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Table 1. Cover Data - 2004 Reclamation Area - Seneca IIW Mine, SCC, Rout Co., CO - 2008 <br />• PLANT SPECIES <br />• <br />• <br />RELATIVE RELATIVE <br />AVERAGE VEGETATION AVERAGE VEGETATION <br />COVER FREQUENCY COVER COVER-ALL COVER-ALL <br />!o/ 1 10/ 1 (%) (%) (%) <br />Page 2 of 4 <br />Percent Foliar Cover' <br />--Sample Number-- <br />1 2 3 4 5 <br />INTRODUCED PERENNIAL FORBS <br />Astragalus cicer 0.00 40.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 P <br />Breea arvensis 0.90 60.00 2.26 1.00 2.40 10(2) P P 1 <br />Lotus tenuis 0.00 5.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 P <br />Medicago sativa 4.70 90.00 11.78 4.80 11.52 3 P 6 P 12 <br />Rumex crispus 0.00 5.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 <br />Taraxacum officinale 0.15 15.00 0.38 0.15 0.36 P <br />TOTAL INTRO. PERENNIAL FORBS 5.8 100.0 14.4 6.0 14.3 13(2) P 6 1 12 <br />NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) <br />Achnatherum lettermanii 0.05 5.00 0.13 0.05 0.12 <br />Carex geyeri 0.00 5.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 <br />Carex xerantica 0.05 5.00 0.13 0.05 0.12 1 <br />Ceratochloa polyantha 0.65 60.00 1.63 0.75 1.80 1(1) P P 3 4 <br />Critesion jubatum 0.45 60.00 1.13 0.45 1.08 P P <br />Elymus lanceolatus fm. dasystachya 2.40 85.00 6.02 2.45 5.88 1 1 P 1 1 <br />Elymustrachycaulus 2.70 90.00 6.77 2.95 7.08 7(1) 1 2 10(1) 1 <br />Festuca brachyphylla ssp. coloradensis 0.50 45.00 1.25 0.50 1.20 P <br />Festuca minutiflora 0.10 10.00 0.25 0.10 0.24 <br />Festuca saximontana 0.50 50.00 1.25 0.55 1.32 1 3 <br />Leymus cinereus 0.10 60.00 0.25 0.10 0.24 1 P P P <br />Nassella viridula 0.05 15.00 0.13 0.05 0.12 1 <br />Pascopyrum smithii 4.10 85.00 10.28 4.25 10.20 7(1) 1 2 3(1) <br />Poa agassizensis 0.70 45.00 1.75 0.75 1.80 5(1) P 1 2 <br />Poa ampla 0.55 65.00 1.38 0.55 1.32 P P 1 P <br />Poa compressa 0.15 50.00 0.38 0.15 0.36 P P P <br />Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. inermis 0.20 15.00 0.50 0.20 0.48 <br />Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata 0.60 45.00 1.50 0.60 1.44 P P P <br />TOTAL NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES c 13.9 100.0 34.7 14.5 34.8 22(4) 3 6 15(l) 161 <br />INTRODUCED PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) <br />Agropyron desertorum 0.00 5.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 <br />Agrostis exarata 0.05 5.00 0.13 0.05 0.12 <br />Alopecurus pratensis 0.30 15.00 0.75 0.30 0.72 P P <br />Bromopsis inermis 0.20 30.00 0.50 0.25 0.60 (1) <br />Dactylis glomerata 0.65 75.00 1.63 0.75 1.80 P P 7(1) <br />Phleum pratense 0.30 25.00 0.75 0.30 0.72 <br />Thinop rum intermedium 1.20 40.00 3.01 1.20 2.88 P 11 <br />TOTAL INTRO. PERENNIAL GRASSES (c 2.7 90.0 6.8 2.9 6.8 --- P P 11 7(2) <br /> <br />NATIVE SHRUBS <br />Chrysothamnus nauseosus 0.00 10.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 <br />Padus virginiana ssp. melanocarpa 0.00 5.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 <br />Seriphidium tridentatum 0.15 30.00 0.38 0.15 0.36 1 P P <br />Symphoricarpos rotundifolius 0.00 20.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 P P <br />TOTAL NATIVE SHRUBS 0.2 50.0 0.4 0.2 0.4 1 P P P P <br />BRYOPHYTES <br />Moss 0.10 15.00 0.25 0.10 0.24 P <br />TOTAL BRYOPHYTES 0.1 15.0 0.3 0.1 0.2 --- --- --- --- P <br />Standing dead 0.25 25.00 0.25 1 <br />Litter 29.80 100.00 29.80 30 33 13 11 30 <br />Bare soil 28.35 100.00 28.35 7 12 57 48 23 <br />Rock 1.70 60.00 1.70 1 6 2 1 <br />TOTALS 100.0 101.8 100 100 100 100 100 <br />TOTAL VEGETATION COVER 39.9 s=11.2 100.0 41.7 s=12.7 100.0 629 555 24 39(l) 45(4) <br />GROUND COVER (Litter+Rock+Veg+St.Dead) 71.7 73.4 93(9) 88(5) 43 52(1) 77(4) <br />SPECIES DENSITY (# of species/100 sq.m.) 35 28 30 21 40 <br />AVERAGE= 28.2 Std.Dev.= 6.7) <br />"P=Present within 1 m. 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.