179. Buggy Bumpin’

General Information

Reference Number: 179
State: Pennsylvania
County: Blair
Municipality: Freedom
USGS Quad: Blue Knob
Watershed: Juniata River
Hydrogeomorphic Class: Headwater Floodplain
Disturbance Class: Moderate
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Wetland Area: 0.2
Year(s) Sampled: 2000

Vegetation

Herbaceous
Percent Cover: 83.8%
Dominant Species
Common Name Scientific Name
Graminoid Graminoid sp.
Common velvet grass Holcus lanatus
Timothy Phleum pratense
Ground ivy Glechoma hederacea
Rice cutgrass Leersia oryzoides
Woody
Percent cover: 35.0%
Dominant Species
Northern spicebush Lindera benzoin
Multiflora rose Rosa muliflora
Staghorn sumac Rhus typhina
Flowering raspberry Rubus odoratus
Willow Salix sp.
Black locust Robinia pseudoacacia
American basswood Tilia americana
Mulberry Morus sp.
Snag
Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species)
Herbaceous: 3.38
Shrub/Tree: 3.76/4.19
Weighted Indicator Status (all species)
Herbaceous: 2.85
Shrub/Tree: 3.73/4.17
Species Richness
Total: 78
Herbaceous: 59
Shrub/Tree: 9/10

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