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Table 11 Snowcap - Vegetation Cover - 2008 <br />2 West Portal - West <br />Percent Ground Cover Based on Point-Intercept Sampling <br />Transect No. --> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Average Relative <br />Grasses and Grass-likes Cover Cover <br /> <br />I P Agropyron aistatum Crested Wheatgrass 3 0.30 1.01 <br />Iw A Anisantha tectorum Cheatgrass 33 18 3 11 10 3 19 9 2 10.80 36.49 <br />N P E/ymuslanceolatusvar. 1. Thickspike Wheatgrass 1 1 6 3 1 2 2 1.60 5.41 <br />N Pw N/lan'a james// Galleta 2 6 1 2 6 3 3 3 2 2.80 9.46 <br />N P Poa secunda Sandberg Bluegrass 1 0.10 0.34 <br />I P Psathyrostachysjunceus Russian Wildrye 10 3 14 9 9 8 7 7 7 11 8.50 28.72 <br />N p Pseudo neria icata ss . inerme Beardless Bluebunch W. 1 2 0.30 1.01 <br />Forbs <br />Iw A Erodium acutarium Filaree 1 1 0.20 <br />1 0.68 <br />Iw A Na/ogeton glomeratus Halogeton 1 9 1.00 3.38 <br />Sub-shrubs <br />u errezia saro rae na ewee <br />Shrubs, Cacti & Trees <br />N P Atrip/ex canescens Four-wing Saltbush 6 2 1 5 1 1.50 5.07 <br />N P Atrip/ex confertlfolia Shadscale 2 4 0.60 2.03 <br />N P Sarcobatus vermiculatus Greasewwod 2 14 1.60 5.41 <br /> can <br />Total Plant Cover 55 39 22 36 35 21 16 32 20 20 29.60 <br />Rock 19 6 11 4 11 8 8 16 21 16 11.90 <br />Litter 3 7 9 13 5 10 9 8 7 1 7.20 <br />Bare ground 23 48 59 47 49 61 67 44 52 63 51.30 <br />Perennial Plant Cover= 17.60 (59% of Total Plant Cover) Sampling Adequacy Calculations <br />Annual & Biennial Plant Cover = 12.00 (41% of Total Plant Cover) Mean = 29.60 Variance = 145.60 <br />Noxious Weed Cover = 0.00 0% of Total Plant Cover n = 10 t = 1.383 10/90 n.in = 31.786 <br />Table 12 Snowcap - Vegetation Cover - 2008 <br />Cameo RDA No. i <br />Percent Ground Cover Based on Point-Intercept Sampling <br />Transect No. --> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Average Relative <br />Grasses and Grass-likes Cover Cover <br /> <br />Iw A Anisantha tectorum Cheatgrass <br />N P Elymus/anceo/atus var. 1. Thickspike Wheatgrass <br />N P H rosU comata Needle and Thread 14 <br />1 10 10 <br />2 -18 5 9 <br /> <br />1 31 23 24 10 15.40 <br />0.30 <br />0.10 42.90 <br />0.84 <br />0.28 <br />N Pw Hilariajamesii Galleta <br />I P Psathyrostad"Junceus Russian Wildrye <br /> <br />. s Bluebunch Wheat rass <br />N P ss 2 <br />4 <br /> <br />4 <br />2 <br />3 <br />2 <br /> <br />1 <br />3 <br />7 F <br />7 0.20 <br />2.90 <br /> <br />0.50 0.56 <br />8.08 <br /> <br />1.39 <br />N Pw Sporob0lusairoides Alkali Sacaton 2 1 0.40 i.ii <br />Forbs <br />w A Erodlum acutanum Fi aree 3 4 3 1 3 7 2.30 1 .41 <br />Sub-shrubs <br />None .00 0.0 <br />Shrubs, Cacti & Trees <br />N P Atrip/ex canescens Four-wing Saltbush <br />N P Atriplex conferfflblia Shadscale <br />N P Sarcobatus vermicu/atus Greasewwod 3 <br />7 8 9 <br />2 20 <br />1 10 9 16 <br />2 <br />3 27 9 <br />5 3 <br />4 11.40 <br />2.10 <br />0.30 31.75 <br />5.85 <br />0.84 <br /> Mean <br />Total Plant Cover 35 23 28 46 21 28 53 53 47 25 35690 <br />Rock <br />Litter <br />Bare ground 24 <br />10 <br />31 20 <br />45 <br />12 26 <br />12 <br />34 12 <br />22 <br />20 9 <br />24 <br />46 20 <br />22 <br />30 6 <br />14 <br />27 8 <br />20 <br />19 25 <br />8 <br />20 11 <br />14 <br />50 16.10 <br />19.10 <br />28.90 <br />Perennial Plant Cover= 18.20 (51% of Total Plant Cover) Sampling Adequacy Calculations <br />Annual & Biennial Plant Cover = 17.70 (49% of Total Plant Cover) <br />Noxious Weed Cover = 0.00 0% of Total Plant Cover Mean = 35.90 Variance = 160.32 <br />n= 10 t = 1.383 10/90 nmin = 23.794 <br />CEDAR CREEK ASSOCIATES, Inc. Page A - 12 Snowcap Coal Co. - 2008 <br />Revegetation Evaluation - Appendix A