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Table 7 Hamilton Mine - Vegetation Cover - 2011 <br />Mine Area No. 3 <br />Raw Data <br />Percent Ground Cover Based on Point - Intercept Sampling <br />Transect No. -> 1 2 <br />4 <br />6 <br />8 <br />10 112 <br />14 <br />16 <br />18 <br />20 122 <br />24 <br />26 <br />28 <br />30 132 <br />34 <br />36 <br />38 <br />40 142 <br />44 <br />46 <br />48 <br />50 <br />Average <br />Cover <br />Relative <br />Cover <br />Freq. <br />Grasses and Grass -likes <br />N <br />N <br />I <br />WP <br />WP <br />A <br />Aristide purpurea <br />Boutelouagraci/is <br />Bromus tectorum <br />Purple Threeawn <br />Blue Grama <br />Cheatgrass <br />3 <br />3 <br />16 <br />2 <br />2 <br />2 <br />22 <br />18 <br />15 <br />4 <br />16 <br />12 <br />3 <br />9 <br />4 <br />13 <br />6 <br />9 <br />10 <br />21 <br />7 <br />14 <br />4 <br />28 <br />7 <br />1 <br />4 <br />9 <br />11 <br />5 <br />28 <br />3 <br />5 <br />14 <br />1 <br />1 <br />2 <br />29 <br />0.40 <br />12.08 <br />2.04 <br />1.12 <br />33.82 <br />5.71 <br />4 <br />92 <br />56 <br />N <br />N <br />N <br />WP <br />P <br />P <br />Hilaria jamesii <br />Oryzopsishymenoides <br />Sitan/on hystrix <br />James' Galleta <br />Indian Ricegrass <br />Bottlebrush Squirrefail <br />11 <br />1 <br />1 <br />7 <br />1 <br />6 <br />3 <br />1 <br />1 <br />6 <br />3 <br />6 <br />1 <br />10 <br />1 <br />3 <br />10 <br />3 <br />1 <br />2 <br />1 <br />9 <br />5 <br />2 <br />4 <br />4 <br />2 <br />1 <br />15 <br />1 <br />10 <br />2 <br />1 <br />4 <br />2 <br />1.16 <br />3.00 <br />1.48 <br />3.25 <br />8.40 <br />4.14 <br />20 <br />52 <br />68 <br />N <br />N <br />WP <br />P <br />Sporobolus cryptandrus <br />Stipa comata <br />Sand Dropseed <br />Needle and Thread <br />5 <br />6 <br />4 <br />2 <br />1 <br />2 <br />8 <br />10 <br />4 <br />3 <br />2 <br />1 <br />1 <br />7 <br />1 <br />3 <br />1 <br />2 <br />2 <br />10 <br />16 <br />3 <br />0.72 <br />3.04 <br />2.02 <br />8.51 <br />12 <br />76 <br />Forbs <br />I <br />I <br />N <br />A <br />NB <br />P <br />Sa/sola austra/ts <br />Sisymbrium altissimum <br />Sphaerakea coccinea <br />Russian Thistle <br />Tall Tumblemustard <br />Scarlet Globemallow <br />5 <br />9 <br />10 <br />1 <br />9 <br />3 <br />1 <br />9 <br />10 <br />3 <br />15 <br />3 <br />3 <br />13 <br />2 <br />9 <br />2 <br />8 <br />9 <br />5 <br />1 <br />5 <br />7 <br />1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />3 <br />1 <br />4 <br />1 <br />7 <br />8 <br />10 <br />5 <br />5 <br />1 <br />1 <br />4 <br />1 <br />8 <br />1 <br />22 <br />4 <br />7.00 <br />0.12 <br />2.24 <br />19.60 <br />0.34 <br />6.27 <br />96 <br />12 <br />64 <br />Sub- shrubs <br />N <br />N <br />P <br />P <br />Ceratoides /anafa <br />Gutierrezia sarothrae <br />Winterfatl <br />Broom Snakeweed <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />3 <br />2 <br />3 <br />1 <br />3 <br />I 0.72 <br />0.12 <br />2.02 <br />0.34 <br />28 <br />4 <br />Shrubs & Cacti <br />N <br />N <br />P <br />P <br />Artemisia tridentata var. wyo. <br />Atnpler canescens <br />Wyo. Big Sagebrush <br />Fourwing Saltbush <br />6 <br />5 <br />5 <br />4 <br />8 <br />1 <br />3 <br />8 <br />0.20 <br />1.40 <br />0.56 <br />3.92 <br />4 <br />28 <br />Mean <br />Total Plant Cover <br />34 <br />36 <br />38 <br />39 <br />33 <br />40 <br />40 <br />33 <br />38 <br />36 <br />41 <br />33 <br />38 <br />27 <br />34 <br />42 <br />23 <br />34 <br />30 <br />43 <br />34 <br />40 <br />30 <br />39 <br />38 <br />35.72 <br />Rock <br />Litter <br />Bare ground_ <br />1 <br />32 <br />33 <br />6 <br />25 <br />33 <br />1 <br />15 <br />46 <br />3 <br />25 <br />33 <br />2 <br />9 <br />56 <br />1 <br />28 <br />31 <br />3 <br />14 <br />43 <br />0 <br />28 <br />39 <br />4 <br />17 <br />41 <br />2 <br />23 <br />39 <br />2 <br />16 <br />41 <br />3 <br />14 <br />50 <br />2 <br />7 <br />53 <br />0 <br />32 <br />41 <br />3 <br />38 <br />25 <br />4 <br />10 <br />44 <br />2 <br />35 <br />40 <br />6 <br />27 <br />33 <br />2 <br />40 <br />28 <br />0 <br />20 <br />37 <br />1 <br />26 <br />39 <br />8 <br />10 <br />42 <br />1 <br />26 <br />43 <br />2 <br />35 <br />24 <br />38 <br />8 <br />16 <br />3.88 <br />22.40 <br />38.00 <br />Total Perennial Cover (excluding noxious weeds)i 26 <br />25 <br />26 <br />30 <br />32 26 <br />25 <br />30 <br />22 <br />23 27 <br />27 <br />33 <br />20 <br />28 39 <br />17 <br />18 <br />15 <br />38 28 <br />36 <br />20 <br />15 <br />381 26.56 <br />MME Adequacy Ca Calculations <br />Plant Cover Mean = 35.72 <br />Variance = 23.13 <br />t = 1.3178 <br />n = 3.15 <br />n = 25 <br />I <br />DIveralty <br />No. of Perennial Grasses (3% - 40% Rel. Cover) = 5 <br />No. of Perennial Forbs (3% - 40% Rel. Cover) = 1 <br />3_ <br />EN 3 <br />(D rr <br />O 3 <br />o. <br />CD o <br />ut <br />CD <br />fv <br />E m <br />n <br />a <br />O X <br />• D <br />