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Beccaria Township, Coalport Borough, Glen Hope Borough,& Irvona BoroughPNDI RankLegal StatusGlobal State Federal State Last Seen QualityNATURAL HERITAGE AREAS:SGL #120 LCANotable SignificanceOTHER CONSERVATION AREAS:none identifiedGEOLOGIC FEATURES:none identified39
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CLEARFIELD COUNTYNATURAL HERITAGE I
Page 4 and 5: Over the history of these studies,
Page 6 and 7: TABLE OF CONTENTSPreface………
Page 8 and 9: EXECUTIVE SUMMARYIntroductionA heal
Page 10 and 11: Ground SurveyAreas identified as po
Page 12 and 13: Table 1. Natural Heritage Areas cat
Page 14 and 15: outcrops occur in conjunction with
Page 16 and 17: INTRODUCTIONA healthy natural lands
Page 18 and 19: Natural Resilience, Human Activitie
Page 20 and 21: Natural Heritage Inventory MappingG
Page 23: Natural History Overview of Clearfi
Page 26 and 27: SoilsSoil character exerts a strong
Page 28 and 29: preventing the establishment of see
Page 30 and 31: METHODSThe methods used in the Clea
Page 32 and 33: fragmenting feature data to generat
Page 34: *Defined as: 2,000 waterfowl (at on
Page 38 and 39: RESULTSContiguous Forest Blocks in
Page 40 and 41: Table 5. ContinuedSize% Roadless Ac
Page 44 and 45: Landscape Conservation AreasThe Lan
Page 46 and 47: SGL #120 LCAThis LCA is a contiguou
Page 48 and 49: Moravian Run - Alder Run LCAThis LC
Page 50 and 51: Threats and StressesIn some portion
Page 52 and 53: Gifford Run Valley, west slope37
Page 56 and 57: BECCARIA TOWNSHIPMost of the land i
Page 59 and 60: BELL TOWNSHIPBell Township falls ac
Page 61 and 62: Less saturated areas have vegetatio
Page 63 and 64: Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia)W
Page 66 and 67: BIGLER TOWNSHIPBigler Township is 8
Page 69 and 70: BLOOM TOWNSHIPThe northeastern port
Page 72: Boggs Township & Wallaceton Borough
Page 75: Bradford TownshipPNDI Rank Legal St
Page 78: Brady Township & Troutville Borough
Page 81: Burnside Township, Burnside Borough
Page 84 and 85: floodplain forests, the canopy is r
Page 86: Chest Township, Westover BoroughPND
Page 89 and 90: Core Habitat Area—The core habita
Page 91: Cooper TownshipPNDI Rank Legal Stat
Page 94: Covington TownshipPNDI Rank Legal S
Page 97 and 98: Quehanna Right-of-Way BDADescriptio
Page 99 and 100: (Gaultheria hispidula), and two spe
Page 101: Decatur Township, Osceola Borough,&
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Ferguson TownshipPNDI Rank Legal St
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Girard TownshipPNDI Rank Legal Stat
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Threats and StressesIf amphibians a
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atlantica), northern long sedge (Ca
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Goshen TownshipPNDI Rank Legal Stat
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cinnamomea), woolgrass (Scirpus cyp
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Graham TownshipPNDI Rank Legal Stat
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Greenwood TownshipPNDI Rank Legal S
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lutetiana), cutgrass (Leersia virgi
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GULICH TOWNSHIPThe township is most
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Threats and StressesCore Habitat Ar
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HUSTON TOWNSHIPThe landscape of Hus
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(Solidago rugosa). Other species in
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cordifolia), poison ivy (Toxicodend
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incana), Morrow’s honeysuckle (Lo
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JORDAN TOWNSHIPJordan Township fall
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KARTHAUS TOWNSHIPThe northern half
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KNOX TOWNSHIPKnox Township is in th
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LAWRENCE TOWNSHIPLawrence Township
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palustris), wood nettle (Laportea c
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forest cover removal operations in
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MORRIS TOWNSHIPMost of Morris Towns
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PENN TOWNSHIPPenn Township falls al
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PIKE TOWNSHIPPike Township contains
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PINE TOWNSHIPPine Township is in th
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In low-lying areas near the wetland
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(Trientalis borealis). Further sout
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Supporting Natural Landscape—Use
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SANDY TOWNSHIPSandy Township falls
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The hemlock palustrine forest has a
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UNION TOWNSHIPThe eastern continent
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WOODWARD TOWNSHIPWoodward Township
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Many of the already-protected NHAs
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• The following site is a nationa
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from primary producers (green plant
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Findlay, C.S., and J. Bourdages. 20
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Smith, T.L. 1991. Classification of
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APPENDIX ISIGNIFICANCE RANKSThe Nat
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APPENDIX IIICLEARFIELD COUNTY NATUR
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APPENDIX IVCLASSIFICATION OF NATURA
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GLOBAL STATECOMMUNITY NAME RANK RAN
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SMITH 1991 TYPESGLOBAL STATECOMMUNI
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APPENDIX VFEDERAL AND STATE ENDANGE
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Animals - The following state statu
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APPENDIX V cGLOBAL AND STATE RANKIN
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APPENDIX VIPhoto: Lisa SmithPLANTS
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APPENDIX VIISUSTAINABLE FORESTRY IN
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