66. Tyrone Area High School

General Information

Reference Number: 66
State: Pennsylvania
County: Blair
Municipality: Snyder
USGS Quad: Tipton
Watershed: Bald Eagle Creek
Hydrogeomorphic Class: Headwater floodplain
Disturbance Class: Moderate
Dominant Vegetation Class: PFO
Wetland Area: NA
Year(s) Sampled: 1998

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Vegetation

Herbaceous
Percent Cover: 80.0% (range 75-85%)
Dominant Species
Common Name Scientific Name
Skunk cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus
Lowbush blueberry Vaccinium pallidum
Woody
Percent cover: 91.7% (range 90-95%)
Dominant Species
Northern spicebush Lindera benzoin
Barberry Berberis sp. 
Sugar maple Acer saccharum
Beech Fagus grandifolia
Eastern hemlock Tsuga canadensis
Ash Fraxinus sp. 
Northern red oak Quercus rubra
Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species)
Herbaceous: 1.00
Shrub/Tree: 3.43/4.09
Weighted Indicator Status (all species)
Herbaceous: 2.48
Shrub/Tree: 2.56/4.09
Species Richness
Total: 22
Herbaceous: 8
Shrub/Tree: 5/9

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