2008-03-27_REPORT - C1980005 (3)

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• -_. .. _ Table 1. Cover Data - 2003 Reclaimed Area, Seneca II Mine, SCC, Routt Co., CO - 2007 Page 2 of 4 RELATIVE RELATIVE PLANT SPECIES AVERAGE VEGETATION AVERAGE VEGETATION COVER FREQUENCY COVER COVER-ALL COVER-ALL ~o/~ ~~i~ ~~i~ ~~i~ ~ai~ NATIVE PERENNIAL GRAE~SES (cool) Achnatherum nelsonii 0.21 14.29 0.58 0.21 0.57 Ceratochloa polyantha 2.00 71.43 5.43 2.00 5.30 Critesion jubatum 0.14 28.57 0.39 0.14 0.38 Elymus lanceolatus fm. albicans 0.00 7.14 0.00 0.00 0.00 Elymus lanceolatus fm. das~rstachya 1.07 71.43 2.91 1.07 2.84 Elymus trachycaulus 0.29 42.86 0.78 0.29 0.76 Festuca brachyphylla ssp. coloradensis 0.00 7.14 0.00 0.00 0.00 Festuca saximontana 2.36 71.43 6.40 2.43 6.44 Leymus cinereus 0.64 64.29 1.74 0.64 1.70 Nassella viridula 0.07 14.29 0.19 0.07 0.19 Pascopyrum smithii 0.93 21.43 2.52 0.93 2.46 Poa agassizensis 0.43 42.86 1.16 0.50 1.33 Poa ampla 0.36 35.71 0.97 0.36 0.95 Poa compressa 0.14 71.43 0.39 0.14 0.38 Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. inermis 0.00 7.14 0.00 0.00 0.00 Pseudoroegneria spicata ss .spicata 0.21 42.86 0.58 0.21 0.57 TOTAL NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) 8.9 100.0 24.0 9.0 23.9 INTRODUCED PERENNIAL. GRASSES (cool) Agropyron desertorum 0.07 28.57 0.19 0.07 0.19 Bromopsis inermis 1.07 64.29 2.91 1.14 3.03 Bromopsis riparius 0.00 7.14 0.00 0.00 0.00 Dactylis glomerata 1.00 64.29 2.71 1.07 2.84 Festuca ovina 0.00 14.29 0.00 0.00 0.00 Phleum pratense 0.14 50.00 0.39 0.14 0.38 Psathyrostachys juncea 0.00 7.14 0.00 0.00 0.00 Thinopyrum intermedium 13.14 92.86 35.66 13.21 35.04 TOTAL INTRO. PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) 15.4 100.0 41.9 15.6 41.5 NATIVE SHRUBS Amelanchier alnifolia 0.00 7.14 0.00 0.00 0.00 Chrysothamnus viscidifloru:~ 0.00 7.14 0.00 0.00 0.00 Padus virginiana ssp. melanocarpa 0.00 14.29 0.00 0.00 0.00 Purshia tridentata 0.00 7.14 0.00 0.00 0.00 Rosa woodsii 0.00 7.14 0.00 0.00 0.00 Seriphidium tridentatum 0.14 42.86 0.39 0.14 0.38 Symphoricarpos rotundifolius 0.14 21.43 0.39 0.14 0.38 TOTAL NATIVE SHRUBS 0.3 57.1 0.8 0.3 0.8 BRYOPHYTES Moss 0.00 7.14 0.00 0.00 0.00 TOTAL BRYOPHYTES 0.0 7.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 Standing dead 1.29 78.57 1.29 Litter 26.36 100.00 26.36 Bare soil 30.64 100.00 30.64 Rock 4.86 92.86 4.86 TOTALS 100.0 100.9 TOTAL VEGETATION CO\/ER 36.9 (s=8.8) 100.0 37.7 (s=9.3) 100.0 GROUND COVER (Litter+Ftock+Veg+St.Dead) 69.4 70.2 SPECIES DENSITY (# of species/100 sq.m.) (AVERAGE= 26.8 Std.Dev.= 5.9) *P=Present within 1 m. on either side of cover transect, but not quantitatively encountered. ()=Data in parentheses re{resent other hits that are used in conjunction with first hits for cover all statistics.