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• Interim Monitoring <br />PHASE II BOND RELEASE <br />(Photographs 1-8) <br />Cover <br />(Table 1) <br />Native perennial cool season grasses were the predominant lifeform observed in the Phase II <br />Bond Release Area, contributing 22.5 percent all-hit cover. Within this group, western <br />wheatgrass (Pascopyrum smithit), slender wheatgrass (Elymus trachycaulus), and mountain <br />brome (Ceratochloa polyantha) were most common, having 4.1, 3.9 and 3.1 percent cover, <br />respectively. Introduced perennial forbs were the second most abundant lifeform contributing <br />11.0 percent all-hit cover consisting predominately of alfalfa (Medicago sativa) with 10.8 percent <br />all-hit cover. Introduced annual and biennial forbs were the third most abundant lifeform <br />contributing 6.2 percent all-hit cover. Twolobe speedwell (Pocilla biloba) and pennycress (Thlaspi <br />arvense) contributed 2.2 and 1.1 percent all-hit cover, respectively. <br />Total average vegetation cover, for first hits, was 50.1 percent. Total average vegetation cover, <br />for all hits, was 53.0 percent. Standing dead, litter, bare soil, and rock each had 0.7, 27.9, 19.1, <br />is and 2.15 percent cover, respectively (first hits). Average species density was 33.0 species per <br />100 sq.m. <br />2001 RECLAIMED AREA <br />(Photographs 9-11) <br />Cover <br />(Table 2) <br />Introduced perennial cool season grasses were the predominant lifeform observed in the 2001 <br />Reclaimed Area, contributing 16.4 percent all-hit cover consisting entirely of orchard grass <br />(Dactylis glomerata). Native perennial cool season grasses were the second most abundant <br />lifeform contributing 14.2 percent all-hit cover. Within this group, western wheatgrass, basin <br />wildrye (Leymus cinereus), and Agassiz bluegrass (Poa agassizensis) were most common, <br />having 5.0, 3.8 and 2.6 percent all-hit cover, respectively. Introduced perennial forbs were the <br />third most abundant lifeform contributing 8.4 percent all-hit cover, consisting predominantly of <br />alfalfa with 7.6 percent toward total. <br />Total average vegetation cover, for first hits, was 47.8 percent. Total average vegetation cover, <br />for all hits, was 50.0 percent. Standing dead, litter, bare soil, and rock each had 2.0, 24.0, 23.4, <br />• <br />9