Wiegman

But the lesson appears to be that people such as Wiegman will use any weapon, because, after all, they are on the side of Good–and the A-bomb of weapons is an accusation of racism.

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Both are found in alkaline wet meadows (Wiegman, 1985, pp. 59, 71).

Ecoregions of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia (EPA) 2008

Appalachian Oak Forest Rickets Glen State Park in northwestern Luzerne County contains approximately 2,000 acres of virgin northern hardwood forest, as well as numerous hemlock swamps (Erdman and Wiegman, 1974, p. 43).

Ecoregions of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia (EPA) 2008

Isolated remnants of the original vegetation can still be found and Markelysburg Bog, near Farmington, Pennsylvania, is the type locality of the Allegheny glade gentian (Gentian saponaris var. Allegheniensis) (Erdman and Wiegman, 1974, pp. 25, 32).

Ecoregions of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia (EPA) 2008

The natural vegetation was mostly Northern Hardwoods (dominants: sugar maple, yellow birch, beech, and hemlock), exemplified by the Woodbourne Forest and Wildlife Sanctuary near Montrose, Susquehanna County (Erdman and Wiegman, 1974, p. 49).

Ecoregions of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia (EPA) 2008

Grazing, quarrying, and suburban development continue to threaten the remaining barrens (Wiegman, 1985, p. 57) and The Nature Conservancy has given them second-highest priority on their state biodiversity conservation agenda (Roger Latham, Department of Geology, University of Pennsylvania, written communication, 1995).

Ecoregions of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia (EPA) 2008

Numerous kettlehole bogs occur, including those at Pine Lake Natural Area and Bruce Lake; they are composed of floating peat mats that grade into mixed hardwood swamps (Erdman and Wiegman, 1974, pp. 62-65; Van Diver, 1990, p. 97).

Ecoregions of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia (EPA) 2008

Scattered shale barrens occur on steep west and south facing slopes; it is one of rarest types of habitat in Pennsylvania and occurs in Huntingdon, Fulton, and Bedford counties (Cuff and others, 1989, p. 56; Erdman and Wiegman, 1974, pp. 71-74).

Ecoregions of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia (EPA) 2008

State Game Lands 214 near Hartstown contains marshes, shrub swamps, and swamp forests and is the last remnant of the Pymatuning Swamp, once about 16 square miles (42 km2) in area (Erdman and Wiegman, 1974, p. 13).

Ecoregions of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia (EPA) 2008

Muddy Creek Research Natural Area in Crawford County contains virgin Northern Hardwoods and fine marshes (Erdman and Wiegman, 1974, p. 12).

Ecoregions of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia (EPA) 2008