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Total average vegetation cover, for first hits, was 43.5 percent. Total average vegetation cover, <br />• for all hits, was 45.6 percent. Standing dead, litter, bare soil., and rock each had 0.7, 27.7, 26.8, <br />and 1.3 percent cover, respectively (first hits). Average species density was 30.5 species per 100 <br />sq.m. <br />Production <br />(Table 2) <br />Total average production was 1302.6 Ibs per acre. Native perennial cool season grasses <br />contributed the most with an average production of 569.2 Ibs per acre (approximately 44%). <br />Introduced annual and biennial forbs, native perennial forbs, introduced perennial cool season - <br />grasses, and introduced perennial forbs contributed moderate amounts (187.4, 185.6, 164.2, <br />123.1 Ibs per acre, respectively). <br />Woody Plant Density <br />(Table 3) <br />Total average density of woody plants was 263.0 stems per acre, composed entirely of native <br />shrubs. Mountain snowberry (Symphoricarpos rotundifolius) and big sagebrush (Seriphidium <br />tridentatum) were the dominant species contributing 91.9 and 80.9 stems per acre, respectively. <br />• Saskatoon serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia), rubber rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus), <br />Douglas rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus), chokecherry (Padus virginiana ssp. <br />melanocarpa) and bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata) were also present, each with less than 45 <br />stems per acre. <br />2005 RECLAIMED AREA <br />(Photographs 9-16) <br />Cover <br />(Table 4) <br />Introduced annual and biennial forbs were the predominant lifeform observed in the 2005 <br />Reclaimed Area, contributing 18.9 percent toward total all-hit vegetation cover. Of this, <br />pennycress (Th/aspi arvense) and devil's shoestrings (Po/ygonum arenastrum) contributed 6.0 <br />and 5.9 percent toward total vegetation all-hit cover, respectively. Native perennial cool season <br />grasses were the second most encountered lifeform with 8.4 percent total all-hit vegetation cover. <br />Within this group, mountain brome (Ceratochloa polyantha) and slender wheatgrass (Elymus <br />trachycaulus), were most common, having 4.2 and 2.1 percent total vegetation all-hit cover, <br />respectively. Introduced annual grasses (4.1 total all-hit vegetation cover) were the third most <br />. common lifeforms with Japanese brome (Bromus japonicas) comprising the majority with 3.4 <br />percent total vegetation all-hit cover. <br />7 <br />