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Total average vegetation cover for first hits was 57.5 percent. For herbaceous vegetation, total <br />average cover for first hits was 20.9 percent. Cover by standing dead, litter, bare soil and rock <br />• averaged 3.4, 26.0, 12.7 and 0.5 percent respectively. Average species density was 27.9 species <br />per 100sq. m. <br />STEEP MOUNTAIN BRUSH EXTENDED REFERENCE AREA <br />(Photographs 29-32) <br />Cover <br />(Table 6) <br />Native perennial cool season grasses and native shrubs were the predominant lifeforms observed <br />in the Steep Mountain Brush Reference Area, comprising 41.5 and 40.2 percent respectively of <br />total first-hit vegetation cover. Of this, bluebunch wheatgrass (Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. <br />spicata) comprised 26.6 percent, big sagebrush comprised 11.2 percent, Saskatoon serviceberry <br />(Amelanchier alnifolia) comprised 9.8 percent and birchleaf mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus <br />montanus) comprised 9.3 percent. Also observed in the area was the noxious weed dalmatian <br />toadflax (Linaria genistifolia ssp. dalmatiaa). <br />• Total average vegetation cover for first hits was 32.1 percent. For herbaceous vegetation, total <br />average cover for first hits was 17.7 percent. Cover by standing dead, litter, bare soil and rock <br />averaged 1.5, 15.3, 35.9 and 15.3 percent, respectively. Average species density was 23.5 <br />species per 100sq. m. <br />STERN WHEAT EXTENDED REFERENCE AREA <br />(Photographs 33-36) <br />Cover <br />(Table 7) <br />Native perennial cool season grasses and native perennial (orbs were the predominant lifeforms <br />observed in the Western Wheat Reference Area, comprising 43.5 and 24.3 percent respectively <br />of total first-hit vegetation cover. Of this, western wheatgrass comprised 28.3 percent and weedy <br />milkvetch (Astragalus miser var. oblongifolius) comprised 7.5 percent. <br />Total average vegetation cover for first hits was 35.9 percent. For herbaceous vegetation, total <br />average cover for first hits was 29.6 percent. Cover by standing dead, litter, bare soil and rock <br />11