Spice Valley




Site Identification

CWC Reference Number: 146
State: PA
County: Blair
Municipality: Snyder
USGS Quad: Tyrone
Watershed: Juniata River
Hydrogeomorphic Class: Headwater Floodplain
Disturbance Class: Moderate
Dominant Vegetation Class: ---
Wetland Area: 0.5
Year(s) Sampled: 2000



Site 146 - Spice Valley

Vegetation

Mean Site Cover
Herbaceous: 56.66
Woody: 78.33

Dominant Species
Vegetation Type Scientific name (common name) NWI
Herbaceous Symplocarpus foetidus (Skunk cabbage) 1
Aster sp. (Aster) NI
Aster divaricatus (White wood aster) NI
Plantago major (common plantain) 4
Solidago sp. (Goldenrod) NI
Shrub Lindera benzoin (Northern spicebush) 2.33
Physocarpus opulifolius (Eastern ninebark) 2.33
Alnus incana (Speckled alder) NI
Lonicera tatarica (Tartarian honeysuckle) 4
Tree Fraxinus sp. (Ash) NI
Acer rubrum (Red maple) 3
Acer saccharum (Sugar maple) 4.33
Snag (Dead tree) NI
Prunus serotina (Black cherry) 4


Weighted Indicator Status (dominant spp.)
Herbaceous: 2.18
Shrub: 2.66
Tree: 3.30
Indicator Status (all spp.)
Herbaceous: 2.78
Shrub: 2.89
Tree: 3.23
Species Richness:
Total: 69
Herbaceous: 50
Shrubs: 4
Trees: 15




Site 146 - Spice Valley