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Table 8 Colo o - Vegetation Cover - 2008 CSU Shrub Plots - Relative Cover Summary - 6 to 10 Percent Ground Cover Based on Point-Intercept Sampling I nside Fen ce O utside Fence J 6 7 8 9 30 6 7 8 9 10 2E 18" 6" 6" 0 0 Average 18" 6" 6" 0 0 Average 1&2 1 1&2 1&2 3 1&2 1 1&2 1&2 3 Grasses and Grass-likes N P Agropyrondasystachyum Thickspike Wheatgra5s 1.03 5.52 - - - 1.31 13.95 - 6.01 4.82 4.88 5.93 I P Agropyron cnstatum Crested Wheatgrass - - - - - - - - 0.71 - - 0.14 N P Agropyron smithi/ Western Wheatgrass 0.77 1.16 0.39 N P Agropyrorlspicatum Bluebunch Wheatgrass - - - - 2.23 0.45 - - 7.07 - - 1.41 N P Agropyron sp/catum inerme Beardless Bluebunch W. 0.26 - 10.10 31.13 41.90 16.68 8.97 - - 16.67 25.00 10.13 N P Agropyron trachycau/um Slender Wheatgrass 2.06 - - - - 0.41 7.64 - 1.77 2.63 7.32 3.87 I P Bmmus inermis Smooth Brome - 3.78 10.10 1.56 - 3.09 3.32 3.46 8.48 7.02 3.66 5.19 I A Bmmusjaponicus Japanese Brome 2.32 3.49 2.02 - - 1.57 6.64 2.20 6.01 1.75 3.05 3.93 N P Bromusmarg/natus Mountain Brome 0.26 - 0.67 - - 0.19 - 0.63 0.35 - - 0.20 I A Bromus tectorum Cheatgrass 0.77 - - 0.39 - 0.23 1.00 - - - 0.61 0.32 I P Dadyl/sglomerata Orcharograss - - - - - - - - - - 1.83 0.37 N P Festuca owna/saximontana Hard Fescue 10.05 0.58 7.41 3.11 1.68 4.57 7.64 3.46 6.36 4.39 11.59 6.69 I P Phleumpratense Timothy - - - - - - - - - - 0.61 0.12 I P Pod pratensis Kentucky Bluegrass 23.97 15.41 6.73 - - 9.22 20.93 45.91 19.08 1.75 3.05 18.15 N P Poo, secunda Sandberg Bluegrass 0.77 - 0.34 0.39 - 0.30 - - - - - N P Sitan/on hystrix Bottlebrush Squirreltail 0.26 0.05 0.33 _ 0.44 - 0.15 N P SYipa nelson/i Nelson Needlegrass 0.77 - - - - 0.15 - 0.63 - - - 0.13 Forbs N P Achillea lanulosa Western Yarrow 0.77 0.87 1.68 3.89 4.47 2.34 5.65 2.52 4.59 8.77 7.93 5.89 N P Allium textile Wild Onion 0.52 0.87 - - - 0.28 - - 1.06 - - 0.21 I P Astragaluscrrer CicerMilkvetch 0.26 - - 0.39 - 0.13 - 1.89 2.83 2.63 1.83 1.83 N P Astraga/us teneitus Loosenower Milkvetch - - 1.01 - 1.68 0.54 - - - - - - N P Balsamorhiza sag/ttata Arrowleaf Balsamroot - - - - - - - 0.31 - - 0.61 0.18 I B C/rsium vulgare Bull Thistle 3.61 0.72 1.00 0.20 N A Co/%mia linearis Slendedeaf Collomia 0.26 1.16 0.67 - - 0.42 - - - - - _ N A Collins/a pat itiora Maiden Blue Eye Mary 0.26 0.29 0.34 - - 0.18 2.99 3.77 - - - 1.35 I B Lactuca semola Prickly Lettuce 0.77 - - - - 0.15 - - - - - _ N P L/num lewisn Lewis Flax 1.55 0.87 3.37 2.33 4.47 2.52 0.66 0.31 2.47 6.58 2.44 2.49 N P Penstemon 5tnctus Rocky Mtn. Penstemon - 0.29 0.3-4 2.72 4.47 1.56 - 0.31 0.71 3.51 0.61 1.03 1 A Ranunculus testicu/atus Nut Buttercup - 0.34 - - 0.07 - - - I A S/symbrium altissimum Tumble Mustard 0.26 - - - - 0.05 0.33 - - - - 0.07 I B Tragopogon dubius False Salsify 0.77 0.29 0.21 - Sub-shrubs None Shrubs, Cacti & Trees N P A/temis/a Cana Silver Sage 17.78 25.00 10.77 1.56 2.23 11.47 18.94 27.04 9.89 12.28 10.98 15.83 N P Artem/s/a tridentata vas Mtn. Big Sagebrush 29.64 39.24 34.613 20.62 32.40 31.32 - 7.55 22.61 23.68 6.71 12.11 N P Chrysothamnus nauseosus Rubber Rabbitbrush - 0.87 2.36 111 4.47 2.16 - - - 3.07 7.32 2.08 N P Purshia tridentate Antelope Bitterbrush - - 7.07 28.79 - 7.17 - - - - - - N P Symphoncarposoreoph/lus Mountain Snowberry 0.26 0.29 - - - 0.11 - - - - - - Summa b Lifeformt Perennial Grasses 40.21 26.45 35.35 36.19 45.81 36.80 62.79 54.09 49.82 37.72 57.93 52.47 Annual Grasses 3.09 3.49 2.02 0.39 - 1.80 7.64 2.20 6.01 1.75 3.66 4.25 Perennial Forts 3.09 2.91 6.40 9.34 15.08 7.36 6.31 5.35 11.66 21.49 13.41 11.64 Annual & Biennial Forbs 5.93 1.74 1.35 - - 1.80 4.32 3.77 - - - 1.62 Noxious / Aggressive Weeds - - Sub-Shrubs Shrubs 47.66 65.41 54.88 54.09 39.11 52.23 18.94 34.59 32.51 39.04 25.00 30.01 [Diversity (Number of Species with between 3% -.50% Relative Cover): Number of Perennial Grasses = 2 3 1 4 1 2 1 6 3 5 4 6 - I 1 Number of Perennial Forbs = 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 3 1 I . •.,,-.,-• ?• r .?.••••.•• ..??? K ui-- -- Uma wu- m uic cuio aampsny eiwrt. CEDAR CREEK ASSOCIATES, Inc. Page 40 COIOwyo Mine 2009 Revegetation Monitoring Report