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39.98% live vegetative cover (40.80% live vegetative cover including 0.82% noxious species) <br />37.47% litter <br />19.67% bare ground <br />2.07% rock <br />Species > 3% relative cover: <br />1. Smooth Brome: <br />2. Sagebrush: <br />3. Kentucky bluegrass: <br />4. Common dandelion: <br />5. Western wheatgrass: <br />27 species were observe <br />Forbs > 3% relative cover: <br />15.85% relative cover <br />7.68% relative cover <br />5.96% relative cover <br />3.76% relative cover <br />3.27% relative cover <br />d during the sampling <br />1. Common dandelion, 3.76% <br />2005 Reference Area Cover <br />The reference area cover measured in 2005 was 81.67% live vegetative cover, adjusted for exclusion <br />of noxious species Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense), Bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare), Field bindweed <br />(Convulvulus arvense) and Houndstongue (Cynoglossum officanale). The reference area was fenced <br />and showed no sign of grazing activity. Pre-mining cover was 46.1 %. <br />2006 Reclaimed Area Cover <br />The results of the reclaimed area cover sampling that occurred in 2006 are as follows: <br />36.17% live vegetative cover (37.27% live vegetative cover including 1.1 % noxious species) <br />44.93% litter <br />15.83% bare ground <br />1.97% rock <br />Species > 3% relative cover: <br />1. Smooth brome: 26.83% relative cover <br />2. Sagebrush: 12.97% relative cover <br />3. Intermediate wheatgrass: 10.38% relative cover <br />4. Kentucky bluegrass: 10.11 % relative cover <br />5. Western wheatgrass: 7.87% relative cover <br />6. Silvery lupine: 5.90% relative cover <br />7. Sheep fescue: 4.38% relative cover <br />8. Yarrow: '3.40% relative cover <br />28 species were observed during the 2006 sampling <br />Grassy Gap TOJ 6/5/2009 11