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• <br /> <br />• <br />these studies (reclaimed and reference areas) is included as Table 8 in Appendix 2. Seed mixes <br />used in the reclamation areas are included for reference in Appendix 3. Photographs of <br />representative locations within the reclaimed areas sampled in 2010, as well as photographs of <br />Mountain Brush and Sagebrush/Snowberry Reference areas, are included in Appendix 4. <br />Calculations related to evaluation of data under permit-prescribed tests of species diversity are <br />set forth in Appendix 5. Calculations related to determination of allowable cover and sample <br />adequacy are presented in Appendix 6. Graphs of vegetation and climate data are presented in <br />Figures 1 through 8 of this 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 all-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, native perennial cool season grasses and introduced <br />perennial forbs were the predominant lifeforms observed in the Phase II Bond Release Area, <br />contributing 18.5, 8.0 and 6.6 percent all-hit vegetation cover respectively. Introduced annual and <br />biennial forbs, native perennial (orbs and native shrubs contributed 3.4, 1.6, and 1.3 percent all- <br />hit cover, respectively. Introduced perennial cool season grass cover was composed mostly of <br />intermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium), smooth brome (8romopsis inermis), and <br />orchard grass (Dactylis g/omerata). Native perennial cool season grass cover was predominantly <br />composed of western wheatgrass (Pascopyrum smithii), thickspike wheatgrass (Elymus <br />lanceolatus fm. dasystachya) and basin wildrye (Leymus cinereus). Introduced perennial forb <br />cover total was composed mostly of alfalfa (Medicago sativa). Also observed in the area were the <br />noxious weeds hound's tongue (Cynoglossum officinale), white-top (Cardaria draba), bull thistle <br />(Cirsium vulgare), and Canada thistle (Breea arvensis). <br />Total average vegetation cover for all hits was 40.7 percent. For herbaceous vegetation, total <br />average cover for all hits was 38.4 percent. Cover by standing dead, litter, bare soil and rock <br />8