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Table 11 Snowcap - Vegetation Cover - 2010 <br />North Decline Dewatering System <br />Raw Data Percent Ground Cover Based on Point-Intercept Sampling <br />Transect No. --> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Average Relative <br />Grasses and Grass-likes Cover Cover <br /> <br />N P Achnatherum hymenoides Indian Ricegrass <br />I A Anisantha tectorum Cheatgrass <br />N P Elymuslanceolatus var. 1. Thickspike Wheatgrass <br /> <br />20 <br />1 <br />14 3 <br />20 <br />2 <br />22 <br />15 1 <br />2 <br />10 <br /> <br />1 <br />12 <br />13 <br />5 0.40 <br />7.50 <br />6.20 0.89 <br />16.67 <br />13.78 <br />- <br />N P Elymustrachycau/us Slender Wheatgrass <br />I A Eremopyrum hWceum Annual Wheatgrass <br />I P Pba bulbosa Bulbous bluegrass <br />11 <br />18 <br />4 4 <br />9 10 <br />1 7 1.40 <br />0.80 <br />4.20 3.11 <br />1.78 <br />9.33 <br />I P Psathyrostaabysjunceus Russian Wildrye <br />N P Pseudo neria icata ss . s. Bluebunch Wheat rass 7 16 4 <br />2 2.70 <br />0.20 6.00 <br />0.44 <br />Forbs <br />N P Iva iW11aril Poverty Weed <br />I P Kochia pro_,Vata Forage Kochia <br />N P Penstemon imeri Palmer Penstemon <br />3 <br /> <br />7 <br />2 19 <br />2 <br />8 1.90 <br />1.50 <br />0.70 4.22 <br />3.33 <br />1.56 <br />Sub-shrubs <br />N P GL&emezia sarorae Sna ewee 2 4 0.60 1.33 <br />Shrubs, Cacti & Trees <br />N P Atriplercanescr:ns Four-wing Saltbush <br />N P Sarrobatus vermiculatus Greasewood <br />16 <br />24 <br />2 9 <br />4 <br />20 11 <br />2 <br />34 13 <br />13 5 <br />16 3.80 <br />13.10 8.44 <br />29.11 <br /> Mean <br />Total Plant Cover 33 53 56 52 20 51 37 52 60 36 45.00 <br />Rock <br />Litter <br />Bare ground 4 <br />21 <br />42 1 <br />36 <br />10 1 <br />24 <br />19 4 <br />33 <br />11 24 <br />15 <br />41 11 <br />28 <br />10 20 <br />15 <br />28 6 <br />32 <br />10 8 <br />19 <br />13 11 <br />22 <br />31 9.00 <br />24.50 <br />21.50 <br />Perennial Plant Cover= 36.70 (82% of Total Plant Cover) Sampling Adequacy Calculations <br />Annual & Biennial Plant Cover = 8.30 (18% of Total Plant Cover) <br />Noxious Weed Cover = 0.00 0% of Total Plant Cover Mean = 45.00 Variance = 145.80 <br />n = 30 t = 1.383 10/90 nm,„ = 13.772 <br />Table 12 Snowcap - Vegetation Cover - 2010 <br />Roadside North Portal Facilities - Greasewood <br />Raw Data Percent Ground Cover Based on Point-Intercept Sampling <br />TransectNo. --> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Average Relative <br />Grasses and Grass-likes Cover Cover <br />I A Anisanb5a tectorum Cheatgrass <br />N A Criterion pusillum Little Barley <br />I A Eremopyrum tit eum Annual Wheatgrass 24 <br /> <br />8 32 <br />1 <br />2 18 <br />1 6 <br />6 <br />20 31 <br /> <br />26 2 <br /> <br />21 25 1 <br /> <br />17 2 1 <br /> <br />1 14.20 <br />0.80 <br />9.50 27.63 <br />1.56 <br />18.48 <br />N P Hesperos8pa somata Needle and Thread <br />N Pw Hilan;? anw&Y Galleta <br />1 1 <br />4 0.10 <br />0.50 0.19 <br />0.97 <br />Forbs <br />I P Kochia proslrata Forage Kochia <br />N A Le idium rfoliatum Clasping Pe erweed 5 <br />1 1 2 2 4 8 3 8 4 3.70 <br />0.10 7.20 <br />0.19 <br />Sub-shrubs <br />None 0.00 0.00 <br />Shrubs, Cacti & Trees <br />N P AtriplercanescY:ns Four-wing Saltbush <br />N P Abiplex conferfifo&7 Shadscale <br />N P Sarrobatus vermiculatus Greasewood <br />1 <br />9 <br />4 <br />8 21 <br />6 17 <br />5 <br />1 <br />1 <br />7 20 <br /> <br />16 5 <br />7 <br />11 13 <br />1 <br />31 9 <br />2 <br />5 <br /> <br />25 8.50 <br />2.70 <br />11.30 16.54 <br />5.25 <br />21.98 <br /> Mean <br />Total Plant Cover 48 48 48 57 65 63 56 67 31 31 51.40 <br />Rock <br />Litter <br />Bare ground 1 <br />36 <br />15 3 <br />25 <br />24 2 <br />25 <br />25 1 <br />37 <br />5 3 <br />26 <br />6 4 <br />30 <br />3 1 <br />28 <br />15 1 <br />20 <br />12 26 <br />13 <br />30 22 <br />12 <br />35 6.40 <br />25.20 <br />17.00 <br />Perennial Plant Cover= 26.80 (52% of Total Plant Cover) Sampling Adequacy Calculations <br />Annual & Biennial Plant Cover = 24.60 (48% of Total Plant Cover) <br />Noxious Weed Cover = 0.00 0% of Total Plant Cover I Mean = 51.40 Variance = 148.24 <br />n= 10 t = 1.383 10/90 nmi„ = 10.733 <br />CEDAR CREEK ASSOCIATES, Inc. Page A - 18 Snowcap - Revegetation Evaluation - 2010 <br />Appendix A