196. PCH 4 – Brandywine Slough

General Information

Reference Number: 196
State: Pennsylvania
County: Chester
Municipality: East Bradford
USGS Quad: Unionville
Watershed: Brandywine River
Hydrogeomorphic Class: Mainstem Floodplain
Disturbance Class: Moderate
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Year(s) Sampled: 2001

 


Vegetation

Herbaceous
Percent Cover: 83.3%
Dominant Species
Common Name Scientific Name
Canarygrass Phalaris sp.
Arrow-leaved tearthumb Polygonum sagittatum
Japanese stiltgrass Microstegium vimineum
Marsh pepper Polygonum hydropiper
Jumpseed Polygonum virginianum
Woody
Percent cover: 56.7%
Dominant Species
Red raspberry Rubus idaeus
Multiflora rose Rosa muliflora
Green ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Butternut hickory Carya cordiformis
Mockernut hickory Carya tomentosa
Bald cypress Taxodium distichum
Common buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis
Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species)
Herbaceous: 1.98
Shrub/Tree: 3.92/2.28
Weighted Indicator Status (all species)
Herbaceous: 2.79
Shrub/Tree: 3.67/2.11
Species Richness
Total: 35
Herbaceous: 26
Shrub/Tree: 2/7

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