209. Steeplebush

General Information

Reference Number: 209
State: Pennsylvania
County: Clearfield
Municipality: Pike
USGS Quad: Curwensville
Watershed: Clearfield Creek
Hydrogeomorphic Class: Slope
Disturbance Class: Moderate
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Year(s) Sampled: 2002

 


Vegetation

Herbaceous
Percent Cover: 91.7%
Dominant Species
Common Name Scientific Name
Sphagnum Sphagnum sp.
Bunch grass Andropogon gerardi
Graminoid Graminoid sp.
Silky dogwood Cornus amomum
Bristly blackberry Rubus hispidus
Woody
Percent cover: 3.3%
Dominant Species
Silky dogwood Cornus amomum
Multiflora rose Rosa muliflora
Green ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Speckled alder Alnus incana
Red maple Acer rubrum
Broadleaf meadowsweet Spiraea alba
Quaking aspen Populus tremuloides
Black locust Robinia pseudoacacia
American elm Ulmus americana
Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species)
Herbaceous: 2.28
Shrub/Tree: 2.66/3.09
Weighted Indicator Status (all species)
Herbaceous: 2.23
Shrub/Tree: 2.67/3.33
Species Richness
Total: 100
Herbaceous: 74
Shrub/Tree: 15/11

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