PCH 4 - Brandywine Slough |
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Site
Identification
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| CWC Reference Number: | 196 |
| State: | PA |
| County: | Chester |
| Municipality: | East Bradford |
| USGS Quad: | Unionville |
| Watershed: | Brandywine River |
| Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Mainstem Floodplain |
| Disturbance Class: | Moderate |
| Dominant Vegetation Class: | --- |
| Wetland Area: | --- |
| Year(s) Sampled: | 2001 |
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Vegetation
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| Mean Site Cover |
| Herbaceous: | 83.33 |
| Woody: | 56.66 |
| Dominant Species |
| Vegetation Type | Scientific name (common name) | NWI |
| Herbaceous | Phalaris sp. (Canary grass) | NI |
| Polygonum sagittatum (Arrow-leaved tearthumb) | 1 | |
| Microstegium vimieum (Japanese stiltgrass) | 3 | |
| Polygonum hydropiper (Marsh pepper) | 1 | |
| Polygonum virginianum (Jumpseed) | 3 | |
| Shrub | Rosa multiflora (Multiflora rose) | 4 |
| Rubus idaeus (Red raspberry | 3.33 | |
| Tree | Fraxinus pennsylvanica (Green ash) | 2 |
| Carya cordiformis (Butternut hickory) | 3.67 | |
| Carya tomentosa (Mockernut hickory) | NI | |
| Taxodium distichum (Bald cypress) | 1 | |
| Cephalanthus occidentalis (Common buttonbush) | 1 |
| Weighted Indicator Status (dominant spp.) |
| Herbaceous: | 1.98 |
| Shrub: | 3.92 |
| Tree: | 2.28 |
| Indicator Status (all spp.) |
| Herbaceous: | 2.79 |
| Shrub: | 3.67 |
| Tree: | 2.11 |
| Species Richness: |
| Total: | 35 |
| Herbaceous: | 26 |
| Shrubs: | 2 |
| Trees: | 7 |