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Phase II Bond Release Area <br />(Photographs 1 through 8) <br />COVER <br />(Table 1) <br />Introduced perennial cool season grasses, introduced perennial forbs and native perennial cool season <br />grasses were the predominant lifeforms observed in the Phase II Bond Release Area, contributing 15.7, <br />8.9 and 9.9 percent first -hit vegetation cover respectively. Introduced annual and biennial forbs, native <br />shrubs, and native perennial forbs contributed 5.7, 1.5, and 1.6 percent cover, respectively. Introduced <br />perennial cool season grass cover was composed mostly of intermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum <br />intermedium), orchard grass (Dactylis glomerata) and smooth brome (Bromopsis inermis). Introduced <br />perennial forb cover total was composed mostly of alfalfa (Medicago sativa). Native perennial cool season <br />grass cover was predominantly composed of western wheatgrass (Pascopyrum smithii), basin wildrye <br />(Leymus cinereus) and thickspike wheatgrass (Elymus lanceolatus fm. dasystachya). Also observed in <br />the area were the noxious weeds houndstongue (Cynoglossum officinale), musk thistle (Carduus nutans <br />ssp. macrolepis) and Canada thistle (Breea arvensis). <br />Total average vegetation cover for first hits was 44.4 percent. For herbaceous vegetation, total average <br />cover for first hits was 42.9 percent. Cover by standing dead, litter, bare soil and rock averaged .05, 37.4, <br />15.1 and 3.1 percent, respectively. Average species density was 22.0 species per 100 sq. m. <br />Mountain Brush Reference Area <br />(Photographs 9 through 12) <br />COVER <br />(Table 2) <br />Native shrubs were the predominant lifeform observed in the Mountain Brush Reference Area, <br />contributing 58.3 percent toward total first -hit vegetation cover. Of this, Gambel's oak (Quercus gambelii) <br />contributed 32.1 percent, Saskatoon serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia) contributed 13.4 percent, and <br />mountain snowberry contributed 8.7 percent. Native perennial cool season grasses and native perennial <br />forbs made moderate contributions to cover, with 8.9 and 2.7 percent, respectively. Also observed in the <br />area was the noxious weed houndstongue. <br />8 <br />