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stems per acre to the total. Big sagebrush, chokecherry, bitterbrush and Saskatoon serviceberry <br />(Amelanchier alnifolia) were each present with densities of less than 41 stems per acre. <br />Mountain Brush Reference Area <br />(Photographs 18-22) <br />COVER <br />(Table 7) <br />Native shrubs were the predominant lifeform observed in the Mountain Brush Reference Area, <br />contributing 66.3 percent first-hit vegetation cover. Of this, Gambel's oak (Quercus gambelil) <br />contributed 25.2 percent, Saskatoon serviceberry contributed 21.3 percent, and mountain <br />snowberry contributed 13.9 percent. Also observed in the area was houndstongue). <br />Total average vegetation cover for first hits was 81.5 percent. For herbaceous vegetation, total <br />average cover for first hits was 14.4 percent. Cover by standing dead, litter, bare soil and rock <br />• averaged 1.4, 11.1, 6.1 and 0 percent, respectively. Average species density was 35.3 species <br />per 100 sq. m. <br />PRODUCTION <br />(Table 8) <br />Total herbaceous production in 2008 was 770.9 pounds per acre. Native perennial cool season <br />grasses and native perennial forbs were most prolific, contributing 308.7 and 421.1 pounds per <br />acre, respectively. <br />Sagebrush Reference Area <br />(Photographs 23-27) <br />COVER <br />(Table 9) <br />Native shrubs were the predominant lifeform observed in the Sagebrush Reference Area, <br />• contributing 26.5 percent first-hit vegetation cover. Of this, big sagebrush contributed 12.2 <br />11