"Table 3. Vegetation cover and substrate measured at Site 2 (Lower 2, Right)."				"Table 3. Vegetation cover and substrate measured at Site 2 (Lower 2, Right)ŃContinued."				"Table 3. Vegetation cover and substrate measured at Site 2 (Lower 2, Right)ŃContinued."			
											
Center Circle	Vegetation	Percent Cover		Downstream Circle	Vegetation	Percent Cover		Riverward Circle	Vegetation	Percent Cover	
	Rice grass (Oryzopsis hymenoides)	6.63			Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)	0.15			Tamarisk (Tamarix sp.)	22.5	
	Unidentified perennial forb	4.50							Prince's plume (Stanleya pinnata)	7.50	
	Wire lettuce (Stephanomeria pauciflora)	2.90			Total	0.15			Snakeweed (Gutierrezzia sp.)	4.63	
	Baccharis (Baccharis salicifolia)	1.00							Brome grasses (Bromus sp.)	1.75	
	Long-leaf brickellbush (Brickellia longifolia)	1.00			Substrate	Percent Cover					
	"Rice grass (Oryzopsis hymenoides), dead"	1.00			Sand	53.0			Total	36.4	
	Unidentified aster/composite	0.25			Rock	47.0					
					Leaf litter	0			Substrate	Percent Cover	
	Total	17.3			Biologic soil crust	0			Sand	61.9	
									Rock	16.1	
	Substrate	Percent Cover		Inland Circle	Vegetation	Percent Cover			Leaf litter	22.0	
	Sand	90.8			Ephedra (Ephedra sp.)	22.0			Biologic soil crust	0	
	Rock	9.25			Unidentified aster/composite	5.00					
	Leaf litter	0			Snakeweed (Gutierrezzia sp.)	2.00					
	Biologic soil crust	0			Brome grasses (Bromus sp.)	1.50		"Total gap length on upstream/downstream transect (out of 4,000 cm):"		"2,314 cm"	
					Bladderpod (Lesquerella sp.)	1.25		"Total gap length on inland/riverward transect (out of 4,000 cm):"		"1,626 cm"	
Upstream Circle	Vegetation	Percent Cover			Dropseed (Sporobolus sp.)	1.00					
	Brome grasses (Bromus sp.)	5.00			Rice grass (Oryzopsis hymenoides)	0.75		Summary			
	Snakeweed (Gutierrezzia sp.)	4.50			Claret cup cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus)	0.50					
	Ephedra (Ephedra sp.)	3.00			Unidentified grass	0.25		"Total vegetation cover, in percent"		20.7	
	Unidentified perennial forb	1.50			Netleaf hackberry (Celtis laevigata)	0.25					
	Russian thistle (Salsola sp.)	0.75						"Total sand substrate, in percent"		63.9	
	Rice grass (Oryzopsis hymenoides)	0.25			Total	34.5		"Total rock substrate, in percent"		26.5	
	Unidentified perennial grass	0.06						"Total leaf litter substrate, in percent"		7.60	
					Substrate	Percent Cover		"Total biologic crust substrate, in percent"		2.00	
	Total	15.1			Sand	35.0					
					Rock	40.0		"Total gap length, in percent"		49.3	
	Substrate	Percent Cover			Leaf litter	15.0					
	Sand	79.0			Biologic soil crust	10.0					
	Rock	20.0												
	Leaf litter	1.00												
	Biologic soil crust	0