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• <br />2006 Reclaimed Area <br />(Photographs 4-17) <br />COVER <br />(Table 4) <br />Native perennial cool season grasses were the predominant lifeform observed in the 2006 <br />Reclaimed Area, contributing 12.5 percent first-hit vegetation cover. Of this, 5.9 percent cover <br />was western wheat grass and 2.1 percent was thickspike wheatgrass (Elymus lanceolatus fm. <br />dasystachya). Introduced perennial cool season grasses contributed 6.9 percent first-hit <br />vegetation cover, composed mostly of intermediate wheat grass (Thinopyrum intermedium) (2.9 <br />percent). Introduced annual grasses contributed 3.9 percent first-hit vegetation cover. This total <br />was composed of five species, including cheat grass (Anisantha tectorum) (1.6 percent), bulbous <br />bluegrass (Poa bulboua) (1.56 percent) and Japanese brome (Bromus japonicus) (0.7 percent). <br />Also observed in the area were bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare), houndstongue (Cynoglossum <br />officinale) and Canada thistle (Breea arvensis). <br />r? <br />I? <br />Total average vegetation cover for first hits was 33.6 percent. For herbaceous vegetation, total <br />average cover for first hits was 32.5 percent. Cover by standing dead, litter, bare soil and rock <br />averaged .9, 22.9, 34.1 and 8.4 percent, respectively. Average species density was 32.7 species <br />per 100 sq. m. <br />PRODUCTION <br />(Table 5) <br />Total herbaceous production in 2008 was 1,140.2 pounds per acre. Of this, 619.2 pounds were <br />native perennial cool season grasses, 269.4 were introduced perennial cool season grasses and <br />121.3 were introduced perennial forbs. Four other lifeforms were present at less than 70 pounds <br />per acre. <br />WOODY PLANT DENSITY <br />(Table 6) <br />Total average woody plant density in the 2006 Reclaimed Area was 275.2 stems per acre. <br />. Mountain snowberry was the densest at 108.9 stems per acre. Wood's rose contributed 101.2 <br />10