"Table 12. Vegetation cover and substrate measured at Site 11 (Lower 25, Right)." "Table 12. Vegetation cover and substrate measured at Site 11 (Lower 25, Right)ŃContinued." "Table 12. Vegetation cover and substrate measured at Site 11 (Lower 25, Right)ŃContinued." Center Circle Vegetation Percent Cover Downstream Circle Vegetation Percent Cover Riverward Circle Vegetation Percent Cover Russian thistle (Salsola sp.) 6.00 Unidentified forbs 16.3 Rice grass (Oryzopsis hymenoides) 3.00 Sand verbena (Abronia elliptica) 4.50 "Unidentified perennial forb, dead" 7.00 Unidentified perennial grass 2.50 Unidentified perennial forb 4.00 Russian thistle (Salsola sp.) 3.50 Wire lettuce (Stephanomeria pauciflora) 1.75 Rice grass (Oryzopsis hymenoides) 3.50 Rice grass (Oryzopsis hymenoides) 1.00 Brome grasses (Bromus sp.) 1.50 "Unidentified perennial forb, dead" 3.50 Sand verbena (Abronia elliptica) 0.50 Russian thistle (Salsola sp.) 1.00 Brome grasses (Bromus sp.) 1.50 Dropseed (Sporobolus sp.) 0.50 Ephedra (Ephedra sp.) 0.50 Needle-and-thread (Stipa comata) 1.50 Globemallow (Sphaeralcea sp.) 0.25 Globemallow (Sphaeralcea sp.) 0.50 Pale evening primrose (Oenothera pallida) 0.75 Total 29.0 Total 10.8 Total 25.3 Substrate Percent Cover Substrate Percent Cover Substrate Percent Cover Sand 92.0 Sand 37.5 Sand 92.9 Rock 0 Rock 55.0 Rock 0 Leaf litter 5.50 Leaf litter 3.00 Leaf litter 7.00 Biologic soil crust 2.50 Biologic soil crust 4.50 Biologic soil crust 0.10 Inland Circle Vegetation Percent Cover Upstream Circle Vegetation Percent Cover Ephedra (Ephedra sp.) 55.0 "Total gap length on upstream/downstream transect (out of 4,000 cm):" "2,618 cm" Needle-and-thread (Stipa comata) 7.50 Rice grass (Oryzopsis hymenoides) 1.25 "Total gap length on inland/riverward transect (out of 4,000 cm):" "2,829 cm" Unidentified perennial forb 6.75 Brome grasses (Bromus sp.) 0.25 "Unidentified shrub, dead" 3.00 Summary Unidentified legume 1.25 Total 56.5 Wire lettuce (Stephanomeria pauciflora) 1.00 "Total vegetation cover, in percent" 28.7 Russian thistle (Salsola sp.) 0.75 Substrate Percent Cover Rice grass (Oryzopsis hymenoides) 0.50 Sand 10.0 "Total sand substrate, in percent" 63.2 Unidentified annual grass 0.50 Rock 20.0 "Total rock substrate, in percent" 16.3 Dropseed (Sporobolus sp.) 0.50 Leaf litter 50.0 "Total leaf litter substrate, in percent" 13.1 Sand verbena (Abronia elliptica) 0.25 Biologic soil crust 20.0 "Total biologic crust substrate, in percent" 7.42 Unidentified aster/composite 0.10 "Total gap length, in percent" 68.1 Total 14.6 Substrate Percent Cover Sand 83.5 Rock 6.50 Leaf litter 0 Biologic soil crust 10.0