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Table 1. Cover Data - Mountain Brush Affected Area, Sage Creek Mine Baseline, <br />Sage Creek Coal Company, Routt County, CO - 2008 <br />RELATIVE <br />is PLANT SPECIES AVERAGE VEGETATION <br />COVER FREQUENCY COVER <br />M M M) <br />• <br />• <br />RELATIVE <br />AVERAGE VEGETATION <br />COVER -ALL COVER -ALL <br />Page 3 of 8 <br />Percent Foliar Cover' <br />- -- Sample Number-- - <br />1 2 3 <br />NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) (cont.) <br />Festuca brachyphylla ssp. coloradensis <br />0.00 <br />6.67 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />Festuca saximontana <br />0.00 <br />6.67 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />Koeleria macrantha <br />0.13 <br />26.67 <br />0.18 <br />0.13 <br />0.13 <br />P <br />P <br />Leymus triticoides <br />0.07 <br />13.33 <br />0.09 <br />0.27 <br />0.26 <br />P <br />Nassella viridula <br />0.33 <br />40.00 <br />0.46 <br />0.53 <br />0.52 <br />P <br />Pascopyrum smithii <br />0.00 <br />20.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />P <br />P <br />Poa agassizensis <br />0.73 <br />40.00 <br />1.01 <br />1.47 <br />1.42 <br />P <br />Poa ample <br />0.53 <br />66.67 <br />0.73 <br />0.53 <br />0.52 <br />2 <br />P <br />1 <br />Poa compressa <br />0.00 <br />26.67 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />P <br />Poa palustris <br />Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata <br />1.47 <br />0.73 <br />73.33 <br />20.00 <br />2.02 <br />1.01 <br />3.60 <br />0.87 <br />3.50 <br />0.84 <br />5 <br />4(7) <br />4(1) <br />3 <br />TOTAL NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) <br />8.0 <br />100.0 <br />11.0 <br />14.9 <br />14.5 <br />9 <br />7(12) <br />10(2) <br />INTRODUCED PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) <br />Bromopsis inermis <br />0.80 <br />13.33 <br />1.10 <br />1.27 <br />1.23 <br />Phleum pratense <br />0.00 <br />40.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />P <br />P <br />TOTAL INTRO. PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) <br />0.8 <br />40.0 <br />1.1 <br />1.3 <br />1.2 <br />- -- <br />P <br />P <br />NATIVE SHRUBS <br />Amelanchieralnifolia <br />7.20 <br />100.00 <br />9.92 <br />9.00 <br />8.74 <br />P <br />15(2) <br />1(2) <br />Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus <br />0.53 <br />20.00 <br />0.73 <br />0.53 <br />0.52 <br />Juniperus communis ssp. alpina <br />0.00 <br />13.33 <br />0.00 <br />0.07 <br />0.06 <br />Mahonia repens <br />0.33 <br />26.67 <br />0.46 <br />0.67 <br />0.65 <br />Padus virginiana ssp. melanocarpa <br />1.87 <br />80.00 <br />2.57 <br />5.00 <br />4.85 <br />P <br />P <br />3(2) <br />Paxistima myrsinites <br />0.00 <br />13.33 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />Purshia tridentata <br />0.00 <br />20.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />P <br />Quercus gambelii <br />22.80 <br />93.33 <br />31.40 <br />25.40 <br />' 24.66 <br />23(5) <br />9(1) <br />26(3) <br />Rosa sayi <br />0.00 <br />20.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />P <br />Rosa woodsii <br />0.00 <br />20.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.20 <br />0.19 <br />Seriphidium arbusculum ssp. longilobum <br />0.00 <br />6.67 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />P <br />Seriphidium canum <br />0.00 <br />13.33 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />Seriphidium tridentatum <br />3.73 <br />66.67 <br />5.14 <br />4.13 <br />4.01 <br />1 <br />8(1) <br />14 <br />Symphoricarpos rotundifolius <br />12.80 <br />100.00 <br />17.63 <br />18.93 <br />18.38 <br />1 <br />30(14) <br />6(5) <br />TOTAL NATIVE SHRUBS <br />49.3 <br />100.0 <br />67.9 <br />63.9 <br />62.1 <br />25(5) <br />62(18) 50(12) <br />NATIVE TREES <br />Populus tremuloides <br />0.27 <br />6.67 <br />0.37 <br />0.27 <br />0.26 <br />TOTAL NATIVE TREES <br />0.3 <br />6.7 <br />0.4 <br />0.3 <br />0.3 <br />- -- <br />- -- <br />- -- <br />BRYOPHYTES <br />Moss <br />0.07 <br />20.00 <br />0.09 <br />0.07 <br />0.06 <br />TOTAL BRYOPHYTES <br />0.1 <br />20.0 <br />0.1 <br />0.1 <br />0.1 <br />- -- <br />- -- <br />- -- <br />LICHENS <br />Lichen <br />0.47 <br />33.33 <br />0.64 <br />0.67 <br />0.65 1 <br />2 <br />TOTAL LICHENS <br />0.5 <br />33.3 <br />0.6 <br />0.7 <br />0.6 1 <br />2 <br />-- <br />- -- <br />*P= Present within 1 m. on either side of cover transect, but not quantitatively encountered. <br />() =Data in parens. = 2nd hits. A 1st hit is top -most layer of vegetation, below 1st hit interceptions may exist other interceptions - these are 2nd <br />hits. <br />