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Table 3. Cover Data - Sagebrush Reference Area, Peabody Sage Creek Mine (PSCM), SCCC, Routt Co., CO - 2010 6 of 6 <br />• PLANT SPECIES Percent Foliar Cover' <br />- -- Sample Number -- <br />11 12 13 14 15 <br />• <br />• <br />NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) <br />Achnatherum nelsonii <br />P <br />1 <br />Bromelica bulbosa <br />7 <br />1(2) <br />5(1) <br />10(2) <br />2(2) <br />Carex douglasii <br />1 <br />Carex geyeri <br />Ceratochloa polyantha <br />P <br />Elymus lanceolatus fm. albicans <br />1 <br />P <br />Elymus lanceolatus fm. dasystachya <br />2 <br />Elymus trachycaulus <br />5(2) <br />4(1) <br />P <br />3 <br />(1) <br />Festuca brachyphylla ssp. coloradensis <br />13(4) <br />6 <br />18(1) <br />Festuca idahoensis <br />Festuca saximontana <br />5 <br />17(2) <br />Pascopyrum smithii <br />P <br />Poe ample <br />(1) <br />Poa pratensis ssp. agassizensis <br />P <br />P <br />2 <br />Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata <br />TOTAL NATIVE PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) <br />26(6) <br />11(3) <br />12(2) <br />31(4) <br />23(4) <br />INTRODUCED PERENNIAL GRASSES (cool) <br />Bromopsis inermis <br />3(2) <br />5(2) <br />2 <br />2 <br />Phleum pratense <br />P <br />Thinopyrum intermedium <br />TOTAL INTRO. PERENNIAL GRASSES (c) <br />3(2) <br />5(2) <br />2 <br />- -- <br />2 <br />NATIVE SHRUBS <br />Amelanchier alnifolia <br />P <br />3 <br />2 <br />P <br />Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus <br />2(1) <br />2 <br />1(1) <br />1 <br />1 <br />Ribes inerme <br />P <br />Seriphidium arbusculum ssp. longilobum <br />P <br />2 <br />2 <br />Seriphidium tridentatum <br />10 <br />10 <br />14 <br />8 <br />10 <br />Symphoricarpos rotundifolius <br />27 <br />32 <br />8(1) <br />9 <br />9 <br />TOTAL NATIVE SHRUBS <br />39(1) <br />47 <br />27(2) <br />18 <br />22 <br />Standing dead <br />1 <br />3 <br />6 <br />Litter <br />15 <br />16 <br />19 <br />25 <br />26 <br />Bare soil <br />8 <br />6 <br />7 <br />3 <br />6 <br />TOTALS <br />100 <br />100 <br />100 <br />100 <br />100 <br />TOTAL VEGETATION COVER <br />77(12) <br />77(7) <br />71(4) <br />66(5) <br />68(4) <br />GROUND COVER (Litter +Rock +Veg +St.Dead) <br />92(12) <br />94(7) <br />93(4) <br />97(5) <br />94(4) <br />SPECIES DENSITY (# of species /100 sq.m.) <br />27 <br />29 <br />25 <br />27 <br />25 <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 />