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PRODUCTION <br />(Table A -6) <br />Total herbaceous production in 2010 was 483.6 pounds per acre. Of this, 228.4 pounds were native <br />perennial cool season grasses, 214.1 were native perennial forbs, and 28.6 were ferns. Four other <br />lifeforms were present at less than 10 pounds per acre. <br />2010 Sagebrush Reference Area <br />(Photographs 13 through 16) <br />COVER <br />(Table A -7) <br />Native shrubs were the predominant lifeform observed in the Sagebrush Reference Area, contributing <br />26.3 percent total first -hit vegetation cover. Of this, mountain snowberry contributed 13.3 percent and big <br />sagebrush contributed 10.8 percent. Native perennial cool season grasses and native perennial forbs <br />made additional contributions to cover, with 23.0 and 19.3 percent, respectively. Also observed in the <br />area was the noxious weed hound's tongue. <br />Total average vegetation cover for first hits was 71.1 percent. For allowable first -hit herbaceous <br />vegetation cover was 44.7 percent. Cover by standing dead, litter, bare soil and rock averaged 2.3, 19.4, <br />7.3 and 0.0 percent respectively. Average species density was 28.7 species per 100sq. m. <br />PRODUCTION <br />(Table A -8) <br />Total herbaceous production in 2010 was 874.3 pounds per acre. Of this, 465.7 pounds were native <br />perennial forbs and 392.6 pounds were native perennial cool season grasses. Four other lifeforms were <br />present at less than 15 pounds per acre. <br />14 <br />