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Table 6. Cover Data - Steep Mountain Brush Extended Reference Area, Seneca IIW Mine, SCC, Routt Co., CO - 2009 Page 4 of 6 <br />• <br />• <br />J <br />PLANT SPECIES Pe rcent Foliar Cover' <br /> ---- Sam le Num ber---- <br /> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 <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 />Koeleria macrantha 1 2(1) 1 P 2 2 <br />Pascopyrum smithii 2 <br />Poa pratensis ssp. agassizensis P (1) P 1 <br />Poa secunda <br />Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata 6 9(1) 11 8(2) 4 12 12 <br />Schoenocrambe linifolia P <br />TOTAL NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) 8 13(1) 14(2) 12(2) 12(2) 17 14 <br />INTRODUCED PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) <br />Bromopsis inermis <br />Thinopyrum intermedium 2 <br />TOTAL INTRO. PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) --- 2 --- --- _- --- <br />NATIVE SUBSHRUBS <br />Gutierrezia sarothrae 2 3 6 P 3 <br />TOTAL NATIVE SUBSHRUBS --- 2 3 --- 6 P 3 <br />NATIVE SHRUBS <br />Amelanchier alnifolia 2 5 P 5(1) 2 3 4(4) <br />Cercocarpus montanus 6(1) 5 1 5(1) <br />Chrysothamnus nauseosus 2 P <br />Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus P 2 i <br />Mahonia repens P P P 1 (1) <br />Purshia tridentata 4 P 3 1 3 4 <br />Quercus gambelii 1 <br />Seriphidium tridentatum (1) 2 6 4 1 5(1) 10 <br />Symphoricarpos rotundifolius 1(1) P P 1 1 <br />Tetradymia canescens <br />TOTAL NATIVE SHRUBS 11(3) 11 11 13(1) 11(1) 14(2) 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 speciesl100 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.