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sativa). Additionally, native shrubs contributed 0.3 percent toward total first-hit vegetation cover, <br />consisting equally of big sagebrush (Seriphidium tridentatum) and mountain snowberry <br />(Symphoricarpos rotundifolius). Also observed in the area were houndstongue (Cynoglossum <br />officinale) and Canada thistle (Breea arvensis). <br />Total average vegetation cover for first hits was 36.9 percent. For herbaceous vegetation, total <br />average cover for first hits was 36.6 percent . Cover by standing dead, litter, bare soil and rock <br />averaged 1.3, 26.4, 30.6 and 4.9 percent, respectively. Average species density was 26.8 <br />species per 100 sq. m. <br />PRODUCTION <br />(Table 2) <br />Total herbaceous production in 2007 was 1,905.7 pounds per acre. Of this, 1,245.5 pounds were <br />Introduced perE:nnial cool season grasses. Introduced annual and biennial fortis were moderate <br />producers, coni:ributing 278.4 pounds per acre. <br />Woody Plant Densit <br />(Table 3) <br />Total average woody plaht density in the 2003 Reclaimed Area was 234.7 stems per acre. <br />Mountain snowberry (Symphoricarpos rotundifolius) was the densest at 72.4 stems per acre <br />followed by big sagebrush (Seriphidium tridentatum) at 52.2 stems per acre and bitterbrush <br />(Purshia trideni`ate) at 40.5 stems per acre. Five other species of shrub were present: Saskatoon <br />serviceberry (Amelanchieralnifolia), Douglas rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus), rubber <br />rabbitbrush (Ci~rysothamnus nauseosus), chokecherry (Padus virginiana ssp. melanocarpa), and <br />Wood's rose (FZosa woodsii). Each of these had densities of fewer than 40 stems per acre. <br />2005 Reclaimiad Area <br />(Photographs '11-15) <br />COVER <br />(Table 4) <br />. 9 <br />