68. Nine Mile Run – Trailer

General Information

Reference Number: 68
State: Pennsylvania
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USGS Quad: Pittsburgh East
Watershed: Other
Hydrogeomorphic Class: Riparian Depression
Disturbance Class: Severe
Dominant Vegetation Class: PEM
Wetland Area: NA
Year(s) Sampled: 1998

Vegetation

Herbaceous
Percent Cover: 90.0% (range 45-100%)
Dominant Species
Common Name Scientific Name
Foxtail sedge Carex alopecoidea
Slender rush Juncus tenuis
Virginia creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Common boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum
Poison ivy Toxicodendron radicans
Woody
Percent cover: 17.9% (range 0-100%)
Dominant Species
Japanese honeysuckle Lonicera japonica
Blackberry Rubus sp.
Willow Salix sp.
Mulitflora rose Rosa multiflora
American elm Ulmus americana
Ash Fraxinus sp.
Tree-of-heaven Alianthus altissima
Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species)
Herbaceous: 2.48
Shrub/Tree: 3.17/—
Weighted Indicator Status (all species)
Herbaceous: 2.69
Shrub/Tree: 3.17/—
Species Richness
Total: 48
Herbaceous: 40
Shrub/Tree: 6/2

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