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Table 4. Cover Data - 2002 Reclamation Area, Yoast Mine, SCC, CO - 2009 Page 2 of 4 <br />RELATIVE RELATIVE <br />• PLANT SPECIES AVERAGE VEGETATION AVERAGE VEGETATION <br />COVER FREQUENCY COVER COVER-ALL COVER-ALL <br />(%) (%1 (%1 tO 1 10/ 1 <br />• <br />INTRODUCED PERENNIAL FORBS <br />Breea arvensis 0.60 70.00 1.01 0.60 0.94 <br />Medicago sativa 21.90 100.00 36.99 23.20 36.25 <br />Onobrychis viciaefolia 0.00 10.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 <br />TOTAL INTRO. PERENNIAL FORBS 22.5 100.0 38.0 23.8 37.2 <br />NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) <br />Carex geyeri 0.00 10.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 <br />Ceratochloa polyantha 5.00 100.00 8.45 5.30 8.28 <br />Critesion brachyantherum 0.00 30.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 <br />Critesion jubatum 0.30 20.00 0.51 0.30 0.47 <br />Elymus lanceolatus fm. dasystachya 1.20 90.00 2.03 1.40 2.19 <br />Elymus trachycaulus 6.10 100.00 10.30 6.80 10.63 <br />Festuca brachyphylla ssp. coloradensis 0.00 10.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 <br />Festuca saximontana 0.90 70.00 1.52 1.00 1.56 <br />Leymus cinereus 0.30 60.00 0.51 0.30 0.47 <br />Nassella viridula 0.10 30.00 0.17 0.10 0.16 <br />Pascopyrum smithii 1.20 70.00 2.03 1.40 2.19 <br />Poa agassizensis 0.40 50.00 0.68 0.50 0.78 <br />Poa compressa 0.30 70.00 0.51 0.40 0.63 <br />Poa juncifolia 0.60 80.00 1.01 0.70 1.09 <br />Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata ° 0.10 30.00 0.17 0.30 0.47 <br />TOTAL NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) 16.5 100.0 27.9 18.5 28.9 <br />INTRODUCED PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) <br />Agrostis exarata 0.10 10.00 0.17 0.10 0.16 <br />Alopecurus pratensis 0.00 10.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 <br />Dactylis glomerata 1.30 80.00 2.20 1.40 2.19 <br />Phleum pratense 0.60 50.00 1.01 0.60 0.94 <br />TOTAL INTRO. PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) 2.0 90.0 3.4 _ <br />2.1 3.3 <br />NATIVE SHRUBS <br />Amelanchier alnifolia 0.00 10.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 <br />Padus virginiana ssp. melanocarpa 0.00 10.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 <br />Purshia tridentata 0.10 30.00 0.17 0.10 0.16 <br />Rhus aromatica ssp. trilobata 0.00 10.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 <br />Seriphidium tridentatum 0.70 90.00 1.18 0.80 1.25 <br />Symphoricarpos rotundifolius 0.20 70.00 0.34 0.20 0.31 <br />TOTAL NATIVE SHRUBS 1.0 90.0 1.7 1.1 1.7 <br />Litter 19.10 100.00 19.10 <br />Bare soil 20.70 100.00 20.70 <br />Rock 1.00 70.00 1.00 <br />TOTALS 100.0 104.8 <br />TOTAL VEGETATION COVER 59.2 (s=11.5) 100.0 64.0 (s=12.5) 100.0 <br />GROUND COVER (Litter+ Rock+Veg +St. Dead) 79.3 84.1 <br />SPECIES DENSITY (# of species/100 sq.m.) <br />(AVERAGE= 30.7 Std.Dev.= 6.3) <br />• *P=Present within 1m. of either side of the cover transect, but not quantitatively encountered. <br />()=Data in parenthesis represent other hits that are used in conjunction with first hits for cover all statistics.