2008-03-27_REPORT - C1982057 (4)

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• • Table 4. Cover Data - 2005 Reclamation Area, Seneca IIW Mine, SCC, Routt Co., CO - 2007 Page 4 of 4 Percent Foliar Cover' PLANT SPECIES ---Sample Number--- 1 ~ Z d ~ a ~ o NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) Ceratochloapolyantha 4 6 2 14 7(1) 4 1 1 9 3 2 1 Critesionjubatum 1 P 1 P P (1) 7 4(2) P Elymus lanceolatus fm. dasystachya P 7 2 4 P 4 P P 2 Elymus trachycaulus 3 1 7 3 2 20 2 27 P 7 2 1 Festuca idahoensis P Festuca saximontana 2 P P P P 2 P P Leymus cinereus P 2 1 P 1 P P Nassella viridula 1 P Pascopyrum smithii P 7 P 8 P 4 4 1 1 Poa agassizensis P P P 3 P P 2 Poa ampla P P 2 P Poa compressa P P P 2 P P Pseudoroegneriasplcata ssp. spicata P P P P 1 P P TOTAL NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) 11 7 24 19 11(1) 37 6(1) 42 9 23 11(2) 5 INTRODUCED PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) Agropyron desertorum 1 P P P Agrostis gigantea 1 Alopecurus pratensis P P 2 1 5(1) P Bromopsis inermis P Dactylis glomerata P P 1 P 3(1) 1 1 P P P Festuca ovina p p p P Phalaroides arundinacea 1 Thinopyrum intermedium P P TOTAL INTRO. PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) P 1 1 2 --- 3(1) 1 1 1 7(1) P P NATIVE SHRUBS Acer glabrum p Purshia tridentata p Rosa woodsii p p Seriphidium tridentatum P p p p Symphoricarpos rotundifolius p TOTAL NATIVE SHRUBS --- P --- P P --- P --- P --- --- ___ Standing dead 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 3 Litter 24 15 2 9 12 23 33 12 7 37 34 24 Bare soil 44 59 64 48 49 30 37 43 58 21 15 33 Rock 1 6 1 8 1 1 TOTALS 100 100 100 100 100 .100 100 100 100 100 100 100 TOTAL VEGETATION COVER 31(2) 25 28(1) 41 31(1) 44(1) 27(2) 44 34(2) 40(1) 50(5) 40(2) GROUND COVER (Litter+Rock+Veg+St.Dead) 56(2) 41 36(1) 52 51(1) 70(1) 63(2) 57 42(2) 79(1) 85(5) 67(2) SPECIES DENSITY (# of species/100 sq.m.) 26 25 29 27 20 27 33 24 29 33 26 21 (AVERAGE= 26.7 Std.Dev.= 4.0) 'P.Present within one m. of either side of the cover transect, but not quantitatively encountered. ()=Data in parentheses represent other hits that are used in conjunction with first hits for cover all statistics.