Tyrone Area High School




Site Identification

CWC Reference Number: 66
State: PA
County: Blair
Municipality: Synder
USGS Quad: Tipton
Watershed: Bald Eagle Creek
Hydrogeomorphic Class: Headwater Floodplain
Disturbance Class: Moderate
Dominant Vegetation Class: PFO
Wetland Area: NA
Year(s) Sampled: 1998



Site 66 - Tyrone Area High School


Vegetation

Mean Site Cover
Herbaceous: 80% (range 75-85%)
Woody: 91.7% (range 90-95%)

Dominant Species
Vegetation Type
Scientific name (common name)
NWI
Herbaceous Symplocarpus foetidus (Skunk cabbage) 1
Vaccinium pallidum (Lowbush blueberry) NI
Shrub Lindera benzoin (Northern spicebush) 2.33
Acer saccharum (Sugar maple) 4.33
Fagus grandifolia (Beech) 4
Vaccinium pallidum (Lowbush blueberry) NI
Berberis sp.(Barberry) NI
Tree Fagus grandifolia (Beech) 4
Tsuga canadensis (Eastern hemlock) 4
Fraxinus sp. (Ash) NI
Acer saccharum (Sugar maple) 4.33
Quercus rubra (Northern red oak) 4.33


Weighted Indicator Status (dominant spp.)
Herbaceous: 1.00
Shrub: 3.43
Tree: 4.09
Indicator Status (all spp.)
Herbaceous: 2.48
Shrub: 2.56
Tree: 4.09
Species Richness:
Total: 22
Herbaceous: 8
Shrubs: 5
Trees: 9




Aerial View of Tyrone Area High School