Vegetation data were collected at 30 randomly located sample points during June 2009. Data were collected using both ocular estimation and line-point intercept transects each describing fuel load and percent cover of grasses, forbs, shrubs, litter, microbial crust, bare ground, and weeds respectively. In the SHPG (Simulated Holistic Planned Grazing) grazing treatment of the O’Neal, percent cover of grass (2009=24.66%, 2008=13.84%), forbs (7%, 5.82%), and shrubs (12.33%, 11.1%) increased from 2008.  The Rest-Rotation grazing allotment also saw increased percentage cover in grasses (22.66%, 8.96%), forbs (9.16%, 6.34%) and shrubs (13.83%, 11.26%).  In the Total Rest grazing allotment, percent cover increased in grasses (28.33%, 12.27%), forbs (10.33%, 4.1%), and weeds (13.6%, 12.33%). Much of the changes observed are likely  attributable to the increase in precipitation in 2009 (106.8 mm) relative to 2008 (9.2 mm).
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