <br />Bromopsis canadensis P P (2) P (i) P 1 P P 1 <br />Bromopsis lanatipes 1 P (1) 1 P <br />Carex geyeri 3(10) 4(4) 2(2) P (6) 8(12) 1(3) 10(15) 5(2) (2) <br />Ceratochloa carinata 1 <br />Elymus glaucus P P P <br />Elymus trachycaulus .P 1(2) 1(1) 3(1) 1 P P <br />Festuca saximontana P <br />Poa agassizensis P P (3) P 1(7) P 2(3) P P 1(5) <br />Poa palustris P P <br />Poa secunda P <br />TOTAL NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) 4(10) 6(6) 4(9) 3(2) 3(14) 10(12) 4(6) 11(15 5(2) 2(7) <br />INTRODUCED PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) <br />Agrostis gigantea P P P P <br />Phleum pratense P <br />TOTAL INTRO. PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) P P --- --- --- --- --- P P -- <br />NATIVE SHRUBS <br />Amelanchier alnifolia 33(2) 27(1) 24(2) 3 31(5) 23(4) 46(4) 38(2) 33 5 <br />Chrysothamnus viscidi(lorus ~ 1 <br />Juniperus communis ssp. alpina <br />~ P <br />Mahonia repens P i(i) P <br />Padus virginiana ssp. melanocarpa 1(2) 15(3) 1(5) P 2(8) P 3(14) 3(1) 10(7) 5 <br />Paxistima myrsinites P ~ P <br />Quercus gambelii 38(2) 21(4) 19 14 39(3) 35(2) 10(4) 29(2) 16 19 <br />Ribes lacustre ~ 1(5) <br />Rosa woodsii (1) P P (1) ~P P P <br />Seriphidium tridentatum 2 ~ P <br />S m horicarpos rotundifolius P 12(8) 26(7) 38(4) (3) 12(1) 9(8) 1(5) 14(5) 28 6) <br />TOTAL NATIV SHRUBS 72(7 75(16) 72(20) 58(4) 72(20) 70(7) 68(30) 71(10) 73(12) 57(6) <br />NATIVE TREES <br />Po ulus tremuloides - 4 <br />TOTAL NATIV TREES --- --- --- -- --- --- 4 -- -- <br />FERNS <br />Pteridium aquilinum ss . lanuginosum - i(7) <br />TOTAL FERNS - -- - -- --- --- --- 1(7) --- -- <br />MOSS <br />Moss P P <br />TOTAL MOSS P --- - P -- -- <br />Standing dead 6 2 3 3 1 3 1 <br />Litter 12 7 8 8 12 12 8 10 7 10 <br />Bare soil 4 6 4 19 2 3 5 2 5 12 <br />TOTALS 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 <br />TOTAL VEGETATION COVER 78(24) 85(41) 88(49) 73(9) 83(50) 82(20) 87(55) 87(36) 85(31) 77(26) <br />GROUND CO ER (Litter+ROCk+Veg+St.Dead) 96(24) 94(41) 96(49) 81(9) 98(50) 97(20) 95(55) 98(36) 95(31) 88(26) <br />SPECIES DENSITY (# of species/100 sq.m.) 32 42 37 42 36 37 41 24 34 36 <br />(AVERAGE= 36.1 Std.Dev.= 5.4) <br />'P= Present within 1 m. of either side of the cover transed, but not quantitatively encountered. <br />