"Table 9. Vegetation cover and substrate measured at Site 8 (Lower Y, Right)."				"Table 9. Vegetation cover and substrate measured at Site 8 (Lower Y, Right)ŃContinued."				"Table 9. Vegetation cover and substrate measured at Site 8 (Lower Y, Right)ŃContinued."								
																
Center Circle	Vegetation	Percent Cover		Downstream Circle	Vegetation	Percent Cover		Riverward Circle	Vegetation	Percent Cover						
	Willow (Salix exigua)	10.0			Snakeweed (Gutierrezzia sp.)	5.50			Unidentified perennial grasses	12.5						
	Brome grasses (Bromus sp.)	6.50			Brome grasses (Bromus sp.)	2.50			Willow (Salix exigua)	5.50						
	Snakeweed (Gutierrezzia sp.)	4.25			"Unidentified perennial grass, dead"	2.00			Unidentified aster/composite	0.50						
	Unidentified perennial grass	4.00			Wire lettuce (Stephanomeria pauciflora)	1.75										
	Rice grass (Oryzopsis hymenoides)	1.75			Unidentified aster/composite	1.00			Total	18.5						
	Unidentified aster/composite	1.58			Willow (Salix exigua)	0.20										
	Dropseed (Sporobolus sp.)	0.50			Unidentified perennial grass	0.10			Substrate	Percent Cover						
	Unidentified forb	0.10							Sand	64.5						
					Total	13.1			Rock	35.0						
	Total	26.5							Leaf litter	0.50						
					Substrate	Percent Cover			Biologic soil crust	0						
	Substrate	Percent Cover			Sand	68.5										
	Sand	90.3			Rock	30.0										
	Rock	1.00			Leaf litter	1.00		"Total gap length on upstream/downstream transect (out of 4,000 cm):"		"2,351 cm"						
	Leaf litter	8.75			Biologic soil crust	0.50		"Total gap length on inland/riverward transect (out of 4,000 cm):"		"1,435 cm"						
	Biologic soil crust	0														
				Inland Circle	Vegetation	Percent Cover		Summary								
Upstream Circle	Vegetation	Percent Cover			Tamarisk (Tamarix sp.)	15.0										
	Unidentified perennial grass	10.0			Unidentified perennial grasses	7.50		"Total vegetation cover, in percent"		23.6						
	Rice grass (Oryzopsis hymenoides)	4.50			Sand verbena (Abronia elliptica)	5.50										
	Tamarisk (Tamarix sp.)	3.50			Saltbush (Atriplex sp.)	4.50		"Total sand substrate, in percent"		75.0						
	Dropseed (Sporobolus sp.)	2.00			Rice grass (Oryzopsis hymenoides)	2.25		"Total rock substrate, in percent"		13.2						
	"Cottonwood (Populus sp.), dead"	1.50			Brome grasses (Bromus sp.)	1.50		"Total leaf litter substrate, in percent"		10.4						
	Unidentified aster/composite	0.25			Wire lettuce (Stephanomeria pauciflora)	0.70		"Total biologic crust substrate, in percent"		1.50						
																
	Total	21.8			Total	37.0		"Total gap length, in percent"		47.3						
																
	Substrate	Percent Cover			Substrate	Percent Cover										
	Sand	86.5			Sand	65.0										
	Rock	0			Rock	0										
	Leaf litter	13.5			Leaf litter	28.0										
	Biologic soil crust	0			Biologic soil crust	7.00