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Overall, only 1.8% of the vegetative hits were from noxious species. Eighteen <br />perennial grasses, two perennial (orbs, two shrubs, one perennial sedge, and one <br />perennial rush were encountered during sampling. <br />The success standard requires that at least four cool-season grasses be <br />present in the reclaimed community with a relative cover between 3 and 40%. <br />Overall, no species exceeded 40% relative cover on the site. The most dominant <br />species was ELIN at 19.9%, or 22.8% if the cover of ELINB (Elytrigia. <br />intermedia ssp. barbulata) is added. (ELINB is classified as a subspecies of ELIN <br />according to Dr. Weber but is often considered to be a separate species, Pubescent <br />wheatgrass.) Six other grasses and one shrub also have relative covers between 3 <br />and 40%. They include LECI, POPR, BRIM, PASK ELREP, PHARU <br />(Phalaroides arundinacea), and CHNA (Chrysothammrs nauseosus). Thus, the <br />success standard is exceeded by three cool-season grasses (almost double the 4 <br />species standard). If Jensen and Rienau property were examined separately from <br />each other, seven grasses would qualify on the Jensen property while six grasses <br />(and one shrub) would qualify on the Rienau property. This indicates that.there <br />was not an important difference in terms of the diversity success standard between <br />property owned by one person versus another. In fact, as Table 6 demonstrates, <br />each individual area had at least four perennial species with a relative diversity <br />exceeding 3%, indicating that a monoculture has not resulted in any portion of the <br />disturbed area. <br />1101" : ::•kfi'•' y.k ; .yam<::.?:.:::•tu `y'•'<.?dvS<f `:',vf• 'r.:' +,c•?.s;;asrtt.:Y'Yfrti :a:r+c". '.'.:'<:<:::i: ''":eC ? ?sw>?.. i`Y,x . ?or:.ia+ 9."?`?•L'n f<? <br />.r.. ?:•>,.a.:;?:c d?„?Y??'?<w•.'?c %?Y;k'"? -:?c?> >?: d.<N :c?b3 ,?; ? •?:?;?``.?aswy a.Y<'#w.E@ ? ' :?:• :y?r3. ?'ii <br />, .? . ?i:??/ru.. ?:.yy,.k.. ?'>. k'Y.:<'F.F"'•:i2 FF <'ta?oax`,'y`Y',?`ki,C•<.:.•`?'•. "? ?i`•, ?c,:x .?`vA?;t „w,'..,n .? $ ro%?.< <br />9 ),.. kkkY' .`L).A".?.w.i;.. i4 ,<ki r^::•2?k`2 '• fivt<?E . LL;c` .x ',?> .r•• •<n. <br />?..« ? •ox: • .:•:. ?ixr.• ••r?`.ro»?b5t^Z ++.<x ti. , w,».xmu . ?•S:?'i•. <br />Despite the dry year, 1996 production was still more than double the 1200 <br />pound per acre standard. At 2497 pounds per acre of perennial, non-noxious <br />production (Table 8), down by over 1000 pounds per acre from the 1995 value, <br />9