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Table 8 <br />Hone ood - Vegetation <br />Cover - 2009 <br />Sagebrush Reference Area - South <br />Percent Ground Cover Based on Point-Intercept Sampling <br />Grassland Reference Area - South <br />Percent Ground Cover Based on Point - Intercept Sampling <br />Transect No.> 1 1 <br />2 ! ___ 2 __ <br />Transect No.> 1 1 <br />5 <br />Average <br />Cover <br />Relative <br />Cover <br />Fes <br />Grasses and Grass -likes <br />Nw P <br />N P <br />N P <br />.......... ................................................................................................................................................................................ <br />N P <br />Bouteloua gracilis <br />Oryzopsis hymenoides <br />Sitanion hystrix <br />Stipa comata <br />Blue Grama <br />Indian Ricegrass <br />Bottlebrush Squirreltail <br />Needle and Thread <br />2 <br />1 <br />4 <br />2 <br />1 6 <br />3 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1.60 <br />0.40 <br />0.40 <br />1.80 <br />7.84 <br />1.96 <br />1.96 <br />............................... <br />8.82 <br />60 <br />20 <br />20 <br />80 <br />Forbs <br />6.80 <br />0.60 <br />0.40 <br />14.80 <br />27.20 <br />2.40 <br />1.60 <br />............................... <br />59.20 <br />100 <br />40 <br />40 <br />100 <br />Forbs <br />None <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0 <br />Shrubs, Cacti & Trees <br />1 <br />3 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />2 <br />1 <br />1 <br />0.20 <br />0.60 <br />1.40 <br />N P <br />N P <br />Artemisia tridentata vac wyo. <br />Gutierrezia sarothrae <br />Wyo. Big Sagebrush <br />Broom Snakeweed <br />15 <br />13 16 <br />1 <br />19 <br />1 <br />15 <br />1 <br />15.60 <br />0.60 <br />76.47 <br />2.94 <br />100 <br />60 <br />N P <br />Opuntia polyacantha <br />Prickly-Pearl <br />1 <br />0.20 <br />M n <br />1 20 <br />Total Plant Cover <br />18 <br />17 26 <br />24 <br />17 <br />20.40 <br />M ean <br />Rock <br />Litter <br />Bare ground <br />34 <br />48 <br />32 26 <br />51 48 <br />1 <br />26 <br />49 <br />39 <br />44 <br />27 <br />0.20 <br />31.40 <br />q <br />21 <br />25.00 <br />Rock <br />Litter <br />Bare ground <br />1 <br />26 <br />49 <br />1 <br />36 <br />34 <br />4 <br />28 <br />41 <br />2 <br />27 <br />47 <br />2 <br />34 <br />43 <br />Total Perennial Coverl 18 <br />17 26 <br />24 <br />171 <br />20.4 <br />Sample Adequacy Calculations <br />Diversity <br />Plant Cover Mean = 20.40 t= 1.5332 n= 5 <br />Variance = 18.30 nmin ° 10.34 <br />No. of Perennial Grasses (3% - 50% Rel. Cover) = 2 <br />No. of Perennial Forbs 3% - 50% Rel. Cover = 0 <br />Table 9 <br />Hone ood - Vegetation <br />Cover - 2009 <br />Grassland Reference Area - South <br />Percent Ground Cover Based on Point - Intercept Sampling <br />Transect No.> 1 1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />Average <br />Cover <br />Relative <br />Cover <br />Fes <br />Grasses and Grass -likes <br />Nw P <br />I A <br />Nw P <br />.................................................................................................................................................................... <br />N P <br />Bouteloua gracilis <br />Bromus tectorum <br />Hilaria jamesii <br />Stipa comata <br />Blue Grama <br />Cheatgrass <br />James' Galleta <br />Needle and Thread <br />6 <br />14 <br />8 <br />18 <br />8 <br />2 <br />1 <br />13 <br />5 <br />1 <br />1 <br />17 <br />1 <br />........................ <br />12 <br />6.80 <br />0.60 <br />0.40 <br />14.80 <br />27.20 <br />2.40 <br />1.60 <br />............................... <br />59.20 <br />100 <br />40 <br />40 <br />100 <br />Forbs <br />N P <br />N P <br />N P <br />Eriogonum sp. <br />Phlox longifolia <br />Sphaeralcea coconea <br />Buckwheat <br />Longleaf Phlox <br />Scarlet Globemallow <br />1 <br />3 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />2 <br />1 <br />1 <br />0.20 <br />0.60 <br />1.40 <br />0.80 <br />2.40 <br />5.60 <br />20 <br />60 <br />80 <br />Shrubs, Cacti & Trees <br />N P <br />Opuntia polyacantha <br />Prickly-Pearl <br />1 <br />0.20 <br />1 0.80 <br />1 20 <br />M ean <br />Total Plant Cover <br />24 <br />29 <br />27 <br />24 <br />21 <br />25.00 <br />Rock <br />Litter <br />Bare ground <br />1 <br />26 <br />49 <br />1 <br />36 <br />34 <br />4 <br />28 <br />41 <br />2 <br />27 <br />47 <br />2 <br />34 <br />43 <br />2.00 <br />30.20 <br />42.80 <br />Total Perennial Coveri 24 <br />29 <br />25 <br />23 <br />211 <br />24.4 <br />Sample Adequacy Calculations <br />Diversity <br />L_ <br />Plant Cover Mean = 25.00 t = 1.5332 n = 5 <br />Variance = nmin <br />No. of Perennial Grasses (3% - 50% Rel. Cover) = 0 <br />r____ No. of Perennial Forbs 3 - SO% Rel. Cover) 0 <br />�J <br />• <br />C <br />CEDAR CREEK ASSOCIATES, Inc. Page 21 Hamilton Mine - Revegetation Evaluation - 2009 <br />