2010-04-05_REPORT - C1982057 (3)

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Table 7. Cover Data - Western Wheat Extended Reference Area, Seneca IIW Mine, SCC, Routt Co., CO - 2009 Page 2 of 12 C? • RELATIVE RELATIVE PLANT SPECIES AVERAGE = VERAGE VEGETATION COVER FREQUENCY VER-ALL COVER-ALL (%) (%) (%) (%) TOTAL NATIVE PERENNIAL FORBS 8.7 100.0 24.3 9.3 24.6 INTRODUCED PERENNIAL FORBS Breea arvensis 0.00 13.33 0.00 0.00 0.00 Taraxacum officinale 1.17 46.67 3.25 1.23 3.28 TOTAL INTRO. PERENNIAL FORBS 1.2 50.0 3.2 1.2 3.3 NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) Achnatherum lettermanii 0.77 23.33 2.14 0.93 2.48 Achnatherum nelsonii 0.07 16.67 0.19 0.07 0.18 Bromelica bulbosa 0.30 40.00 0.84 0.30 0.80 Elymus elymoides 0.23 30.00 0.65 0.27 0.71 Elymus lanceolatus fm. albicans 1.27 30.00 3.53 1.47 3.90 Elymus lanceolatus fm. dasystachya 0.13 13.33 0.37 0.13 0.35 Elymus longifolius 0.00 13.33 0.00 0.00 0.00 Elymus trachycaulus 0.07 10.00 0.19 0.07 0.18 Festuca brachyphylla ssp. coloradensis 0.00 3.33 0.00 0.00 0.00 Hesperostipa comata 0.00 3.33 0.00 0.00 0.00 Koeleria macrantha 0.80 56.67 2.23 0.87 2.30 Pascopyrum smithii 10.17 100.00 28.32 10.30 27.37 Poa pratensis ssp. agassizensis 1.53 76.67 4.27 1.67 4.43 Poa secunda 0.23 30.00 0.65 0.27 0.71 Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata 0.03 3.33 0.09 0.03 0.09 TOTAL NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) 15.6 100.0 43.5 16.4 43.5 INTRODUCED PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) Bromopsis inermis 0.27 16.67 0.74 0.27 0.71 Poa pratensis ssp. pratensis 0.03 3.33 0.09 0.03 0.09 Thinopyrum intermedium 0.00 3.33 0.00 0.00 0.00 TOTAL INTRO. PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) 0.3 16.7 0.8 0.3 0.8 NATIVE SUBSHRUBS Leptodactylon caespitosum 0.10 6.67 0.28 0.10 0.27 TOTAL NATIVE SUBSHRUBS 0.1 6.7 0.3 0.1 0.3 NATIVE SHRUBS Amelanchier alnifolia 0.33 30.00 0.93 0.33 0.89 Chrysothamnus nauseosus 0.00 3.33 0.00 0.00 0.00 Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus 0.47 26.67 1.30 0.57 1.51 Krascheninnikovia lanata 0.00 3.33 0.00 0.00 0.00 Seriphidium arbusculum ssp. longilobum 3.57 56.67 9.94 3.67 9.74 Seriphidium tridentatum 0.77 50.00 2.14 0.77 2.04 Symphoricarpos rotundifolius 0.23 33.33 0.65 0.23 0.62 TOTAL NATIVE SHRUBS 5.4 90.0 14.9 5.6 14.8 'P=Present within 1 m. on either side of cover transect, but not quantitatively encountered. ()= Data in parentheses represent other hits that are used in conjunction with first hits for cover all statistics.