The Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program is currently updating the classification of plant communities in Pennsylvania. Updated descriptions of Wetland (Palustrine) Communites can be found here.

Terrestrial & Palustrine Plant Communities of Pennsylvania
by Jean Fike

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• Front Cover (Adobe PDF 256 KB)
• Title Page (Adobe PDF 90 KB)
• Acknowledgements (Adobe PDF 50 KB)
• Contents (Adobe PDF 91 KB)
• Introduction (Adobe PDF 93 KB)
• Key to Sections (Adobe PDF 52 KB)
• Chapter 1 - Terrestrial Forests (Adobe PDF 325 KB)
• Chapter 2 - Palustrine Forests (Adobe PDF 268 KB)
• Chapter 3 - Terrestrial Woodlands (Adobe PDF 246 KB)
• Chapter 4 - Palustrine Woodlands (Adobe PDF 189 KB)
• Chapter 5 - Terrestrial Shrublands(Adobe PDF 230 KB)
• Chapter 6 - Paulstrine Shrublands (Adobe PDF 240 KB)
• Chapter 7 - Terrestrial Herbaceous Openings (Adobe PDF 207 KB)
• Chapter 8 - Herbaceous Wetlands (Adobe PDF 262 KB)
• Chapter 9 - Community Complexes (Adobe PDF 656 KB)
• References (Adobe PDF 112 KB)
• Glossary (Adobe PDF 99 KB)
• Map: Ecological Regions of Pennsylvania (Adobe PDF 70 KB)

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