79. Bald Eagle Wood Duck

General Information

Reference Number: 79
State: Pennsylvania
County: Centre
Municipality: Howard
USGS Quad: Mingoville
Watershed: Bald Eagle Creek
Hydrogeomorphic Class: Fringing
Disturbance Class: Moderate
Dominant Vegetation Class: PEM
Wetland Area: NA
Year(s) Sampled: 1999

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Vegetation

Herbaceous
Percent Cover: 88.3% (range 70-100%)
Dominant Species
Common Name Scientific Name
Reed canarygrass Phalaris arundinacea
Duckweed Lemna sp.
Broadleaf cattail Typha latifolia
Purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria
Soft stem bulrush Scirpus tabernaemontani
Woody
Percent cover: 23.3% (range 0-45%)
Dominant Species
Silky dogwood Cornus ammomum
Slippery elm Ulmus rubra
Black willow Salix nigra
Box elder Acer negundo
Snag
Green ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species)
Herbaceous: 1.64
Shrub/Tree: 2.00/2.57
Weighted Indicator Status (all species)
Herbaceous: 1.33
Shrub/Tree: 2.00/2.73
Species Richness
Total: 14
Herbaceous: 7
Shrub/Tree: 1/6

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