136. New Beginnings

General Information

Reference Number: 136
State: Pennsylvania
County: Blair
Municipality: Freedom
USGS Quad: Blue Knob
Watershed: Juniata River
Hydrogeomorphic Class: Headwater Impoundment Beaver
Disturbance Class: Moderate
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Year(s) Sampled: 2000

Vegetation

Herbaceous
Percent Cover: 81.7%
Dominant Species
Common Name Scientific Name
Spotted touch-me-not Impatiens capensis
Grass Grass sp.
White wood aster Aster divaricatus
Fowl manna grass Glyceria striata
Wrinkled goldenrod Solidago rugosa
Woody
Percent cover: 50.0%
Dominant Species
Northern spicebush Lindera benzoin
Multiflora rose Rosa muliflora
Green ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Willow Salix sp.
Red maple Acer rubrum
Pennsylvania blackberry Rubus pensilvanicus
Black cherry Prunus serotina
Sugar maple Acer saccharum
Black locust Robinia pseudoacacia
Snag
Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species)
Herbaceous: 2.55
Shrub/Tree: 3.67/3.60
Weighted Indicator Status (all species)
Herbaceous: 2.90
Shrub/Tree: 3.78/3.30
Species Richness
Total: 75
Herbaceous: 49
Shrub/Tree: 12/14

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