Laserfiche WebLink
Table 9. Cover Data - Sagebrush Reference Area, Seneca II Mine, SCC, Routt County, CO - 2008 Page 4 of 4 <br />Percent Foliar Cover' <br />is PLANT SPECIES <br />---Sample Number--- <br />4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 <br />• <br />r1 <br />L_J <br />NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) <br />Achnatherum lettermanii P P <br />Achnatherum nelsonii P <br />Bromelica bulbosa 2 3 2(2) 2 1(2) 3(1) (2) 2(1) 3(1) 2 5 <br />Ceratochloa polyantha 2 1 P P <br />Elymus lanceolatus fm. albicans 2 1 1 <br />Elymustrachycaulus 1 (1) 4 11 4(2) 4(1) 2(1) 3(1) 2 3 1 <br />Festuca saximontana 6 7 11(1) 21(1) 9(2) 12(4) 5(1) 5(6) 11(4) 18(3) 13(2) 19(2) <br />Koeleria macrantha P <br />Pascopyrum smithii 1 P <br />Poe agassizensis 5 1 P 2 3 P 3(1) 3 3(4) 3 (1) 4 <br />Poa ample 2(1) (1) 1 (1) <br />TOTAL NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) 17 10(1) 21(2) 25(3) 25(2) 17(8) 15(5) 10(9) 20(10) 27(4) 19(4) 29(2) <br />INTRODUCED PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) <br />Bromopsis inermis P 1 2(3) P 1 1 <br />Phleum pretense P <br />TOTAL INTRO. PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) P 1 -- 2(3) --- P 1 -- 1 - -- -- <br />NATIVE SHRUBS <br />Amelanchier alnifolia P 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 <br />Artemisia campestris P <br />Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus P 5 1 1 4 1 P P P 2 1 P <br />Seriphidium arbusculum ssp. longilobum 1 <br />Seriphidium canum P <br />Seriphidiumtridentatum 10 9(1) 14 11 16 20 9 11 15 5(1) 11 10 <br />Symphoricarposrotundifolius 4 21(2) 15 16(3) 14 6 26(2) 16 19(2) 2(1) 5 14 <br />TOTAL NATIVE SHRUBS 14 37(3) 31 28(3) 34 28 38(2) 28 35(2) 9(2) 18 25 <br />Standing dead 4 6 3 4 3 2 4 3 3 5 6 1 <br />Litter 23 11 10 13 8 9 9 14 12 18 10 3 <br />Bare soil 21 13 18 9 17 20 17 17 12 19 17 29 <br />TOTALS 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 <br />TOTAL VEGETATION COVER 52 70(8) 69(5) 74(13) 72(7) 69(15) 70(12) 66(13) 73(15) 58(10) 67(10) 67(3) <br />GROUND COVER (Litter+Rock+Veg+St.Dead) 79 87(8) 82(5) 91(13) 83(7) 80(15) 83(12) 83(13) 88(15) 81(10) 83(10) 71(3) <br />SPECIES DENSITY (# of species/100 sq.m.) 33 25 31 24 25 29 30 24 31 32 31 23 <br />(AVERAGE= 28.2 Std.Dev.= 3.4) <br />'P=Present within 1 meter on either side of the cover transect, but not quantitatively encountered. <br />()=Data in parentheses represent other hits that are used in conjunction with first hits for cover all statistics.