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Table 6. Cover Data - Steep Mountain Brush Extended Reference Area, Seneca IIW Mine, SCC, Routt Co., CO - 2009 Page 6 of 6 <br />C1 <br />• <br />• <br />PLANT SPECIES Percent Foliar Cover* <br /> ----Sam l e Number -- -- <br /> <br />NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 <br />Achnatherum hymenoides P 4(1) 1 2 1 3 P 2(1) <br />Ceratochloa polyantha <br />Elymus lanceolatus fm. albicans 2 5 5 <br />Elymus lanceolatus fm. dasystachya <br />Elymus trachycaulus 1 <br />Festuca brachyphylla ssp. coloradensis <br />Hesperostipa comata 1 <br />Koeleria macrantha P 1 P P P 1 <br />Pascopyrum smithii 3 1 P 4 1 <br /> <br />Poa pratensis ssp. agassizensis <br />3 <br />P <br />P <br />(1) <br />1 1 <br /> <br />Poa secunda <br />P ( <br />) 2 <br />Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata 11(1) 8 5(2) 8(1) 10(1) 7(2) 7(1) 10(1) <br />Schoenocrambe linifolia P <br />TOTAL NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) 21(1) 13(1) 12(2) 15(1) 11(2) 14(2) 8(2) 16(2) <br /> <br />INTRODUCED PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) <br />Bromopsis inermis <br /> <br />Thinopyrum intermedium P <br />TOTAL INTRO. PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) --- ___ <br /> _-_ P <br /> <br />NATIVE SUBSHRUBS <br />Gutierrezia sarothrae 4 P 4 P <br /> <br />TOTAL NATIVE SUBSHRUBS <br />4 <br />P 1 <br /> 4 P 1 <br /> <br />NATIVE SHRUBS <br />Amelanchieralnifolia 5 6(3) 3 5 2 (1) 5 P <br />Cercocarpus montanus 4 6(2) 4(1) 10 4 <br />Chrysothamnus nauseosus P <br /> <br />Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus <br />2 <br />2 1 <br />Mahonia repens 2 P <br />Purshia tridentata P 1 5 1 4 P <br />Quercus gambelii 1 <br />Seriphidium tridentatum 2 P 4 1 2 5 1 11 <br />Symphoricarpos rotundifolius 1 1 2 <br /> <br />Tetradymia canescens <br />P P <br />TOTAL NATIVE SHRUBS 11 10(3) 14(2) 11(1) 15 16(1) 11 15 <br />Standing dead 1 5 3 1 1 2 <br />Litter 15 10 8 3 12 25 10 24 <br />Bare soil 44 37 36 44 53 27 39 26 <br />Rock 4 25 20 18 2 11 27 11 <br />TOTALS 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 <br />TOTAL VEGETATION COVER 37(1) 28(5) 35(4) 30(2) 30(2) 36(3) 23(2) 37(3) <br />GROUND COVER (Litter+Rock+Veg+St.Dead) 56(1) 63(5) 64(4) 56(2) 47(2) 73(3) 61(2) 74(3) <br />SPECIES DENSITY (# of species/100 sq.m.) 25 17 23 22 29 22 22 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.