Mean Cover and Frequency Values for Species on the 

 Abies lasiocarpa/Xerophyllum tenax Habitat Type Plots^ 



Species 



Plot 1 



Plot 2 



Cover 



Frequency 



Cover 



Frequency 



SHRUBS AND SUBSHRUBS 



Berberis repens 

 Lonicera utahensis 

 Pachistima myrsinites 

 Spiraea betulifolia 

 Vaccinium globulare 

 Vaccinium scoparium 



GRAMINOIDS 

 Calamagrostis rubescens 

 Carex concinnoides 

 Carex geyeri 



FORBS 



Chimaphila umbellata 

 Fragaria virginiana 

 Goodyera oblongifolia 

 Hieracium albiflorum 

 Melampyrum lineare 

 Xeropliyllum tenax 



MOSSES 



(mainly Brachythecium and 

 Dicranum; some Polytrichum) 



LICHENS 



(mainly Cladonia: some 

 Peltigera) 



Mean total plant cover 



+ 

 2 

 1 



22 

 55 



1 



3 



+ 



1 

 1 

 2 

 22 



56 



27 

 93 



Percent 



1 

 9 

 15 

 81 

 100 



19 

 29 

 6 



6 

 38 

 57 

 53 



100 



97 



+ 

 1 

 8 

 52 



1 

 2 



+ 



1 



+ 

 + 

 1 

 + 

 35 



34 



39 

 94 



1 



3 

 15 

 31 

 100 



10 

 35 

 6 



6 

 1 

 3 

 32 

 12 

 84 



100 



97 



'Cover Is the mean percent cover of sixty-eight 2- by 5-dm subplots. Frequency is the percent of 

 these subplots in which the species was found, A + indicates cover less than 0.5 percent. 



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