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<br />TA$i.E A3 - Reclaimed. Welt Pad 3A-4H Ground Cover, Biomass Production & Species <br />Composition, July 2008 1 <br />Produc- Species <br />Percent tion Composit <br />Scientific Name Common Name Cover 2 Ibs/ac3 -ion 4 <br />Grasses <br />AGDA A ro ron das stach um Thicks ike Wheat grass 3.00% 38.49 7.22% <br />AGSM A ro ron smithii Western Wheat grass 1.60% 16.05 3.01% <br /> <br />AGSP Agropyron spicata var. <br />inermis Beardless Bluebunch <br />Wheat grass <br />3.20% <br />27.69 <br />5.20% <br />ELJU El mus juncea Russian Wild rye 1.20% 9.45 1.77% <br />KOMA Koeleria macrantha June grass 7.20% 76.03 14.27% <br />ORHY O o sis h menoides Indian Rice grass 2.00% 15.63 2.93% <br />STVI Sti a viridula Green Needle grass 5.30% 51.41 9.65% <br /> Total Grasses 23.50% 234.76 44.06% <br />Forbs <br />ASCI Astra alus cicer Cicer Milkvetch 3.20% 27.57 5.17% <br />ASCO Astra alus convallarius Lesser-rush Milkvetch 0.20% 1.58 0.30% <br />LILE Linum lewisii Lewis Flax 0.90% 7.83 1.47% <br />MESA Medics o sativa Alfalfa 8.90% 79.00 14.83% <br />PEPA Penstemon almeri Palmer's Penstemon 2.30% 18.46 3.46% <br /> <br />SAKA <br />Salsola kali Russian thistle (weedy <br />forb <br />0.20% <br />0.85 <br />0.16% <br /> Total Forbs 15.70% 135.29 25.39% <br />Shrubs <br />ATCA Atri lex canescens Four-win Saltbush 22.50% 162.79 30.55% <br /> Total Shrubs 22.50% 162.79 30.66% <br /> Moss/Lichen 0.00% <br /> Litter 7.90% <br /> Bare Ground 26.00% <br /> Rock 5.40% <br />TOTAL 100.00% 532.84 100.00% <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 />3 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 />Species composition values are based upon the percentage of total above ground biomass <br />production for all species. <br />2008 Annual Report 26 of 28