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Table 3. Cover Data - Sagebrush Reference Area, Peabody Sage Creek Mine (PSCM), SCCC, Routt Co., CO - 2010 4 of 6 <br />• PLANT SPECIES Percent Foliar Cover* <br />-- Sample Number - -- <br />1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 <br />is <br />• <br />NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) <br />Achnatherum nelsonii <br />2 <br />P <br />1 <br />P <br />P <br />Bromelica bulbosa <br />1 <br />2 <br />10 <br />5(1) <br />7 <br />8(1) <br />4(1) <br />11(3) <br />8 <br />4(2) <br />Carex douglasii <br />1 <br />P <br />14 <br />Carex geyeri <br />1 <br />Ceratochloa polyantha <br />1 <br />P <br />P <br />P <br />Elymus lanceolatus fm. albicans <br />Elymus lanceolatus fm. dasystachya <br />P <br />4 <br />1 <br />Elymus trachycaulus <br />6 <br />P <br />3(2) <br />3 <br />(1) <br />2 <br />P <br />6 <br />2 <br />P <br />Festuca brachyphylla ssp. coloradensis <br />14(2) <br />10(3) <br />14(1) <br />17 <br />Festuca idahoensis <br />1 <br />P <br />1 <br />Festuca saximontana <br />10(4) <br />9(1) <br />10 <br />24(1) <br />11(3) <br />3(1) <br />Pascopyrum smithii <br />P <br />1 <br />1 <br />Poa ampla <br />P <br />P <br />Poa pratensis ssp. agassizensis <br />P <br />2(1) <br />P <br />2(1) <br />3(1) <br />P <br />Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata <br />1 <br />1 <br />TOTAL NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) <br />18(4) <br />12(1) <br />31(5) <br />23(1) <br />20(4) <br />27(3) <br />28(2) <br />39(4) <br />21(3) <br />23(3) <br />INTRODUCED PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) <br />Bromopsis inermis <br />P <br />1 <br />P <br />P <br />2 <br />P <br />2 <br />P <br />Phleum pratense <br />P <br />P <br />p <br />P <br />Thinopyrum intermedium <br />P <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />TOTAL INTRO. PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) <br />P <br />1 <br />P <br />P <br />3 <br />1 <br />- -- <br />2 <br />P <br />1 <br />NATIVE SHRUBS <br />Amelanchier alnifolia <br />P <br />P <br />P <br />1 <br />2 <br />2 <br />P <br />1 <br />Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus <br />P <br />P <br />P <br />P <br />2 <br />P <br />P <br />1 <br />2 <br />1 <br />Ribes inerme <br />Seriphidium arbusculum ssp. longilobum <br />5 <br />Seriphidium tridentatum <br />7(1) <br />12 <br />2 <br />20 <br />16 <br />7 <br />7 <br />16 <br />13 <br />10 <br />Symphoricarpos rotundifolius <br />14(1) <br />11 <br />17 <br />7(1) <br />11(1) <br />13 <br />6 <br />7(2) <br />14(1) <br />14(1) <br />TOTAL NATIVE SHRUBS <br />21(2) <br />23 <br />19 <br />27(1) <br />30(1) <br />25 <br />15 <br />26(2) <br />29(1) <br />26(1) <br />Standing dead <br />3 <br />2 <br />7 <br />6 <br />3 <br />3 <br />Litter <br />25 <br />24 <br />19 <br />17 <br />16 <br />25 <br />19 <br />10 <br />15 <br />20 <br />Bare soil <br />7 <br />19 <br />7 <br />6 <br />4 <br />5 <br />5 <br />1 <br />17 <br />8 <br />TOTALS <br />100 <br />100 <br />100 <br />100 <br />100 <br />100 <br />100 <br />100 <br />100 <br />100 <br />TOTAL VEGETATION COVER <br />65(8) <br />55(3) <br />74(6) <br />70(6) <br />80(6) <br />70(3) <br />70(5) <br />89(6) <br />65(4) <br />69(5) <br />GROUND COVER (Litter +Rock +Veg +St.Dead) <br />93(8) <br />81(3) <br />93(6) <br />94(6) <br />96(6) <br />95(3) <br />95(5) <br />99(6) <br />83(4) <br />92(5) <br />SPECIES DENSITY (# of species /100 sq.m.) <br />29 <br />33 <br />25 <br />33 <br />30 <br />27 <br />27 <br />24 <br />37 <br />32 <br />(AVERAGE= 28.7 Std.Dev.= 3.7) <br />*P= Present within 1m. of either side of the cover transect, but not quantitatively encountered. <br />()=Data in parenthesis represent other hits that are used in conjunction with first hits for cover all statistics. <br />