Nine Mile Run - Slope




Site Identification

CWC Reference Number: 69
State: PA
County: ---
Municipality: ---
USGS Quad: Pittsburgh East
Watershed: Other
Hydrogeomorphic Class: Slope
Disturbance Class: Severe
Dominant Vegetation Class: PEM/SS
Wetland Area: NA
Year(s) Sampled: 1998



Vegetation

Mean Site Cover
Herbaceous: 95.6% (range 60-100%)
Woody: 26.1 (0-85)

Dominant Species
Vegetation Type
Scientific name (common name)
NWI
Herbaceous Agrostis gigantea (Black bentgrass) 2.33
Obolaria virginica (Pennywort) NI
Agrimonia parviflora (Small flower groovebur) 2
Apocynum androsaemifolium (Spreading dogbane) 5
Juncus tenuis (Slender rush) 3.33
Shrub Rhus typhina (Staghorn sumac) NI
Crataegus sp. (Hawthorn) NI
Fraxinus americana (White ash) 4
Rosa multiflora (Multiflora rose) 4
Salix sp. (Willow) NI
Tree Populus deltoides (Cottonwood) 4.67
Fraxinus americana (White ash) 4


Weighted Indicator Status (dominant spp.)
Herbaceous: 3.04
Shrub: 3.42
Tree: 4.41
Indicator Status (all spp.)
Herbaceous: 3.06
Shrub: 3.22
Tree: 4.34
Species Richness:
Total: 43
Herbaceous: 34
Shrubs: 7
Trees: 2