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Table 4 Mean percent grass cover ± SE, residual stubble heights (RSH) of grasses ± 90 % CI, and recommended minimum RSH, Lincoln National Forest, autumn 2005, by habitat type

From: Herbivory of sympatric elk and cattle on Lincoln National Forest, south-central New Mexico

Habitat type

Species

% Cover

RSH (cm)

Minimum

Aspen

Bromus spp.

50.4 ± 6.9

18.0 ± 1.4

10.2

Poa pratensis

35.0 ± 5.6

14.4 ± 1.7

6.4

Bromus inermis

4.7 ± 3.6

29.7 ± 11.1

10.2

Bromus ciliates

3.6 ± 3.6

20.3 ± 0.0

10.2

Burn

Dactylis glomerata

29.9 ± 6.6

18.6 ± 3.6

10.2

Piptochaetium fimbriatum

14.2 ± 5.0

27.1 ± 2.8

–

Poa pratensis

8.6 ± 3.7

10.8 ± 1.9

6.4

Bromus inermis

8.3 ± 2.8

17.5 ± 3.9

10.2

Piptochaetium pringlei

7.1 ± 3.9

20.1 ± 3.2

–

Meadow

Poa pratensis

78.8 ± 5.4

6.2 ± 1.4

6.4

Bromus inermis

3.9 ± 2.2

19.5 ± 3.5

10.2

Agropyron trachycaulum

3.8 ± 2.4

15.1 ± 5.3

10.2

Thinned

Poa pratensis

40.7 ± 5.2

11.6 ± 1.3

6.4

Bromus spp.

38.3 ± 5.1

15.5 ± 1.6

10.2

Achnatherum robustum

6.0 ± 3.9

17.3 ± 8.5

10.2

  1. RSH standards from Allison et al. (2007)