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Total herbaceous production in 2012 was 298.0 pounds per acre. Of this, 265.9 pounds were native <br />perennial cool season grasses and 32.1 were native perennial forbs. Introduced perennial cool season <br />grasses were present in nearly unquantifiable amounts. <br />2012 Sagebrush Reference Area <br />(Photographs 168 through 172) <br />COVER <br />(Table B -9) <br />Native shrubs were the predominant lifeform observed in the Sagebrush Reference Area, contributing 31.1 <br />percent all -hit vegetation cover. Of this, big sagebrush contributed 17.0 percent and mountain snowberry <br />contributed 11.4 percent. Native perennial cool season grasses also made a strong contribution to all -hit <br />cover, with 17.9 percent. Native perennial forbs were resent with 4.6 percent cover. A total of 64 native <br />plant species were encountered during quantitative sampling along with 8 non - natives among which was <br />the noxious weed hound's tongue. <br />Total average vegetation cover for first hits was 47.2 percent. Allowable all -hit herbaceous vegetation cover <br />was 23.5 percent. Cover by standing dead, litter, bare soil and rock averaged 5.3, 31.2, 15.9 and 0.3 <br />percent, respectively (first hit). Average species density was 23.0 species per 100 sq. m. <br />PRODUCTION <br />(Table B -10) <br />Total herbaceous production in 2012 was 305.1 pounds per acre. Of this, 251.6 pounds were native <br />perennial cool season grasses and 35.7 were native perennial forbs. Introduced perennial cool season <br />grasses were present at 17.8 pounds per acre. <br />2012 Steep Mountain Brush Reference Area <br />(Photograph 173) <br />COVER <br />(Table B -11) <br />21 <br />