Rating Natural Areas – This is an article which gives an overview of the Ohio studies involving Coefficient of Conservatism numbers and FQAI’s (Floristic Quality Assessment Index) by Barbara Andreas and Robert Lichvar.

Ohio Study – Floristic Index for Establishing Assessment Standards: a case study for Northern Ohio by Andreas and Lichvar.

Illinois Study – Floristic Quality Assessment for Vegetation in Illinois; a method for assessing vegetation integrity by Taft, Wilhelm, Ladd, and Masters.

FQAI Data Presentation – A presentation made by Sarah Miller, an employee of the Cooperative Wetlands Center at PSU, using the Upper Penns Creek data, explaining FQAI and how it is calculated, and charting the results of some comparisons of FQAI data and water quality data.

FQAI/Water Quality Charts – Charts done by Jennifer Rubbo, a graduate student in the Cooperative Wetlands Center at PSU, showing correlations between FQAIs at the Upper Penns Valley sites and the water quality information which was gathered from these sites by Dennis Genito and Tom Shervinskie.

Water Quality Information – Data collected by Dennis Genito and Tom Shervinskie for the Penns Valley Conservation Association sponsored Penns Creek Watershed Assessment.

Upper Penns Creek Plant List – A complete list of all of the plants found in the Upper Penns Creek watershed with their scientific and common names and their Coefficient of Conservatism as assigned by the committee consisting of George Beatty, Harry Henderson, Dr. Carl Keener and Robert Gruver.

GGG Survey Plant List – A list of all plants found in the survey areas of this grant compiled by Joe Isaac including photos of each plant.

Stream Health – A report on a talk given about native plants and water quality by Bern Sweeney, President of Stroud Water Center, at the Millersville Native Plants in the Landscape Conference in June 2003.

Protocol – An explanation of how data was collected at the Upper Penns Creek study sites, including blank forms that you can print if you would like to perform this protocol yourself.

Lists of Native and invasive species – The PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources' lists of native and invasive plant species.

Bibliography – List of books and papers used in this Growing Greener Grant project.