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nearby town of Hayden was used as an appropriate base for comparison. SCC also provided <br />temperature dada for the nearby Seneca IIW Mine in 2007; these data were used for temperature <br />analysis on the Seneca II Mine. <br />RESULTS <br />Numerical data are found in Tables 1 through 15 of Appendix 1 and Appendix 2. Sample data <br />from the 2007 revegetation monitoring studies at the Seneca II Mine are presented in Tables 1 <br />through 10. Sarnpling data are summarized in Table 11. Data on species density by lifeform are <br />tabulated for sampled areas in Table 12. Data on relative cover by lifeform are compiled in Table <br />13. Statistical adequacy of sampling is reviewed in Table 14. The list of plant species observed <br />during these sttadies (reclaimed and reference areas) are included in Table 15 of Appendix 2. <br />Seed mixes usE:d in the 1997 and 2002 reclamation areas are included for reference in Appendix <br />3. Photographs of representative locations within the reclaimed areas sampled in 2007, as well as <br />photographs of Mountain Brush and Sagebrush Reference areas, are included in Appendix 4. <br />Graphs of vegetation and 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 "hit" during point- <br />intercept sampling but were present within one meter of either side of the 50 m sample transect <br />line. Unless otherwise stated, all cover values are for absolute vegetation including first hit data <br />only. Percentages are rounded to one tenth of a percent to simplify discussion of the results. <br />2003 ReclaimE~d Area <br />(Photographs 1-10) <br />COVER <br />(Table 1) <br />Introduced perennial cool season grasses were the predominant lifeform observed in the 2003 <br />Reclaimed Area, contributing 15.4 percent toward total first-hit vegetation cover. Of this, the <br />majority, 13.1 f~ercent, was intermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium) with smooth <br />brome (eromol~sis inermis) and orchard grass (Dactylic glomerate) contributed 1.1 and 1.0 <br />percent respectively. Native perennial cool season grasses were the second most encountered <br />lifeform with 8.~~ percent total first-hit cover. Introduced annual and biennial forbs contributed 5.1 <br />percent toward total first-hit vegetation cover. Introduced perennial forbs contributed 3.0 percent <br />toward total fir:~t-hit vegetation cover. This total was predominantly composed of alfalfa (Medicago <br />8 <br />