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<br />TABLE A2 - Reetaimed Well Pad 1A-4H1 Ground Cover, Biomass Production & Species <br />` Composition; July 2008 7 <br /> <br /> <br />Scientific Name <br /> <br />Common Name <br />Percent <br />Cover 2 Produc- <br />tion <br />Ibs/ac3 Species <br />Composi- <br />tion4 <br />Grasses <br />AGCR A ro ron cristatum Crested Wheat rass 1.30% 10.66 2.36% <br /> <br />AGSP Agropyron spicata var. <br />inermis Beardless Bluebunch <br />Wheat rass <br />12.90% <br />73.44 <br />16.23% <br />ELCI El mus cinereus Basin Wild rye 1.00% 14.59 3.22% <br />ELJU EI mus juncea Russian Wild rye 7.10% 56.45 12.47% <br />ORHY O o sis h menoides Indian Rice grass 1.80% 11.53 2.55% <br />STVI Sti a viridula Green Needle grass 10.60% 114.07 25.20% <br /> Total Grasses 34.70% 280.75 62.03% <br />Forbs <br />ASCI Astra alus cicer Cicer Milkvetch 1.80% 9.70 2.14% <br />KOSC Kochia sco aria Kochia weed forb 1.00% 7.25 1.60% <br />LILE Linum lewisii Lewis Flax 2.30% 13.82 3.05% <br />MESA Medica o sativa Alfalfa 9.33% 56.82 12.55% <br />PEPA Penstemon palmed Palmer's Penstemon 1.47% 7.00 1.55% <br /> Total Forbs 15.9% 94.59 20.90% <br />Shrubs <br />ATCA Atri lex canescens Four-win Saltbush 8.70% 77.24 17.07% <br /> Total Shrubs 8.7% 77.24 17.07% <br /> Moss/Lichens 0.00% <br /> Vegetative Litter 12.10% <br /> Bare Ground 22.90% <br /> Rock 5.70% <br />TOTAL 100.0% 452.58 100.00% <br />Data was collected Jul 2008 utilizing ten 9.6 square foot quadrates. <br />2 Ground cover values were made from visual observations of cover type within each quadrate and <br />reported as a percentage of total round cover. <br />Production values were made using a double sampling procedure of estimates adjusted by actual <br />values from representative samples to determine air-dry above ground biomass from the 10 <br />quadrants, converted to pounds per acre using NRCS and BLM standard conversion rates. <br />4 Species composition values are based upon the percentage of total above ground biomass <br />production r all species. <br />2008 Annual Report 25 of 28