Bald Eagle Wood Duck




Site Identification

CWC Reference Number: 79
State: PA
County: Centre
Municipality: Howard
USGS Quad: Mingoville
Watershed: Bald Eagle Creek
Hydrogeomorphic Class: Fringing
Disturbance Class: Moderate
Dominant Vegetation Class: PEM
Wetland Area: NA
Year(s) Sampled: 1999



Site 79 - Bald Eagle Wood Duck


Vegetation

Mean Site Cover
Herbaceous: 88.3% (range 70-100%)
Woody: 23.3% (range 0-45%)

Dominant Species
Vegetation Type
Scientific name (common name)
NWI
Herbaceous Layer Phalaris arundinacea (Reed canary grass)
2
Lemna sp. (Duckweed)
NI
Typha latifolia (Broadleaf cattail)
1
Lythrum salicaria (Purple loosestrife)
1.67
Scirpus tabernaemontani (Soft stem bulrush)
1
Shrub Layer Cornus ammomum (Silky dogwood)
2
Tree Layer Ulmus rubra (Slippery elm)
3.33
Salix nigra (Black willow)
1.67
Acer negundo (Box elder)
2.67
Snag (Dead tree)
NI
Fraxinus pennsylvanica (Green ash)
2


Weighted Indicator Status (dominant spp.)
Herbaceous: 1.64
Shrub: 2.00
Tree: 2.57
Indicator Status (all spp.)
Herbaceous: 1.33
Shrub: 2.00
Tree: 2.73
Species Richness:
Total: 14
Herbaceous: 7
Shrubs: 1
Trees: 6