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Table 4. Cover Data - 2002 Reclamation Area, Yoast Mine, SCC, CO - 2009 <br />Percent Foliar Cover` <br />is PLANT SPECIES <br />--Sample Number--- <br />1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 <br />• <br />INTRODUCED PERENNIAL FORBS <br />Breea arvensis 3 P 2 P 1 P P <br />Medicagosativa 16 56 19 9(1) 22(4) 14(3) 34(5) 7 22 20 <br />Onobrychis viciaefolia P <br />TOTAL INTRO. PERENNIAL FORBS 19 56 19 11(1) 22(4) 14(3) 35(5) 7 22 20 <br />NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) <br />Carex geyeri P <br />Ceratochloa polyantha 2 2 P 5 11(1) 12(1) 9(1) 4 4 1 <br />Critesion brachyantherum P P P <br />Critesion jubatum P 3 <br />Elymus lanceolatus fm. dasystachya 1 1 3 1 3 1(1) 1 (1) 1 <br />Elymus trachycaulus 10 8(1) 2 4 4 7 3(4) 11 8(2) 4 <br />Festuca brachyphylla ssp. coloradensis P <br />Festuca saximontana 1(1) P 1 3 1 3 P <br />Leymus cinereus 1 P P P 1 1 <br />Nassella viridula P 1 P <br />Pascopyrum smithii 1 2 5 (1) 4 (1) P <br />Poa agassizensis P 2(1) 2 P P <br />Poa compressa 1 P P 1 P (1) 1 <br />Poajuncifolia P P 1 1 P 1 2(1) 1 <br />Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata P (1) 1(1) <br />TOTAL NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) 15 12(2) 4 19(2) 18(1) 33(2) 16(8) 20 17(5) 11 <br />INTRODUCED PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) <br />Agrostis exarata 1 <br />Alopecurus pratensis P <br />Dactylisglomerata P 5 (1) P 1 1 2 4 <br />Phleum pratense 3 P P P 3 <br />TOTAL INTRO. PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) 3 P 5 (1) P 1 --- 1 6 4 <br />NATIVE SHRUBS <br />Amelanchier alnifolia P <br />Padus virginiana ssp. melanocarpa P <br />Purshia tridentata P 1 P <br />Rhus aromatica ssp. trilobata P <br />Seriphidium tridentatum P 2 P 1 P 2(1) P 2 P <br />Symphoricarpos rotundifolius 1 P P P 1 P P <br />TOTAL NATIVE SHRUBS 1 --- 2 P 1 2 2(1) P 2 P <br />Litter 17 20 18 18 23 20 17 24 20 14 <br />Bare soil 5 8 38 35 23 20 18 22 23 15 <br />Rock 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 <br />TOTALS 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 <br />TOTAL VEGETATION COVER 78(4) 71(2) 42(2) 46(4) 52(5) 60(7) 63(15) 53(1) 57(7) 70(1) <br />GROUND COVER (Litter+Rock+Veg+St,Dead) 95(4) 92(2) 52(2) 65(4) 77(5) 80(7) 82(15) 78(1) 77(7) 85(1) <br />SPECIES DENSITY (# of species/100 sq.m.) 32 17 35 42 29 33 28 30 29 32 <br />(AVERAGE= 30.7 Std.Dev.= 6.3) <br />Page 4 of 4 <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.