Bald Eagle Creek Depression




Site Identification

CWC Reference Number: 72
State: PA
County: Centre
Municipality: Boggs
USGS Quad: Mingoville
Watershed: Bald Eagle Creek
Hydrogeomorphic Class: Mainstem Depression
Disturbance Class: Moderate
Dominant Vegetation Class: PEM/PFO
Wetland Area: NA
Year(s) Sampled: 1999



Site 72 - Bald Eagle Creek Depression


Vegetation

Mean Site Cover
Herbaceous: 55% (range 35-75%)
Woody: 56.7% (range 25-80%)

Dominant Species
Vegetation Type
Scientific name (common name)
NWI
Herbaceous Layer     Lysimachia nummularia (Creeping jennie)
2.33
Polygonum sp. (Smartweed/knotweed)
NI
Boehmeria cylindrica (Small spike false nettle)
1.67
Circaea sp. (Enchanter's nightshade)
NI
Cuscuta gronovii (Common dodder)
NI
Shrub Layer     Cornus ammomum (Silky dogwood)
2
Rosa multiflora (Multiflora rose)
4
Lonicera sp. (Honeysuckle)
NI
Lonicera hirsuta (Hairy honeysuckle)
3
Ligustrum vulgare (European privet)
4
Tree Layer     Maclura pomifera (Osage orange)
5
Snag (Dead tree)
NI
Fraxinus americana (White ash)
4
Tilia americana (American basswood)
4
Fraxinus pennsylvanica (Green ash)
2


Weighted Indicator Status (dominant spp.)
Herbaceous: 2.29
Shrub: 3.57
Tree: 4.12
Indicator Status (all spp.)
Herbaceous: 2.46
Shrub: 3.25
Tree: 3.45
Species Richness:
Total: 66
Herbaceous: 46
Shrubs: 6
Trees: 14