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Table 16. Cover Data - Steep Mountain Brush Reference Area (Seneca IIW Mine), Yoast Mine, SCC, Routt Co., CO - 2009 Page 4 of 6 <br />• PLANT SPECIES Percent Foliar Cover` <br />----Sample Number---- <br />2 4 F <br />• <br />• <br />NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) <br />Achnatherum hymenoides 2 1 P 3 1 2 P <br />Ceratochloa polyantha P <br />Elymus lanceolatus fm. albicans P 6(1) <br />Elymus lanceolatus fm. dasystachya 1(1) <br />Elymus trachycaulus P P <br />Festuca brachyphylla ssp. coloradensis 1 P <br />Hesperostipa comata <br />1 <br />P <br />2 <br />2 <br />Koeleria macrantha 1 2(1) <br />Pascopyrum smithii 2 <br />Poa pratensis ssp. agassizensis P (1) P 1 <br />Poa secunda <br />Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata <br />6 <br />9(1) <br />11 <br />8(2) <br />4 <br />12 <br />12 <br />Schoenocrambe linifolia <br />TOTAL NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) P <br />8 <br />13(1) <br />14(2) <br />12(2) <br />12(2) <br />17 <br />14 <br /> <br />INTRODUCED PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) <br />Bromopsis inermis <br />Thinopyrum intermedium 2 <br />TOTAL INTRO. PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) --- --- --- <br /> <br />NATIVE SUBSHRUBS <br />P <br />3 <br />Gutierrezia sarothrae 2 3 6 <br />6 P 3 <br />TOTAL NATIVE SUBSHRUBS --- 2 3 --- <br /> <br />NATIVE SHRUBS <br />2 <br />5 <br />P <br />5(1) <br />2 <br />3 <br />4(4) <br />Amelanchier alnifolia <br />Cercocarpus montanus 6(1) 5 1 5(1) <br />Chrysothamnus nauseosus 2 P <br />2 <br />1 <br />Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus P <br />Mahonia repens P P P 1 <br />1 (1) <br />3 <br />4 <br />Purshia tridentata 4 P 3 <br />Quercus gambelii <br />(1) <br />2 <br />6 <br />4 1 <br />1 <br />5(1) <br />10 <br />Seriphidium tridentatum 1 1 <br />Symphoricarpos rotundifolius 1(1) P P <br />Tetradymia canescens <br />TOTAL NATIVE SHRUBS <br />11(3) <br />11 <br />11 <br />13(1) <br />11(1) <br />14(2) <br />20(4) <br /> <br />Standing dead 1 1 1 2 1 3 <br />Litter 19 22 23 8 14 16 20 <br />Bare soil 31 34 28 51 36 30 22 <br />Rock 19 15 20 10 15 17 15 <br />TOTALS 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 <br />TOTAL VEGETATION COVER 31(4) 28(1) 28(2) 30(3) 33(3) 36(2) 40(7) <br />GROUND COVER (Litter+Rock+Veg+St.Dead) 69(4) 66(1) 72(2) 49(3) 64(3) 70(2) 78(7) <br />SPECIES DENSITY (# of species/100 sq.m.) 22 25 25 21 25 28 23 <br />(AVERAGE= 23.5 Std.Dev.= 2.9) <br />*P=Present within 1 m. on either side of cover transect, but not quantitatively encountered. <br />()= Data in parentheses represent other hits that are used in conjunction with first hits for cover all statistics.