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Fifty quarters, 50cm x 50 cm = m2 were placed in each type <br />randomly along the approximate centerlines. All herbaceous vegetation <br />Wlthlfl eadl ~t MBS CL1jJp0d an9 Sep3rate3 by 7 i fw fol7[4 r~rnan; m; Aa a[YI <br />forbs. Samples were air dried for 10 days and subsequently weighed for the <br />nearest 0.1g, using a metric balance. <br />Cover data are presented in Exhibit 15, Vegetation Information. <br />Sample adequacy was attained in all types. Production data are presented <br />in Exhibit 15, Vegetation Information. Sample adequacy was attained in the <br />reference azea, which proved to have a rather hormgeneous flora, but was <br />not attained after 50 samples in each affected type. 'Ihe great <br />heterogeneity in herbaceous ground Dover in those types is due to the high <br />percentage of canopy cover, contributing to azeas of very high and very low <br />ground Dover. <br />The reference area proved to have herbaceous plant production <br />intermediate between the two affected types (39.67 g/m2 as oacg~ared with <br />15.08 g/m2 for oak-shrub and 47.43 g/m2 for conifer-shrub. Cover is much <br />higher on the reference area (a mean of 53.60 as m~ared to a mean of <br />14.79 and 27.55 for oak-shrub and conifer-shrub, respectively). <br />Nonetheless, the selected reference area is rather typical of grasslands in <br />the vicinity of the disposal azea, and is expected to be representative of <br />conditions which should result from proper reclamation practices on the <br />disposal area, when subsequently subjected to typical stocking rates for <br />livestock in the area. <br />The Division and WfC both ackna,rledge that the final configuration <br />of the refuse disposal area will be south facing aspect with an average <br />slope of 308. This configuration probably will not support a vegetative <br />cover consistent with predisposal conditions; rather grassland ooinminity <br />will be more appropriate. <br />-- <br />~, <br />During the sampling and field work no threatened or endangered <br />plant species were encountered. Therefore, no impacts of these species are <br />expected. Aie to the smell area which will be disturbe3 during the tear of , _ <br />2.04-46 (Revised 03/23/87) <br />