West Licking Creek |
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Site
Identification
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| CWC Reference Number: | 84 |
| State: | PA |
| County: | Mifflin |
| Municipality: | Bratton |
| USGS Quad: | McVeytown |
| Watershed: | Juniata River |
| Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Slope |
| Disturbance Class: | Pristine |
| Dominant Vegetation Class: | PFO/PEM |
| Wetland Area: | NA |
| Year(s) Sampled: | 1999 |
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Vegetation
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| Mean Site Cover |
| Herbaceous: | 76.7% (range 20-100%) |
| Woody: | 54.2% (range 15-90%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Vegetation Type |
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NWI |
| Herbaceous Layer | Thelypteris noveboracensis (New York fern) |
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| Dennstaedtia punctilobula (Hayscented fern) |
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| Sphagnum sp. (Sphagnum) |
NI
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| Brachyelytrum erectum (Long awned wood grass) |
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| Scirpus cyperinus (Wool grass) |
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| Shrub Layer | Gaylussacia baccata (Black huckleberry) |
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| Lyonia ligustrina (Maleberry) |
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| Vaccinium angustifolium (Lowbush blueberry) |
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| Vaccinium stamineum (Deerberry) |
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Tree Layer |
| Acer rubrum (red maple) |
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| Snag (Dead tree) |
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| Pinus strobus (Eastern white pine) |
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| Betula lenta (Sweet birch) |
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| Hamamelis virginiana (American witch hazel) |
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| Weighted Indicator Status (dominant spp.) |
| Herbaceous: | 3.50 |
| Shrub: | 3.82 |
| Tree: | 3.05 |
| Indicator Status (all spp.) |
| Herbaceous: | 2.67 |
| Shrub: | 3.58 |
| Tree: | 3.67 |
| Species Richness: |
| Total: | 33 |
| Herbaceous: | 24 |
| Shrubs: | 4 |
| Trees: | 5 |