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• locations within the reclaimed areas sampled in 2010, as well as photographs of Mountain Brush <br />and Sagebrush/Snowberry Reference areas, are included in Appendix 4. Calculations related to <br />evaluation of data under permit-prescribed tests of species diversity are set forth in Appendix 5. <br />Calculations related to determination of allowable cover and sample adequacy are presented in <br />Appendix 6. Graphs of vegetation and climate data are presented in Figures 1 through 8 of this <br />report. <br />In the cover descriptions below, species listed as "also present" were not "hit" during point- <br />intercept sampling but were present within one meter of either side of the 50 m sample transect <br />line. Unless otherwise stated, all cover values are for absolute first hit data only. Percentages are <br />rounded to facilitate discussion of the results. <br />Phase 11 Bond Release Area <br />(Photographs 1 through 8) <br />COVER <br />(Table 1) <br />• Introduced perennial cool season grasses, introduced perennial forbs and native perennial cool <br />season grasses were the predominant lifeforms observed in the Phase II Bond Release Area, <br />contributing 20.5, 9.8 and 9.2 percent first-hit vegetation cover respectively. Introduced annual <br />and biennial forbs, native shrubs, and native perennial forbs contributed 4.7, 2.1, and 1.3 percent <br />cover, respectively. Introduced perennial cool season grass cover was composed mostly of <br />intermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium), orchard grass (Dactylis glomerata) and <br />smooth brome (Bromus inermis). Introduced perennial forb cover total was composed mostly of <br />alfalfa (Medicago sativa). Native perennial cool season grass cover was predominantly composed <br />of basin wildrye (Leymus cinereus), western wheatgrass (Pascopyrum smithi?) and thickspike <br />wheatgrass (Elymus lanceolatus fm. dasystachya). Also observed in the area was the noxious <br />weed houndstongue (Cynoglossum officinale). <br />Total average vegetation cover for first hits was 48.6 percent. For herbaceous vegetation, total <br />average cover for first hits was 45.6 percent. Cover by standing dead, litter, bare soil and rock <br />averaged 0.3, 35.7, 12.9 and 2.5 percent, respectively. Average species density was 21.0 <br />species per 100 sq. m. <br />0 8