2009-04-01_REPORT - C1994082 (6)

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Table 2. Cover Data - 2001 Reclaimed Area, Yoast Mine, SCC, Routt Co., CO - 2008 • PLANT SPECIES Percent Foliar Cover* ----Sample Number---- I u INTRODUCED PERENNIAL FORBS Breea arvensis P 3 1 P Medicago sativa 15 P 2 15(1) 5 Taraxacum officinale P TOTAL INTRO. PERENNIAL FORBS 15 3 3 15(l) 5 NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) Ceratochloa carinata var marginata 2 Ceratochloa polyantha P P P 1 P Elymus glaucus P Elymus lanceolatus fm. albicans P 1 1 Elymus lanceolatus fm. dasystachya P 1 4(1) P P Elymus trachycaulus 1 1 P 1 Festuca saximontana P P P Leymus cinereus P 4 2 12 1 Nassella viridula P P Pascopyrumsmithii 1 4 2(1) 8(1) 8 Poe agassizensis 1 3 5 2 2 Poe ampla P P Poa compressa P P Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. inermis P Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata P P TOTAL NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES c 3 15 13(2) 25(1) 12 INTRODUCED PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) Bromopsis inermis P P Dactylisglomerata 9(1) 16(1) 21 14(1) 18(1) Festuca arundinacea P Phleum pratense P P P TOTAL INTRO. PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) 9(1) 16(1) 21 14(1) 18(1) NATIVE SHRUBS Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus P Rosa woodsii P Seriphidium tridentatum 6(1) 8 P P P Symphoricarpos rotundifolius 2 1 P 1 TOTAL NATIVE SHRUBS 8(1) 8 1 P 1 BRYOPHYTES Moss 1 P TOTAL BRYOPHYTES --- 1 P --- --- Standing dead 1 5 2 2 Litter 21 24 29 20 26 Bare soil 30 19 21 16 31 Rock 3 3 6 1 1 TOTALS 100 100 100 100 100 TOTAL VEGETATION COVER 45(3) 49(2) 44(2) 61(3) 40(1) GROUND COVER (Litter+Rock+Veg+St.Dead) 70(3) 81(2) 79(2) 84(3) 69(1) SPECIES DENSITY (# of species/100 sq.m.) 45 37 36 37 42 (AVERAGE= 39.4 Std.Dev.= 3.9) *P=Present within 1 m. on 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. Page 4 of 4