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FRO Resources <br />daisy, knotweed, aster, stickseed and curly cup gumweed (Figure 4, Tables <br />• 6). Kean herbaceous cover in this stand is approximately 3X. <br />The shrub layer of the Juniper Woodland typo is also poorly developed. <br />Total shrub cover in the affected and reference sites are 4X and 18X, <br />respectively. The dominant shrub is little rabbitbrush tChrvsothamrus <br />viscidiflorus) with a cover value of 2X, Big rabbitbrush is the second <br />most important shrub in this type with a cover value of 1X. Sagebrush has <br />a cover value of 1X, Other shrubs that occur are winterfat tCeratoidss <br />]gp~gl, mountain mahogany lCercocar~s 0ol~,a»tlfi) and prickly pear <br />ttrwntjg ~lvacantha) IFigure 4, Table 6). <br />Tree density in the affected stand sampled is 831 individuals per twctare <br />(Table 8). Mean basal cover for Utah juniper is 0.07m2 in this stand. <br />Primary herbaceous productivity in the juniper woodlands is second lowest <br />of all affected vegetation types sampled. Total mean vreight in the <br />affected site sampled is 8.7 g/mZ. C~eatgrase accounts for the largest <br />• part of the primary productivity in the juniper woodland type at 3.7 <br />g/mZ. Other species that contribute substantially to primary <br />productivity in this stands include fleabane daisy, baby blue eyes and <br />curly cup gumweed, Grasses account for low levels of biomass. Western <br />wheatgrass averages O.I g/mZ. Squirreltail grass accoums for 0.] <br />g/mZ (Figure 5, Table 9). <br />t3)^~~- essien and and a: <br />The juniper woodlands are a topo-edaphic climax vegetation type in the <br />Intermountain Region. These woodlands are typically self~erpetuating <br />stands with orderly replacement of dead and diseased trees. The stands <br />sampled are relatively even-aged, but saplings of both Utah and Rocky <br />Mountain juniper do occur, even if infrequently. <br />The predominant use of the mina permit area is as sheep winter range. The <br />juniper woodlands are principally used ae cover by cheep during winter <br />u <br />II.F-26 <br />