APPENDIX E 



VEGETATION CHARACTERISTICS FOR EACH SAMPLE PLOT 



Percent cover values have been converted into 1-column 

 scalars as follows: 



% COVER CONVERSION 



. = (absent) 



+ = < 1 % 



1 = 1-4 % 



2 = 5-24.9 % 



3 = 25-49.9 % 



4 = 50-74.9 % 



5 = 75-100 % 



In these tables, type number codes are defined as follows 



TYPE NO. 1 = PINUS ALBICAULIS-ABIES LASIOCARPA 



TYPE NO. 2 = PINUS FLEXILIS/AGROPYRON SPICATUM 



TYPE NO. 3 = PINUS FLEXILIS/CERCOCARPUS LEDIFOLIUS 



TYPE NO. 4 == PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII/CERCOCARPUS LEDIFOLIUS 



TYPE NO. 5 = JUNIPERUS SCOPULORUM/ ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA 



TYPE NO. 6 = JUNIPERUS SCOPULORUM/CERCOCARPUS LEDIFOLIUS 



TYPE NO. 7 = ARTEMISIA ARBUSCULA/AGROPYRON SPICATUM 



TYPE NO. 8 = ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA/ AGROPYRON SPICATUM 



TYPE NO. 9 = ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA/FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS 



TYPE NO. 10 = ARTEMISIA TRIPARTITA/FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS 



TYPE NO. 11 = ATRIPLEX NUTTALLII/ORYZOPSIS HYMENOIDES 



TYPE NO. 12 = CERCOCARPUS LEDIFOLIUS/ AGROPYRON SPICATUM 



TYPE NO. 13 = CERCOCARPUS LEDIFOLIUS/FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS 



TYPE NO, 14 = AGROPYRON DASYSTACHYUM/PHACELIA HASTATA 



TYPE NO. 15 = AGROPYRON SPICATUM/ORYZOPSIS HYMENOIDES 



TYPE NO. 16 = PICEA/EQUISETUM ARVENSE 



TYPE NO. 17 = POPULUS TRICHOCARPA/CORNUS STOLONIFERA 



TYPE NO. 18 = SALIX EXIGUA 



TYPE NO. 19 = AGROPYRON SMITHII 



TYPE NO. 20 = ELYMUS CINEREUS 



TYPE NO. 21 = PHYLARIS ARUNDINACEA 



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