ML080280419

Information for the Conservation of Biodiversity

ML080280419
Person / Time
Site:	Susquehanna
Issue date:	01/23/2008
From:	State of PA, Natural Heritage Program
To:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
TAC MD3021, TAC MD3022
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Natural Community Types Page I of 5 Home ER Feedback What's New More on PNHP

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• Plants

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" Invertebrates

• Geologic Natural Community Types Features

" Natural Species Community By Types County !

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" Rank and Status Definitions Showv all Species I Records Can Be Sorted By Clicking Column Name

• . Species Fact Sheets Export list to Text StateSaeProposed Federal Global State State

• County Natural Scientific Name Common Name Rank Rank Status State Status Status Heritage Acidic Broadleaf Inventories Acidic broadleaf swamp G5 S3 Swamp (PDF) Acidic glacial lake Acidic Glacial Lake GNR S2S3 Acidic glacial peatland GNR SNR complex

" Plant Community Acidic shrub swamp Acidic Shrub Swamp G5 S3 Information Alder - ninebark wetland GNR S3 (PDF) Alder - sphagnum GNR S4 wetland Alnus rugosa swamp Speckled Alder Swamp GNR SNR

• PNDI Project Basin Graminoid-forb Basin graminoid-forb fen GNR S1 Fen Planning Big bluestem - indian Environmental GNR S3 grass river grassland Review Birch (black-gum) rocky GNR S2 slope woodland NOTE:Clicking this Black cherry - northern GNR S4 link opens a new hardwood forest Black spruce - tamarack browser window GNR S2 palustrine woodland Black spruce - tamarack GNR S3 peatland forest Boreal conifer swamp Boreal Conifer Swamp GNR S3 Bottomland oak -

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

~2 Swamp Buckthorn - sedge (carex http://www.naturalheritage.state.pa.us/community.aspx 1/23/2008

Natural Community Types Page 2 of 5 interior) - golden ragwort GNR S1 fen Buttonbush wetland GNR S4 Calcareous Glacial Calcareous glacial lake GNR S1 Lake Calcareous opening/cliff GNR S2 Calcareous riverside Calcareous Riverside GNR S1 outcrop community Outcrop Community Calcareous seepage Calcareous Seepage GNR S1 swamp Swamp Cattail marsh GNR S5 Central appalachian shale Central Appalachian GNR SI barren Shale Barren Circumneutral broadleaf Circurmneutral GNR S2S3 swamp Broadleaf Swamp Circumneutral shrub Circumneutral Shrub IGNR S3 swamp Swamp Coastal plain forest Coastal Plain Forest GNR $1 Cyperaceae-poaceae GNR SNR Sedge-grass Colony colony.

Dry oak - heath woodland GNR S3 Dry oak-mixed hardwood GNR S3 forest Dulichium Three-way arun dinaceum/sphagnum Sedge/sphagnum GNR SNR sp. colony Moss Eastern serpentine Eastern Serpentine G2 S2 barrens Barrens Ephemeral/fluctuating Ephemeral/fluctuating S1 GNR limestone sinkhole Limestone Sinkhole Ephemeral/fluctuating Ephemeral/fluctuating GNR S3 natural pool Natural Pool Floodplain forest Floodplain Forest GNR S2 Floodplain swamp Floodplain Swamp GNR $1 Freshwater intertidal Freshwater Intertidal G3G4 S1 marsh Marsh Freshwater intertidal Freshwater Intertidal G3G4 Si mudflat Mudflat Golden saxifrage -

pennsylvania bitter-cress GNR S3S4 spring run Golden saxifrage - sedge S2 GNR rich seep Graminoid marsh Graminoid Marsh GNR S3 Great lakes region GNR S1 lakeplain palustrine forest Great lakes region scarp GNR $1 seep Heath barrens Heath Barrens GNR $1? N Hemlock (white pine) -

red oak - mixed GNR S4 hardwood forest Hemlock (white pine) -

GNR S5 northern hardwood forest Hemlock (white pine)

GNR S4 forest Hemlock - mixed hardwood palustrine GNR S3S4 forest Hemlock - tuliptree -

GNR S4 birch forest Hemlock palustrine forest GNR S3 Herbaceous vernal pond GNR S3S4 High-gradient clearwater High-gradient http://www.naturalheritage.state.pa.us/community.aspx 1/23/2008

Natural Community Types Page 3 of 5 creek Clearwater Creek GNR S3 Highbush blueberry - GNR S5 sphagnum wetland Leatherleaf - bog GNR S2S3 rosemary peatland Leatherleaf - sedge GNR S3 wetland Leatherleaf -cranberry GNR S2S3 peatland Low heath shrubland GNR S1 Many fruited sedge - GNR S2 bladderwort peatland Mesic central forest Mesic Central Forest GNR S2 Mesic Scrub Oak-Mesic scrub oak-heath- GNR S1 pitch pine barrens heath-pitch Pine N Barrens Mixed forb marsh GNR S3 Mixed Graminoid-Mixed grarninoid-robust GNR S2S3 robust Emergent emergent marsh Marsh Mixed mesophytic forest GNR S1S2 Natural pond Natural Pond GNR S2S3 Nonglacial bog Nonglacial Bog GNR S3 Northern appalachian Northern Appalachian G5 S5 acidic cliff community Acidic Cliff Community 15 Northern appalachian Northern Appalachian acidic rocky summit Acidic Rocky Summit GNR S2 community Community Northern Appalachian Northern appalachian GNR S3?

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

community Community Northern appalachian Northern Appalachian GNR S2 N shale barren Shale Barren Northern appalachian Northern Appalachian GNR S2 shale cliff community Shale Cliff Community Northern appalachian Northern Appalachian S1 GNR spruce rocky summit Spruce Rocky Summit Northern Conifer S3S4 Northern conifer forest G5 Forest Northern Conifer Northern conifer swamp GNR S3S4 Swamp Forest Northern hardwood forest 11Forest Hardwood GNR S3S4 Northern hardwood forest GNR S4 Northern hardwood- Northern Hardwood-GNR S3 conifer forest conifer Forest Oligotrophic glacial GNR S3 Glacial Bog kettlehole bog Open sedge (carex stricta, c. prairea, c. GNR S1 lacustris) fen Pinus strobus forest White Pine Forest GNR SN R Pitch pine - mixed GNR S2S3 hardwood woodland http://www.naturalheritage.state.pa.us/community.aspx 1/23/2008

Natural Community Types Page 4 of 5 Pitch pine - mixed oak GNR S4 forest Pitch pine - scrub oak GNR S2S3 woodland Poison sumac - red-cedar GNR $1

- bayberry fen Poor fen Poor Fen GNR 51 Prairie sedge - spotted GNR S1S2 joe-pye-weed marsh Red maple - black ash GNR S2S3 palustrine forest Red maple - black-gum GNR $3S4 palustrine forest Red maple - elm - willow GNR S2 floodplain swamp Red maple - magnolia coastal plain palustrine GNR S1 forest Red maple - mixed shrub GNR S5 palustrine woodland Red oak - mixed GNR S5 hardwood forest Red spruce palustrine GNR S3 forest Red spruce palustrine GNR S2S3 woodland Red-cedar - mixed hardwood rich shale GNR $152 woodland Red-cedar - redbud GNR S2 shrubland Rich hemlock - mesic GNR S2S3 hardwoods forest Quercus Ilicifolia-Ridgetop dwarf-tree kalmia Latifolia-p. G4 S3 forest Rigida River gravel community River Gravel GNR 54S5 Community Riverside ice scour community GNR S1S2 Riverside outcrop Riverside Outcrop GNR S152 community Community Robust emergent marsh Robust Emergent GNR S2 Marsh Scrub oak shrubland GNR S3 Shrub fen Shrub Fen G2G3 S1 Side-oats gramma GNR S1 calcareous grassland Silver maple floodplain GNR S3 forest Skunk cabbage - golden GNR S4S5 saxifrage forest seep Solution cave aquatic Solution Cave Aquatic GNR S3 community Community Sphagnum - beaked rush GNR S3 peatland Spring Run Spring ,run community GNR S1S2 Community Sugar maple - basswood GNR S4 Sweet gum - oak coastal plain forest GNR S1 Sycamore - (river birch) -

GNR S3 box-elder floodplain forest Talus cave community Talus Cave Community GNR S2S4 http://www.naturalheritage.state.pa.us/community.aspx 1/23/2008

Natural Community Types Page 5 of 5 Talus slope forest Talus Slope Forest GNR S2?

Tectonic Cave Tectonic cave community GNR $3S4 Community Tuliptree- beech -maple GNR S4 forest -

Tussock sedge marsh GNR S4 Common Typha latifolia/sphagnum Cattail/sphagnum GNR SNR sp Moss Virginia pine - mixed GNR S5 hardwood forest Virginia pine - mixed GNR S2 hardwood shale woodland Water-willow (decodon verticillatus) shrub GNR S3 wetland Waterfall and S3S4 Waterfall and plungepool GNR Plungepool Weakly minerotrophic Weakly Minerotrophic GNR S2 N lakeside bog Lakeside Bog Wild rice - water-hemp GNR S2S3 tidal marsh Xeric central conifer Xeric Central Conifer GNR S3S4 forest Forest Xeric central hardwood Xeric Central GNR S5 forest Hardwood Forest Xeric Central Xeric central hardwood-Hardwood-conifer GNR 53 conifer forest Forest Yellow oak - redbud GNR S2 woodland http://www.naturalheritage.state.pa.us/community.aspx 1/23/2008