Detailed local descriptions for 16 vegetation associations were written based on plot data, photographs of each plot, thematic accuracy assessment data, and the ecologists’ field observations at Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site. These vegetation associations were then crosswalked to Terrestrial and Palustrine Plant Communities of Pennsylvania (Fike 1999) and the National Vegetation Classification System.
Detailed local descriptions for 16 vegetation associations were written based on plot data, photographs of each plot, thematic accuracy assessment data, and the ecologists’ field observations at Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site. These vegetation associations were then crosswalked to Terrestrial and Palustrine Plant Communities of Pennsylvania (Fike 1999) and the National Vegetation Classification System.
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