72. Bald Eagle Creek Depression

General Information

Reference Number: 72
State: Pennsylvania
County: Centre
Municipality: Boggs
USGS Quad: Mingoville
Watershed: Bald Eagle Creek
Hydrogeomorphic Class: Mainstem Depression
Disturbance Class: Moderate
Dominant Vegetation Class: PEM/PFO
Wetland Area: NA
Year(s) Sampled: 1999

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Vegetation

Herbaceous
Percent Cover: 55.0% (range 35-75%)
Dominant Species
Common Name Scientific Name
Creeping jennie Lysimachia nummularia
Smartweed/knotweed Polygonum sp.
Small spike false nettle Boehmeria cylindrica
Enchanter’s nightshade Circaea sp.
Common dodder Cuscuta gronovii
Woody
Percent cover: 56.7% (range 25-80%)
Dominant Species
Silky dogwood Cornus ammomum
Multiflora rose Rosa multiflora
Honeysuckle Lonicera sp.
Hairy honeysuckle Lonicera hirsuta
European privet Ligustrum vulgare
Osage orange Maclura pomifera
White ash Fraxinus americana
American basswood Tilia americana
Green ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Snag — 
Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species)
Herbaceous: 2.29
Shrub/Tree: 3.57/4.12
Weighted Indicator Status (all species)
Herbaceous: 2.46
Shrub/Tree: 3.25/3.45
Species Richness
Total: 66
Herbaceous: 46
Shrub/Tree: 6/14

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