2008-03-27_REPORT - C1980005 (3)

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• • • Table 9. Cover Data -Sage Brush Reference Area, Seneca II Mine, SCC, Routt Co., CO - 2007 PLANT SPECIES Percent Foliar Cover* ---Sample Number--- 1 ~ ~ d F R 7 R Q 1n Page 4 of 4 NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) Achnatherum lettermanii P 2 1(1) 1 1 Bromelica bulbosa (1) 1 1 4 1 1 1 2 1(1) Bromelica spectabilis P P 1 1 Carex geyeri 1 P Ceratochloa polyantha P P P (1) P Elymus elymoides P Elymus lanceolatus fm. albi~~ans 1 P 2 1 5 P P P Elymus macounii 1 Elymustrachycaulus 1 P 3 2(1) 5 1(1) 6 3 2 5 Festuca arizonica P Festuca saximontana 14(2) 10 19(1) 11(2) 18(1) 11(3) 10(2) 12(5) 9 11(1) Koeleria macrantha P P Pascopyrum smithii 1 Poa agassizensis 6(2) 7 7(1) 7 4 3 4(1) 8(4) 4 4 Poa ampla 1 P P 1 P 1(1) Poa compressa P P TOTAL NATIVE PERENNIE~L GRASSES (c) 24(5) 20 32(2) 21(3) 31(1) 19(5) 28(3) 24(9) 18(1) 24(3) INTRODUCED PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) Bromopsis inermis 4 1 3 1 2 1 1 P P Phleum pratense P P 1 P P Thinopyrum intermedium P P TOTAL INTRO. PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) --- 4 1 3 1 2 1 2 P P NATIVE SHRUBS Amelanchier alnifolia P P P 1 2 P P 1 P Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus~ 2 1 4 1 2 3 (1) 1 1 1 Seriphidium arbusculum ss~~. longilobum P 2(1) 3 Seriphidium canum 1 Seriphidium tridentatum 9(1) 11(2) 8 14 13 14 9 17 10 13(1) Seriphidium tripartitum P Symphoricarpos rotundifolius 12(1) 8 8(2) 10 13 12(1) 2 13(2) 2(1) 9(2) TOTAL NATIVE SHRUBS 23(2) 21(2) 20(2) 26 30 29(1) 13(2) 31(2) 17(1) 23(3) BRYOPHYTES Moss P P 1 P P P TOTAL BRYOPHYTES P --- --- --- P 1 P P --- P Standing dead 10 3 8 4 5 5 7 1 7 2 Litter 10 8 11 20 10 18 25 16 18 21 Bare soil 12 30 18 17 11 16 8 10 21 15 TOTALS 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 TOTAL VEGETATION CO\/ER 68(11) 59(9) 63(8) 59(5) 74(5) 61(9) 60(7) 73(13) 54(8) 62(11) GROUND COVER (Litter+Ftock+Veg+St.Dead) 88(11) 70(9) 82(8) 83(5) 89(5) 84(9) 92(7) 90(13) 79(8) 85(11) SPECIES DENSITY (# of species/100 sq.m.) 38 35 24 30 34 32 37 40 31 38 (AVERAGE= 33.9 Std.Dev.= 4.8) *P=Present within 1 m. on either side of cover transect, but not quantitatively encountered. ()=Data in parentheses represent other hits that are used in conjunction with first hits for cover all statistics.