"Table 5. Vegetation cover and substrate measured at Site 4 (Rapid 5, Right, noncamp pod)."				"Table 5. Vegetation cover and substrate measured at Site 4 (Rapid 5, Right, noncamp pod)ŃContinued."				"Table 5. Vegetation cover and substrate measured at Site 4 (Rapid 5, Right, noncamp pod)ŃContinued."				"Table 5. Vegetation cover and substrate measured at Site 4 (Rapid 5, Right, noncamp pod)ŃContinued."		
														
Center Circle	Vegetation	Percent Cover		Downstream Circle	Vegetation	Percent Cover		Inland Circle	Vegetation	Percent Cover		Riverward Circle	Vegetation	Percent Cover
	Unidentified aster/composite	6.13			Tamarisk (Tamarix sp.)	5.00			Rice grass (Oryzopsis hymenoides)	3.13			Unidentified annual grass	5.13
	Rice grass (Oryzopsis hymenoides)	5.88			Dropseed (Sporobolus sp.)	2.50			Unidentified aster/composite	2.75			Pale evening primrose (Oenothera pallida)	2.15
	Dropseed (Sporobolus sp.)	1.00			Rice grass (Oryzopsis hymenoides)	2.00			Snakeweed (Gutierrezzia sp.)	2.75			Dropseed (Sporobolus sp.)	2.13
	Wire lettuce (Stephanomeria pauciflora)	0.50			Unidentified legume	1.20			Wire lettuce (Stephanomeria pauciflora)	2.25			Rice grass (Oryzopsis hymenoides)	1.60
	Unidentified forbs	0.30			Brome grasses (Bromus sp.)	1.00			Dropseed (Sporobolus sp.)	1.00			Russian thistle (Salsola sp.)	0.63
	Ephedra (Ephedra sp.)	0.25			Globemallow (Sphaeralcea sp.)	0.80			Unidentified forb	1.00			Unidentified forb	0.18
	Pale evening primrose (Oenothera pallida)	0.25			Russian thistle (Salsola sp.)	0.75			Brome grasses (Bromus sp.)	0.75			Brome grasses (Bromus sp.)	0.13
	Russian thistle (Salsola sp.)	0.05			Grama grass (Bouteloua sp.)	0.50			Long-leaf brickellbush (Brickellia longifolia)	0.50				
	Milkvetch (Astralagus sp.)	0.05			Pale evening primrose (Oenothera pallida)	0.15			Pale evening primrose (Oenothera pallida)	0.38			Total	11.9
	Brome grasses (Bromus sp.)	0.05			Unidentified forb	0.10			Sand verbena (Abronia elliptica)	0.35				
									"Unidentified perennial grass, dead"	0.25			Substrate	Percent Cover
	Total	14.5			Total	14.0			Milkvetch (Astralagus sp.)	0.05			Sand	89.5
													Rock	10.5
	Substrate	Percent Cover			Substrate	Percent Cover			Total	15.2			Leaf litter	0
	Sand	59.0			Sand	67.5							Biologic soil crust	0
	Rock	41.0			Rock	20.0			Substrate	Percent Cover				
	Leaf litter	0			Leaf litter	12.0			Sand	55.3				
	Biologic soil crust	0			Biologic soil crust	0.50			Rock	42.5		"Total gap length on upstream/downstream transect (out of 2,000 cm):"		"1,062 cm"
									Leaf litter	0		"Total gap length on inland/riverward transect (out of 2,000 cm):"		"1,439 cm"
Upstream Circle	Vegetation	Percent Cover							Biologic soil crust	2.25				
	Unidentified aster/composite	6.00										Summary		
	Rice grass (Oryzopsis hymenoides)	3.88												
	Brome grasses (Bromus sp.)	2.65										"Total vegetation cover, in percent"		14.4
	Dropseed (Sporobolus sp.)	1.25												
	Long-leaf brickellbush (Brickellia longifolia)	1.00										"Total sand substrate, in percent"		63.7
	Ephedra (Ephedra sp.)	0.50										"Total rock substrate, in percent"		33.2
	Milkvetch (Astralagus sp.)	0.38										"Total leaf litter substrate, in percent"		2.40
	Wire lettuce (Stephanomeria pauciflora)	0.38										"Total biologic crust substrate, in percent"		0.75
	Unidentified forbs	0.25												
	Snakeweed (Gutierrezzia sp.)	0.25										"Total gap length, in percent"		62.5
	Pale evening primrose (Oenothera pallida)	0.05												
														
	Total	16.6												

	Substrate	Percent Cover												
	Sand	47.0												
	Rock	52.0												
	Leaf litter	0												
	Biologic soil crust	1.00