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PIKE COUNTY NATURAL HERITAGE INVENTORY July 2011 Prepared for: Pike County Planning Commission 837 Route 6, Unit 4 Shohola, PA 18458 Prepared by: Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program Western Pennsylvania Conservancy 800 Waterfront Drive Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222 The Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program (PNHP) is a partnership between the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC), the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC), and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC). PNHP is a member of NatureServe, which coordinates natural heritage efforts through an international network of member programs—known as natural heritage programs or conservation data centers— operating in all 50 U.S. states, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean. This project was funded through grants supplied by the DCNR Wild Resource Conservation Program, the Pike County Scenic Rural Character Preservation Program, and the Pike County Conservation District Copies of this report are available in electronic format through the Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program website, www.naturalheritage.state.pa.us, and through the Pike County Planning Commission.
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Page 5 and 6: Environmental consultants are incre
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Page 9 and 10: Porter Township....................
Page 11 and 12: Executive Summary Table 1. Natural
Page 13 and 14: Site Name Municipality(ies) Descrip
Page 19 and 20: INTRODUCTION Our natural environmen
Page 21 and 22: COUNTY OVERVIEW Pike County is loca
Page 23 and 24: Physiography and Geology Most of Pi
Page 25 and 26: Vegetation The interaction of geolo
Page 27 and 28: Classification of Natural Plant Com
Page 29 and 30: a) Figure 4. Examples of well-buffe
Page 31 and 32: Disturbance Disturbances, whether n
Page 33 and 34: Invasive Species in Pike County Nat
Page 35 and 36: Invasive Animal Species In addition
Page 37 and 38: Snakehead (Channa spp.) Feral swine
Page 39 and 40: A REVIEW OF THE ANIMALS OF PIKE COU
Page 41 and 42: Another inhabitant of these well dr
Page 43 and 44: Birds of Pike County Pennsylvania p
Page 45 and 46: Reptiles and Amphibians of Pike Cou
Page 47 and 48: susceptible to localized extinction
Page 49 and 50: Fishes of Pike County Fish live in
Page 51 and 52: Salmo trutta) or other non-natives
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Insects of Pike County Pennsylvania
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Tiger Beetles Beetles make up the o
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Methods Sixty-four county inventori
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Results Natural Heritage Areas & Co
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ions to the soil, altering pH and s
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Figure 7. Forest blocks classified
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Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalu
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Important Mammal Areas (IMAs) of Pi
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Natural Heritage Areas Detailed map
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Egypt Meadow Lake Notable Significa
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Promised Land Lake High Significanc
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Sheridan Brook ! Paupack Mill Br oo
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through a heavily modified industri
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Gates Run Wetland - This small wetl
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flowered sedge (Carex pauciflora),
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sediment and nutrients into Maple S
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used for recreation, including fish
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White Birch Swamp - This small wetl
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Dry Brook Shale Barren Notable Sign
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Delaware Township Delaware Township
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undulata). These three mussel speci
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Management Recommendations - Mainta
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Management Recommendations - This s
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Long Swamp Notable Significance Bog
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! Hemlock Farms Ben Bush Swamp Ta y
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The southern bog opening has been m
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Log Tavern Pond - This glacial lake
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protect the water quality. Encourag
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of concern, as well as an additiona
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Slaty skimmer (Libellula incesta) -
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Greene Township Greene Township cov
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disturbance is still visible. This
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Promised Land Lake - This man-made
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Lackawaxen River at Rowland Notable
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East Honesdale ! Wangaum ! Uswick !
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Riverweed (Podostemum ceratophyllum
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(Nymphaea odorata), yellow pond lil
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Management Recommendations - Mainta
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Wolf Lake - Similar to other lakes
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Second Pond Notable Significance Fl
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Lehman Township Lehman Township cov
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Threats and Stresses - Most of the
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areas are found along the edge of t
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Milford Township & Milford Borough
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Sawkill Mud Pond Twin Lakes ! Sagam
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shoreline. Two additional species o
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Threats and Stresses - Access to th
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Promised Land Lake High Significanc
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Palmyra Township Palmyra Township o
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Threats and Stresses - Most of the
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Porter Township NATURAL HERITAGE AR
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Snow Hill Falls ! Easton Anglers !
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Dwarf mistletoe (Arceuthobium pusil
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into the lake. The many docks along
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Threats and Stresses - Sap Swamp is
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Riverweed (Podostemum ceratophyllum
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Shohola Township Shohola Township m
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sedge (Carex sprengelii) is another
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Threats and Stresses - Further alte
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Westfall Township & Matamoras Borou
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Dimmick Meadow Brook Wetlands Stair
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concern found growing along the sho
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Stairway Lake Wetland - This small
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Pike County is one of the top count
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1. Consider conservation initiative
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guiding development away from the m
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Instar: a stage in the life of an i
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Geyer, A.R. and W.H. Bolles. 1987.
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Peterjohn, B.G. and J.R. Saur. 1999
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GIS DATA SOURCES Note: Many diverse
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Pennsylvania Status (continued) Ani
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Global and State Ranking (continued
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APPENDIX III: ‘EasyEO’ form and
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APPENDIX IV: Species of Concern in
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Carex sprengelii Sedge G5? S3 N Cla
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palustrine forest Red spruce palust
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Working Woodlands is a program thro
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APPENDIX VII: PNHP Aquatic Communit
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Table XX. Watershed Name Blooming G
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Atlantic Coolwater Community 1 Typi
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Warmwater Community Typified by: Su
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Typified by: Eastern Elliptio (Elli
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High Quality Small Stream Community
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High Quality Mid-Sized Stream Commu
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APPENDIX VIII: Species of Concern F
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Northern Myotis (Myotis septentrion
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Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalu
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Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horrid
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Triangle Floater (Alasmidonta undul
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Halloween Pennant (Celithemis eponi
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Slaty Skimmer (Libellula incesta) I
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Bog-rosemary Andromeda polifolia D
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Collins’ Sedge Carex collinsii D
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Slender Sedge Carex lasiocarpa Des
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Few-flowered Sedge Carex pauciflora
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Sprengel’s Sedge (Carex sprengeli
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Slender Wheatgrass Elymus trachycau
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Checkered Rattlesnake-plantain Good
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Bayonet Rush Juncus militaris Desc
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Downy Lettuce Lactuca hirsuta Desc
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Swamp Dog-hobble Leucothoe racemosa
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Lupine Lupinus perennis Descriptio
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Sweet-gale Myrica gale Description
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Slender Water-milfoil Myriophyllum
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Floating-heart Nymphoides cordata
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Golden Club Orontium aquaticum Des
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White Fringed Orchid Platanthera bl
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Riverine Sand Cherry Prunus pumila
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Pod-grass Scheuchzeria palustris D
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Roseroot Stonecrop Sedum rosea Des
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Mountain Starwort Stellaria boreali
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Narrow False Oats Trisetum spicatum
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Flat-leaved Bladderwort Utricularia
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