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Table 5, <br />ALKALI SAGEBRUSH REFERENCE AREA <br />FORAGE QUALITY INDEX CALCUATIONS <br />Grasses & Grasslikes <br />Forbs <br />PHLHOO <br />% PLANT COVER <br />% RELATIVE COVER <br />FORAGE QUALITY* <br />VALUE *" <br />AGRSMI <br />1.60 <br />4.98 <br />MEDIUM <br />19.92 <br />KOEMAC <br />1.07 <br />3.32 <br />HIGH <br />16.60 <br />FESOVI <br />0.73 <br />2.28 <br />MEDIUM <br />9.12 <br />STIPIN <br />0.67 <br />2.07 <br />HIGH <br />10.35 <br />AGRINE <br />0.67 <br />2.07 <br />HIGH <br />10.35 <br />SITHYS <br />0.53 <br />1.66 <br />FAIR <br />4.98 <br />CARGEY <br />0.33 <br />1.04 <br />LOW <br />2.08 <br />AGRSPI <br />0.27 <br />0.83 <br />HIGH <br />4.15 <br />POASEC <br />0.27 <br />0.83 <br />HIGH <br />4.15 <br />CARFIL <br />0.13 <br />0.41 <br />LOW <br />0.82 <br />POAFEN <br />0.07 <br />0.21 <br />HIGH <br />1.05 <br />Subtotal <br />6.33 <br />19.71 <br />1 <br />83.57 <br />Forbs <br />PHLHOO <br />1.73 <br />5.39 <br />NOT GIVEN <br />5.39 <br />SEDSTI <br />1.47 <br />4.56 <br />NOT GIVEN <br />4.56 <br />ANAMAR <br />0.07 <br />0.21 <br />LOW <br />0.42 <br />ERIOVA <br />0.07 <br />0.21 <br />NOT GIVEN <br />0.21 <br />ERIUMB <br />1 0.07 <br />1 0.21 <br />1 LOW <br />0.42 <br />Subtotall <br />3.40 <br />10.58 <br />11.00 <br />Shrubs Ili <br />Subshrubs <br />ARTLON <br />12.60 <br />39.22 <br />NOT GIVEN <br />39.22 <br />CHRVIS <br />6.33 <br />19.71 <br />LOW <br />39.42 <br />ARTTRIW <br />3.13 <br />9.75 <br />LOW <br />19.50 <br />LEPPUN <br />0.07 <br />0.21 <br />NOT GIVEN <br />0.21 <br />ARTNOV <br />0.07 <br />0.21 <br />LOW <br />0.42 <br />Subtotal <br />22.20 <br />69.10 <br />98.77 <br />TOTAL <br />32.13 <br />100.00 <br />193.34**' <br />" Forage Quality Classes are from the USDA Plants Database and from Welch's A Utah <br />Flora <br />**Forage Quality Values are obtained by multiplying the Forage Quality Ranking Class by <br />the percent relative cover values. Forage Quality Classes of High, Medium, Fair and Low <br />were assigned numeric values of 5, 4, 3 and 2, respectively. Where neither the USDA nor <br />Welch listed a Forage Quality Class, then a value of 1 was assumed. <br />***The Forage Quaility Index Value is calculated by adding the forage quaility values for <br />all species. <br />Page 22 <br />