195. PCH 5 – Stroud Hill

General Information

Reference Number: 195
State: Pennsylvania
County: Chester
Municipality: East Bradford
USGS Quad: Unionville
Watershed: Branywine River
Hydrogeomorphic Class: Headwater Floodplain
Disturbance Class: Moderate
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Year(s) Sampled: 2001

 


Vegetation

Herbaceous
Percent Cover: 95.0%
Dominant Species
Common Name Scientific Name
Japanese stiltgrass Microstegium vimineum
Canarygrass Phalaris sp.
Sedge Carex sp.
Touch-me-not/jewelweed Impatiens sp.
Fireweed Epilobium angustifolium
Woody
Percent cover: 33.0%
Dominant Species
Staghorn sumac Rhus typhina
Multiflora rose Rosa muliflora
Green ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Black willow Salix nigra
Weeping willow Salix babylonica
Black walnut Juglans nigra
Black cherry Prunus serotina
Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species)
Herbaceous: 2.78
Shrub/Tree: 4.00/2.42
Weighted Indicator Status (all species)
Herbaceous: 3.00
Shrub/Tree: 4.00/2.80
Species Richness
Total: 48
Herbaceous: 41
Shrub/Tree: 2/5

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