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I I114111411111414111414141414111111011111111414141414141111111111111101111101111111111 <br />a <br />V <br />Table A6 Colo o - Ve getation Cover - 2008 <br /> Sage Reference Area - Raw Data <br /> Pe rcent Ground Cover Based on Po int-Intercept Sampling <br /> Transectft -> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Average Relative <br />Grasses and Grass-likes Cover Cover Fes' <br />N P Agropyron alblcans Griffiths Wheatgrass 2 3 12 3 10 11 8 8 4 3.05 5.27 45 <br />I P Agropyron cristatum Crested Wheatgrass 1 0.05 0.09 5 <br />N P Agropyronsm/thl/ Western Wheatgrass 5 4 1 2 17 9 1 3 3 8 7 9 16 4.25 7.35 65 <br />I A Bromusjaponlcus Japanese Brome 7 5 10 7 8 11 5 16 12 9 10 17 20 2 12 8 7.95 13.74 80 <br />I A Bromustectorum Cheatgrass 14 10 20 14 8 22 1 17 16 25 17 1 17 20 29 5 22 24 14.10 24.37 90 <br />N P Koe%ria macrantha Prairie Junegrass 2 8 3 8 2 7 9 5 10 5 4 4 8 1 3 3 4 4 8 4.90 8.47 95 <br />I P Poa pratensis Kentucky Bluegrass 2 0.10 0.17 5 <br />N P Poa secunda Sandberg Bluegrass 8 5 17 1 4 4 5 2 3 14 1 4 1 2 1 1 3.65 6.31 80 <br />N P Sltanlon hystrlx Bottlebrush Squirreltail 1 2 2 2 0.35 0.61 20 <br />Forbs <br />N P Achillea lanulosa Western Yarrow 1 0.05 0.09 5 <br />I B Alyssum alyssoides Pale Madwort 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 0.65 1.12 50 <br />N P Astragalussp. Milkvetch 1 0.05 0.09 5 <br />N P Astragalustenellus LooseflowerMilkvetch 1 2 1 1 1 1 0.35 0.61 30 <br />I B Came/ina microcarpa Littlepod false flax 1 0.05 0.09 5 <br />N B Orsiumundulatum WavyleafThistle 1 0.05 0.09 5 <br />N A Col/omia Anearis Slenderleaf Collomia 1 0.05 0.09 5 <br />N P Linum lewisi/ Lewis Flax 1 1 1 1 0.20 0.35 20 <br />N P Lomatium d/ssectum Fernleaf Biscuitroot 2 0.10 0.17 5 <br />N P Phloxhoodii Hood Phlox 1 3 0.20 0.35 30 <br />N P Sphaeralcea cocanea Scarlet Globemallow 2 1 1 2 2 0.40 0.69 25 <br />N P Stenotusarmerloldes Thrifty Goldenweed 1 1 5 2 4 3 1 1 1 4 2 5 1 1.55 2.68 65 <br />I B Tragopogon u lus Fa se Sa si 1 1 1 2 1 0.30 0.52 25 <br />Sub-shrubs <br />N P Ceratol es Janata Winterfat 2 3 5 0.50 0.86 15 <br />N P Er/ogonum m/crothecum Slender Buckwheat 2 1 0.15 0.26 10 <br />N P Gut/errezia sarothrae Snakeweed 6 3 4 1 2 9 2 3 6 4 3 2 11 2 2.90 5.01 70 <br />Shrubs, Cacti & Trees <br />N P Amelachieraln/folia Serviceberry 3 1 5 1 0.50 0.86 20 <br />N P Artem/sla tridentate wyo. Wyo. Big Sagebrush 16 5 1 5 11 7 14 11 1 8 18 11 12 12 13 10 8 13 12 3 9.55 16.51 100 <br />N P Chrysothamnusnauseosus Rubber Rabbitbrush 1 0.05 0.09 5 <br />N P Chrysothamnus vlsadlAorus Low Rabbitbrush 5 0.25 0.43 5 <br />N P Symphoncarpos oreoph/lus Mountain Snowberry 2 2 3 4 4 3 5 1 7 1.55 2.68 45 <br /> Mean <br /> Total Plant Cover 62 54 55 49 58 61 40 45 46 64 67 72 57 45 59 61 71 55 71 65 57.85 <br /> Rock 3 0 0 13 0 2 4 7 5 0 0 0 0 10 0 1 0 3 0 0 2.40 <br /> Litter 17 35 33 25 33 21 24 22 31 24 23 28 27 23 26 21 23 28 28 20 25.60 <br /> Bare ground 18 11 12 13 9 16 32 26 18 12 10 0 16 22 15 17 6 14 1 15 14.15 <br /> <br />Total Perennial Cover <br />39 <br />37 <br />25 <br />27 <br />40 <br />27 <br />39 <br />43 <br />43 <br />39 <br />734 <br />35 <br />30 <br />44 <br />30 <br />24 <br />22 <br />47 <br />36 <br />33 <br />34.70 µ.,,. <br /> No. of Perennial Grasses (3% - 50% Rel. Cover) = 4 <br /> Diversity <br /> Relative Forb Cover Excluding Noxious Weeds %) = 6.91 <br /> Sample Adequacy Calculations Plant Cover Mean = 57.85 t= 1.33 n = 20 <br /> Variance = 87.19 nmi„ = 4.59