ML070720679

Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program, Natural Community Types, Updated January 2007

ML070720679
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Site:	Susquehanna
Issue date:	03/07/2007
From:	State of PA, Natural Heritage Program
To:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
ALICIA MULLINS 301-415-1224
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Natural Community Types Home Feedback What's New More on PNHP All Species Types Plants Vertebrates Invertebrates Natural Community Natural Community Types Types Updated January 2007 Rank and Status Species Definitions By Geologic Features County Watershed County Natural Area Inventories (PDF) Show all Species Records Can Be Sorted By Clicking Column Name Export list to Text Proposed Global State State Federal Scientific Name Common Name State Rank Rank Status Status Status Acidic broadleaf Acidic Broadleaf G5 S3 swamp Swamp Acidic glacial Acidic Glacial GNR S2S3 lake Lake Acidic glacial peatland GNR SNR complex Acidic shrub Acidic Shrub G5 S3 swamp Swamp Alder - ninebark GNR S3 wetland Alder -

sphagnum GNR S4 wetland Alnus rugosa Speckled Alder GNR SNR swamp Swamp Basin Basin graminoid-Graminoid-forb GNR S1 forb fen Fen http://www.naturalheritage.state.pa.us/community.aspx (1 of 8)3/7/2007 11:34:07 AM

Natural Community Types Big bluestem -

indian grass river GNR S3 grassland Birch (black-gum) rocky slope GNR S2 woodland Black cherry -

northern GNR S4 hardwood forest Black spruce -

tamarack GNR S2 palustrine woodland Black spruce -

tamarack GNR S3 peatland forest Boreal conifer Boreal Conifer GNR S3 swamp Swamp Bottomland oak -

hardwood GNR S2 palustrine forest Broadleaf-conifer Broadleaf-GNR S3S4 swamp conifer Swamp Buckthorn -

sedge (carex GNR S1 interior) - golden ragwort fen Buttonbush GNR S4 wetland Calcareous Calcareous GNR S1 glacial lake Glacial Lake Calcareous GNR S2 opening/cliff Calcareous Calcareous Riverside riverside outcrop GNR S1 Outcrop community Community Calcareous Calcareous Seepage GNR S1 seepage swamp Swamp Cattail marsh GNR S5 Central Central appalachian Appalachian GNR S1 shale barren Shale Barren Circumneutral Circumneutral Broadleaf GNR S2S3 broadleaf swamp Swamp Circumneutral Circumneutral GNR S3 shrub swamp Shrub Swamp Coastal plain Coastal Plain GNR S1 forest Forest Cyperaceae- Sedge-grass GNR SNR poaceae colony Colony http://www.naturalheritage.state.pa.us/community.aspx (2 of 8)3/7/2007 11:34:07 AM

Natural Community Types Dry oak - heath GNR S3 woodland Dry oak-mixed GNR S3 hardwood forest Dulichium Three-way arundinaceum/

Sedge/ GNR SNR sphagnum sp.

sphagnum Moss colony Eastern Eastern serpentine Serpentine G2 S2 barrens Barrens Ephemeral/ Ephemeral/

fluctuating fluctuating GNR S1 limestone Limestone sinkhole Sinkhole Ephemeral/ Ephemeral/

fluctuating fluctuating GNR S3 natural pool Natural Pool Floodplain Floodplain forest GNR S2 Forest Floodplain Floodplain GNR S1 swamp Swamp Freshwater Freshwater G3G4 S1 intertidal marsh Intertidal Marsh Freshwater Freshwater Intertidal G3G4 S1 intertidal mudflat Mudflat Golden saxifrage

- pennsylvania GNR S3S4 bitter-cress spring run Golden saxifrage GNR S2

- sedge rich seep Graminoid Graminoid marsh GNR S3 Marsh Great lakes region lakeplain GNR S1 palustrine forest Great lakes region scarp GNR S1 seep Heath barrens Heath Barrens GNR S1? N Hemlock (white pine) - red oak -

GNR S4 mixed hardwood forest Hemlock (white pine) -northern GNR S5 hardwood forest Hemlock (white GNR S4 pine) forest Hemlock - mixed hardwood GNR S3S4 palustrine forest http://www.naturalheritage.state.pa.us/community.aspx (3 of 8)3/7/2007 11:34:07 AM

Natural Community Types Hemlock -

tuliptree - birch GNR S4 forest Hemlock GNR S3 palustrine forest Herbaceous GNR S3S4 vernal pond High-gradient High-gradient Clearwater GNR S3 clearwater creek Creek Highbush blueberry -

GNR S5 sphagnum wetland Leatherleaf - bog rosemary GNR S2S3 peatland Leatherleaf -

GNR S3 sedge wetland Leatherleaf -

cranberry GNR S2S3 peatland Low heath GNR S1 shrubland Many fruited sedge -

GNR S2 bladderwort peatland Mesic central Mesic Central GNR S2 forest Forest Mesic scrub oak- Mesic Scrub heath-pitch pine Oak-heath-pitch GNR S1 N barrens Pine Barrens Mixed forb marsh GNR S3 Mixed Mixed graminoid- Graminoid-robust emergent robust GNR S2S3 marsh Emergent Marsh Mixed mesophytic GNR S1S2 forest Natural pond Natural Pond GNR S2S3 Nonglacial bog Nonglacial Bog GNR S3 Northern Northern appalachian Appalachian G5 S5 acidic cliff Acidic Cliff community Community Northern Northern appalachian Appalachian acidic rocky Acidic Rocky GNR S2 summit Summit community Community http://www.naturalheritage.state.pa.us/community.aspx (4 of 8)3/7/2007 11:34:07 AM

Natural Community Types Northern Northern appalachian Appalachian GNR S3?

acidic seep Acidic Seep community Community Northern Northern appalachian Appalachian GNR S5 boulder field Boulder Field Northern Northern appalachian Appalachian GNR S2 calcareous cliff Calcareous Cliff community Community Northern Northern appalachian Appalachian calcareous rocky Calcareous G2? S1 summit Rocky Summit community Community Northern Northern Appalachian appalachian Circumneutral GNR S3?

circumneutral Seep seep community Community Northern Northern appalachian Appalachian GNR S2 N shale barren Shale Barren Northern Northern appalachian Appalachian GNR S2 shale cliff Shale Cliff community Community Northern Northern appalachian Appalachian GNR S1 spruce rocky Spruce Rocky summit Summit Northern conifer Northern G5 S3S4 forest Conifer Forest Northern conifer Northern GNR S3S4 swamp Conifer Swamp Northern Northern Hardwood GNR S3S4 hardwood forest Forest Northern GNR S4 hardwood forest Northern Northern hardwood-conifer Hardwood- GNR S3 forest conifer Forest Oligotrophic glacial kettlehole Glacial Bog GNR S3 bog Open sedge (carex stricta, c.

GNR S1 prairea, c.

lacustris) fen Pinus strobus White Pine GNR SNR forest Forest http://www.naturalheritage.state.pa.us/community.aspx (5 of 8)3/7/2007 11:34:07 AM

Natural Community Types Pitch pine -

mixed hardwood GNR S2S3 woodland Pitch pine -

GNR S4 mixed oak forest Pitch pine - scrub GNR S2S3 oak woodland Poison sumac -

red-cedar - GNR S1 bayberry fen Poor fen Poor Fen GNR S1 Prairie sedge -

spotted joe-pye- GNR S1S2 weed marsh Red maple -

black ash GNR S2S3 palustrine forest Red maple -

black-gum GNR S3S4 palustrine forest Red maple - elm

- willow GNR S2 floodplain swamp Red maple -

magnolia coastal GNR S1 plain palustrine forest Red maple -

mixed shrub GNR S5 palustrine woodland Red oak - mixed GNR S5 hardwood forest Red spruce GNR S3 palustrine forest Red spruce palustrine GNR S2S3 woodland Red-cedar -

mixed hardwood GNR S1S2 rich shale woodland Red-cedar -

redbud GNR S2 shrubland Rich hemlock -

mesic hardwoods GNR S2S3 forest Quercus Ridgetop dwarf- Ilicifolia-kalmia G4 S3 tree forest Latifolia-p.

Rigida River gravel River Gravel GNR S4S5 community Community http://www.naturalheritage.state.pa.us/community.aspx (6 of 8)3/7/2007 11:34:07 AM

Natural Community Types Riverside ice GNR S1S2 scour community Riverside Riverside outcrop Outcrop GNR S1S2 community Community Robust Robust emergent Emergent GNR S2 marsh Marsh Scrub oak GNR S3 shrubland Shrub fen Shrub Fen G2G3 S1 Side-oats gramma GNR S1 calcareous grassland Silver maple GNR S3 floodplain forest Skunk cabbage -

golden saxifrage GNR S4S5 forest seep Solution cave Solution Cave aquatic Aquatic GNR S3 community Community Sphagnum -

beaked rush GNR S3 peatland Spring run Spring Run GNR S1S2 community Community Sugar maple -

GNR S4 basswood Sweet gum - oak coastal plain GNR S1 forest Sycamore -

(river birch) -

GNR S3 box-elder floodplain forest Talus cave Talus Cave GNR S2S4 community Community Talus slope Talus Slope GNR S2?

forest Forest Tectonic cave Tectonic Cave GNR S3S4 community Community Tuliptree- beech -

GNR S4 maple forest Tussock sedge GNR S4 marsh Typha latifolia/ Common Cattail/

GNR SNR sphagnum sp sphagnum Moss Virginia pine -

mixed hardwood GNR S5 forest http://www.naturalheritage.state.pa.us/community.aspx (7 of 8)3/7/2007 11:34:07 AM

Natural Community Types Virginia pine -

mixed hardwood GNR S2 shale woodland Water-willow (decodon GNR S3 verticillatus) shrub wetland Waterfall and Waterfall and GNR S3S4 plungepool Plungepool Weakly Weakly minerotrophic Minerotrophic GNR S2 N lakeside bog Lakeside Bog Xeric central Xeric Central GNR S3S4 conifer forest Conifer Forest Xeric Central Xeric central Hardwood GNR S5 hardwood forest Forest Xeric central Xeric Central hardwood-conifer Hardwood- GNR S3 forest conifer Forest Yellow oak -

GNR S2 redbud woodland http://www.naturalheritage.state.pa.us/community.aspx (8 of 8)3/7/2007 11:34:07 AM