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Table 3 Site and Transect Locations<br />

Site #l Mixed Grass 1OX10 Grid (Tracy Collins) Widely<br />

distributed on Open Space properties below the<br />

Forest /Grass1 and Ecotone. Includes mi d-hei ght species<br />

such as western wheatgrass with short grasses 1 i ke blue<br />

qramma.<br />

Nwth Facing Slope<br />

2,084 Trap-nights<br />

Site #2 Riparian area <strong>of</strong> Coal Creek (Tracy Collins)<br />

Overstories <strong>of</strong> cottonwoods, willows, and river birch.<br />

Total cover by vegetation is high,<br />

Traps perpendicular to creek<br />

340 Trap-ni ghts<br />

Site #3 Plains Meadow 5x5 Grid (Tracy Collins)<br />

50 Trap-nights<br />

Site #4 Foothills Scrub (Tracy Collins) Mountain shrub<br />

thickets are characterized by a number <strong>of</strong> species that<br />

thrive on mesic soils, such as American plum,<br />

chokecherry, ninebark, and hawthorn.<br />

165 Trap-ni qhts<br />

Site #5 Plains Wetlands (<strong>Boulder</strong> Valley Ranch) Dominated by<br />

bal tic rushes, and sedges, area also included some

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