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with 43.1 percent all-hit cover. Of this, mountain snowberry and Saskatoon serviceberry <br />contributed 19.1 and 16.4 percent all-hit cover. Native trees were the third most observed lifeform <br />• contributing 19.8 percent all-hit cover consisting entirely of Aspen (Populus tremuloides). <br />Total average vegetation cover, for first hits, was 86.9 percent. Total average vegetation cover, <br />for all hits, was 141.6 percent. Standing dead, litter, bare soil, and rock each had 0.7, 8.9, 3.4 <br />and 0.1 percent cover, respectively (first hits). Average species density was 34.0 species per 100 <br />sq.m. <br />Production <br />(Table 11) <br />Total average production was 1286.5 Ibs per acre. <br />MOUNTAIN BRUSH EXTENDED REFERENCE AREA <br />(Photographs 17-20) <br />Cover <br />(Table 12) <br />Native shrubs were most abundant, comprising 64.9 percent all-hit cover. Within this group, <br />Gambel's oak was most abundant contributing 30.5 percent all-hit cover. Mountain snowberry, <br />chokecherry and Saskatoon serviceberry were common, having 20.2, 7.2, and 5.3 percent all-hit <br />• cover, respectively. Native perennial cool season grasses was the second most abundant group <br />(20.8 percent all-hit cover), dominated by Agassiz bluegrass (Poa pratensis ssp. agassizensis) <br />(7.7 percent all.-hit cover) and elk sedge (Carex geyen) (5.2 percent all-hit cover). Native <br />perennial forbs were the third most abundant lifeform (13.4 percent all-hit cover), having <br />numerous species with low percent cover values and no dominant species. Western yarrow and <br />silver lupine (Lupinus argenteus) had the highest percent cover values of this group (2.5 and 18 <br />percent all-hit cover, respectively). <br />Total average vegetation cover, for first hits, was 71.2 percent. Total average vegetation cover, <br />for all hits, was 102.8 percent. Standing dead, litter, bare soil, and rock each had 1.4, 16.7, 10.5, <br />0.2 percent cover, respectively (first hits). Average species density was 32.3 species per 100 <br />sq.m. <br />Production <br />(Table 13) <br />Total average production was 621.0 Ibs per acre. <br />• <br />9