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Table 15 Snowcap - Vegetation Cover - 2008 <br />Roadside Refuse Disposal <br />Percent Ground Cover Based on Point-Intercept Sampling <br />TransectNo. --> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Average Relative <br />rasses and Grass-likes Cover Cover <br /> <br />w A Anisantha tectofum Cheatgrass <br />N P E/ymus /anceo/atus var. /. Thickspike Wheatgrass <br />[ 5 9 <br />1 42 29 16 39 27 48 18 58 29.10 <br />0.10 51.23 <br />0.18 <br />Forbs <br />I P Kochia rostrata Forage Kochia <br />Sub-shrubs <br />emnm owa ana ante at <br />Shrubs, Cacti & Trees <br />N P Atr/p/excanescens Four-wing Saltbush <br />N P Atrip/exconfeidfo/ia Shadscale <br />N P Ghl)w hamnus nause0sus Rubber Rabbitbrush <br />N P Satwbatus vennicu/atus Greasewwod <br />2 <br />4 <br />1 <br />1 3 <br />3 <br />1 2 <br />4 <br />3 <br />3 4 <br />1 <br />5 <br />1 <br />0U <br />0 k <br /> can <br />Total Plant Cover 41 25 66 47 44 72 60 72 64 77 56.80 <br />Rock <br />Litter <br />Bare ground 0 <br />20 <br />39 3 <br />33 <br />39 0 <br />22 <br />12 5 <br />30 <br />18 1 <br />28 <br />27 1 <br />21 <br />6 4 <br />16 <br />20 2 <br />17 <br />9 2 <br />13 <br />21 1 <br />6 <br />116 1.90 <br />20.60 <br />20.70 <br />Perennial Plant Cover= 27.70 (49% of Total Plant Cover) Sampling Adequacy Calculations <br />Annual & Biennial Plant Cover = 29.10 (51% of Total Plant Cover) <br />Noxious Weed Cover = 0.00 0% of Total Plant Cover Mean = 56.80 Variance = 281.96 <br />n = 10 t = 1.383 10/90 nmm = 16.717 <br />Table 16 Snowcap - Vegetation Cover - 2008 <br />Roadside South Portal Upper Diversion Ditch <br />Percent Ground Cover Based on Point-Intercept Sampling <br />TransectNo. --> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Average Relative <br />Grasses and Grass-likes Cover Cover <br /> <br />N P Achnathenim hymenoides Indian Ricegrass 1 0.10 0.21 <br />Iw A An&antha tectorum Cheatgrass 16 58 29 51 22 23 37 22 6 26.40 54.43 <br />N P E use oides Bottlebrush S uirreltail 1 0.10 0.21 <br />N Pw Hi/aria m mesii Galleta 1 0.10 0.21 <br />Forbs <br />Iw A Erndium cicutafium Filaree 37 22 27 19 24 1 2 13.20 27.22 <br />Iw A Ha/ogetong/omeratus Halogeton 2 0.20 0.41 <br />I P Kochia rostrdta Forage Kochia 1 11 16 14 4.20 8.66 <br />N P Penstemon pia/meri Palmer Penstemon 2 18 10 3.00 6.19 <br />N P S haera/cea cocdnea Scarlet Globemallow 1 0.10 0.21 <br /> <br />Sub-shrubs <br />ubenezia saro rae na ewee 0.10 1 0.21 <br />Shrubs, Cacti & Trees <br />N P Afip/excanescens Four-wing Saltbush 3 1 0.40 0.82 <br />N P Atrip/exconfertifo/ia Shadscale 6 0.60 1.24 <br /> can <br />Total Plant Cover 53 81 57 72 46 37 56 41 18 24 48.50 <br />Rock 2 0 8 1 9 10 10 22 53 27 14.20 <br />Litter 4 9 4 22 6 17 16 23 1 9 11.10 <br />Bare ground 41 10 31 5 39 36 18 14 28 40 26.20 <br />Perennial Plant Cover= 8.70 (18% of Total Plant Cover) Sampling Adequacy Calculations <br />Annual & Biennial Plant Cover = 39.80 (82% of Total Plant Cover) Mean = 48.50 Variance = 386.94 <br />Noxious Weed Cover = 0.00 0% of Total Plant Cover n = 10 t = 1.383 10/90 nmi„ = 31.465 <br />CEDAR CREEK ASSOCIATES, Inc. Page A - 14 Snowcap Coal Co. - 2008 <br />Revegetation Evaluation - Appendix A