Nine Mile Run - Slope |
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Site
Identification
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| 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 |
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Vegetation
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| Mean Site Cover |
| Herbaceous: | 95.6% (range 60-100%) |
| Woody: | 26.1 (0-85) |
| Dominant Species |
| Vegetation Type |
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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 |