87. Tuscarora State Forest Slope

General Information

Reference Number: 87
State: Pennsylvania
County: Mifflin
Municipality: Bratton
USGS Quad: Mcveytown
Watershed: Juniata River
Hydrogeomorphic Class: Slope
Disturbance Class: Pristine
Dominant Vegetation Class: PEM/PFO
Wetland Area: NA
Year(s) Sampled: 1999

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Vegetation

Herbaceous
Percent Cover: 82.5% (range 70-95%)
Dominant Species
Common Name Scientific Name
Bristly blackberry Rubus hispidus
Blunt spike rush Eleocharis ovata
Panic grass Panicum lanuginosum
Deer tongue witchgrass Dichanthelium clandestinum 
Woody
Percent cover: 45.8% (range 0-70%)
Dominant Species
Lowbush blueberry Vaccinium angustifolium
Japanese barberry Berberis thunbergii
Multiflora rose Rosa multiflora
Sweet birch Betula lenta
Red maple Acer rubrum
White oak Quercus alba
Eastern white pine Pinus strobus
Black locust Robinia pseudoacacia
Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species)
Herbaceous: 1.91
Shrub/Tree: 4.02/3.89
Weighted Indicator Status (all species)
Herbaceous: 2.19
Shrub/Tree: 4.08/3.90
Species Richness
Total: 72
Herbaceous: 56
Shrub/Tree: 4/12

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