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Click here for the complete mussel species spreadsheet

* denotes native species which may colonize the lake based on habitat preference and established fish hosts

! denote invasive species which may colonize the lake

 Mussels Observed Scientific Name Pool 5 Pool 5 Main Lakec
RM 30.5-31.8a RM 32.5- 33.4b
Mucket Actinonaias ligamentina  X X *
Threeridge Amblema plicata    X  
Asiatic clam (I)   Corbicula fluminea  X X X
Zebra mussel (I) Dreissena polymorpha  X X !
Spike Elliptio dilatata  X X *
Wabash pigtoe Fusconaia flava  X X X
Long-solid Fusconaia subrotunda  X    
Fatmucket Lampsilis siliquoidea  X X X
Fluted-shell Lasmigona costata  X X *
Fragile papershell Leptodea fragilis  X X  
Black sandshell Ligumia recta  X X  
Round pigtoe Pleurobema sintoxia  X    
Pink heelsplitter Potamilus alatus  X X *
Pink papershell Potamilus ohiensis    X  
Giant floater Pyganodon grandis      X
Salamander mussel Simpsonaias ambigua  X X  
Mapleleaf Quadrula quadrula  X X  
Paper pondshell Utterbackia imbecillis  X X *
Total species: 18 15 15 4

a From SCUBA transect surveys: Final DRAFT Freshwater Mussel Survey
May 19 to June 7, 2008 RIVER MILE 30.5 TO 31.8 POOL 5, ALLEGHENY RIVER
ARMSTRONG COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. August 2008. Prepared for: Hanson Aggregates PMA, Inc. Prepared by: Aquatic Systems, Inc. 4621 Baptist Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15227.

b From SCUBA transect surveys: Freshwater Mussel Survey August 8-12, 2008 and September 3-11, 2008 RIVER MILE 32.5 TO 33.45 POOL 5, ALLEGHENY RIVER ARMSTRONG COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. March 2009. Prepared for: Glacial Sand and Gravel Company, Prepared by: Aquatic Systems, Inc. 4621 Baptist Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15227.

c From SCUBA and shoreline surveys on the lake conducted by Doug Locy, Brady Porter and Michael Komarnicki from 2007 to 2009.