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Table 5 Hamilton Mine - Vegetation Cover - 2011 <br />Mine Area No. 1 <br />Raw Data <br />Percent Ground Cover Based on Point - Intercept Sampling <br />Transect No.-> 1 2 <br />6 <br />8 <br />10 <br />12 114 <br />16 <br />18 <br />20 <br />22 124 <br />26 <br />28 <br />30 <br />32 134 <br />36 <br />38 <br />40 <br />42 144 <br />46 <br />48 <br />50 'Average <br />Relative <br />Freq. <br />Grasses and Grass -likes <br />1 <br />Cover <br />Cover <br />N P Agropyron smiths <br />Western Wheatgrass <br />5 <br />0.21 <br />0.50 <br />4 <br />N WP Boute %oua graci /is <br />Blue Grama <br />19 <br />2 <br />57 <br />8 <br />8 <br />2 <br />9 <br />15 <br />7 <br />19 <br />7 <br />13 <br />4 <br />18 <br />5 <br />8 <br />6 <br />10 <br />9-04 <br />21.81 <br />75 <br />I A Bromus tectorum <br />Cheatgrass <br />2 <br />6 <br />5 <br />5 <br />2 <br />3 <br />3 <br />1 <br />6 <br />7 <br />2 <br />7 <br />6 <br />1 <br />3 <br />2.46 <br />5.93 <br />63 <br />I P Elymusjunceus <br />Russian Wildrye <br />19 <br />0.79 <br />1.91 <br />4 <br />N WP Hi/anajamesii <br />James' Galleta <br />2 <br />1 <br />6 <br />0.38 <br />0.90 <br />13 <br />N P Oryzopsa hymenoides <br />Indian Ricegrass <br />17 <br />36 <br />3 <br />2 <br />1 <br />12 <br />11 <br />3 <br />1 <br />5 <br />4 <br />1 <br />1 <br />4.04 <br />9.75 <br />54 <br />N P Sitanion hystrcr <br />Bottlebrush Squirreltail <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />3 <br />2 <br />0.33 <br />0.80 <br />21 <br />N WP Sporobolus cryptandrus <br />Sand Dropseed <br />2 <br />2 <br />12 <br />2 <br />22 <br />2 <br />11 <br />10 <br />23 <br />9 <br />30 <br />19 <br />3 <br />14 <br />21 <br />12 <br />18 <br />6 <br />8 <br />_.,_ <br />22.71 <br />79 <br />N P Stpa comata <br />Needle and Thread <br />24 <br />1 <br />5 <br />1 <br />6 <br />11 <br />2 <br />11 <br />10 <br />4 <br />14 <br />3.71 <br />8.94 <br />46 <br />Forbs <br />Nw P Acroptilon repens <br />Russian Knapweed <br />1 <br />0.04 <br />0.10 <br />I P Astraga /us acer <br />Chickpea Milkvetch <br />1 <br />0.04 <br />0.10 <br />■ <br />a <br />N A Descurainia pinata <br />Western Tansymustard <br />3 <br />0.13 <br />0.30 <br />N P Erigeron concinnus <br />Shaggy Reabane <br />3 <br />0.13 <br />0.30 <br />aaa <br />N P Heterotheca vi/iosa <br />Hairy False Goldenaster <br />6 <br />0.25 <br />0.60 <br />N P Lepidium montanum var. m. <br />Mountain Pepperweed <br />1 <br />0.04 <br />0.10 <br />I A Sa /sole australis <br />Russian Thistle <br />1 <br />4 <br />2 <br />10 <br />1 <br />4 <br />2 <br />2 <br />2 <br />4 <br />7 <br />6 <br />3 <br />3 <br />1 <br />2 <br />2.25 <br />5.43 <br />67 <br />I A/B Sisymbnum a/bssimum <br />Tall Tumblemustard <br />1 <br />1 <br />0.08 <br />0.20 <br />8 <br />N P Sphaeralcea cocanea <br />Scarlet Globemallow <br />1 <br />11 <br />2 <br />10 <br />3 <br />3 <br />7 <br />3 <br />10 <br />7 <br />8 <br />7 <br />1 <br />1 <br />5 <br />3.29 <br />7.94 <br />63 <br />Sub - shrubs <br />N P Ceratoides Janata <br />N P Gutierrezia sarothrae <br />Winterfatl <br />Broom Snakeweed <br />3 <br />2 <br />1 <br />5 <br />1 <br />9 <br />39 <br />1 <br />2 <br />4 <br />3 <br />2 <br />I <br />1 <br />8 <br />I 2.29 <br />1.04 <br />5.53 <br />2.51 <br />25 <br />29 <br />Shrubs & Cacti <br />N P Artemisia tridentate var. wyo. <br />Wyo. Big Sagebrush! <br />1 <br />! <br />5 <br />! <br />5 <br />l 0.46 <br />! 1.11 <br />13 <br />N P Abrp /ex canescens <br />Fourwing Saltbush <br />7 <br />8 <br />4 <br />3 <br />3 <br />1.04 <br />2.51 <br />21 <br />Mean <br />Total Plant Cover <br />41 <br />51 <br />45 <br />62 <br />38 <br />55 <br />41 <br />35 <br />41 <br />47 <br />46 <br />39 <br />44 <br />33 <br />42 <br />48 <br />38 <br />38 <br />33 <br />38 <br />30 <br />36 <br />35 <br />39 <br />41.46 <br />Rock <br />4 <br />4 <br />0 <br />1 <br />0 <br />1 <br />3 <br />1 <br />2 <br />1 <br />0 <br />1 <br />1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />2 <br />2 <br />1 <br />0 <br />2 <br />0 <br />2 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1.46 <br />Litter <br />11 <br />21 <br />10 <br />14 <br />5 <br />11 <br />30 <br />25 <br />26 <br />21 <br />18 <br />3 <br />17 <br />24 <br />28 <br />18 <br />20 <br />14 <br />18 <br />12 <br />12 <br />12 <br />17 <br />17 <br />16.83 <br />Bare ground_ <br />44 <br />24 <br />45 <br />23 <br />57 <br />33 <br />26 <br />39 <br />31 <br />31 <br />36 <br />57 <br />38 <br />41 <br />27 <br />32 <br />40 <br />47 <br />49 <br />48 <br />58 <br />50 <br />47 <br />43 <br />40.25 <br />Total Perennial Cover (excluding noxious weeds)! 41 <br />51 <br />45 <br />62 <br />38 52 <br />31 <br />28 <br />27 <br />41 46 <br />33 <br />39 <br />30 <br />39 42 <br />29 <br />31 <br />19 <br />26 26 <br />30 <br />34 <br />371 36.54 <br />Sample Adequacy Calculations <br />Plant Cover Mean = 41.46 <br />Variance = 54.69 <br />t = 1.3195 <br />n, = <br />5.54 <br />n = 24 <br />! <br />Diversity <br />No. of Perennial Grasses (3% - 40% Rel. Cover) = 4 <br />No. of Perennial Forbs (3% - 40% Rel. Cover) = 1 <br />'Dui 'sg_LVDOSSV )113213 21V133D <br />