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r in-L.-L-inounwn.Noi�, <br /> 7 <br /> The meadow vegetation type is dominated by timothy, Kentucky bluegrass <br /> and orchardgrass. Grasses comprise 69 percent of the total vegetation <br /> cover, which is 99 percent. Common dandelion is the dominant forb. Woody <br /> species comprise only 3 percent of the total vegetation cover. The meadow <br /> type is the most productive.of the three vegetation types. Mean herbaceous <br /> production of the meadow type measured 242 grams of oven-dry vegetation <br /> per square meter. <br /> The aspen vegetation type is dominated almost equally by grasses and forbs. <br /> Woody plants, primarily western snowberry, comprise about 10 percent of <br /> the total understory vegetation cover. Dominant grasses are blue wildrye <br /> and Kentucky bluegrass. The high woody plant density measured for this <br /> type, equivalent to over 1,500 plants per acre, reflects relative abundance <br /> of western snowberry in the understory. Total vegetation cover is 93 <br /> percent and mean herbaceous production is 177 grams of oven-dry <br /> vegetation per square meter. <br /> The mountain shrub vegetation type is considerably more variable than the <br /> aspen or meadow types. Total vegetation cover is 92 percent. Mean <br /> herbaceous production for 50 samples is 98 grams of oven-dry vegetation per <br /> square meter. Standard deviations for both production and woody plant <br /> density are high relative to the respective means, indicating high variability <br /> which is typical of the mountain shrub vegetation type. The dominant grass <br /> species is Kentucky bluegrass. Two dominant forbs are Engelmann aster and <br /> leafybract aster. The dominant shrub, in terms of vegetation cover, is <br /> western snowberry. Other shrubs common in this type are gambel oak and <br /> serviceberry. <br /> Statistical sample adequacy was achieved for each type for cover and <br /> production, except as noted below. Sample adequacy for woody plant <br /> density was not achieved on the mountain shrub type, due to <br />