General Information
| Reference Number: | 10 |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| County: | Huntingdon |
| Municipality: | Jackson |
| USGS Quad: | McAlevy’s |
| Watershed: | Shaver’s Creek/Juniata |
| Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Riparian Depression |
| Disturbance Class: | Pristine |
| Dominant Vegetation Class: | PFO |
| Wetland Area: | 0.3 ha (0.7 ac) |
| Year(s) Sampled: | 1993, 1994 |
Vegetation
| Herbaceous | |
| Percent Cover: | 25.8% (range 0-60%) |
| Dominant Species | |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| New York fern | Thelypteris noveboracensis |
| Swamp Jack-in-the-pulpit | Arisaema triphyllum |
| Violet | Viola sp. |
| Canada mayflower | Maianthemum canadense |
| Toothed woodfern | Dryopteris carthusiana |
| Woody | |
| Percent cover: | 95.0% (range 85-100%) |
| Dominant Species | |
| Rhododendron | Rhododendron maximum |
| Eastern hemlock | Tsuga canadensis |
| Green Ash | Fraxinus pennsylvanica |
| Red maple | Acer rubrum |
| Yellow birch | Betula alleghaniensis |
| Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species) | |
| Herbaceous: | 2.81 |
| Woody: | 3.00 |
| Weighted Indicator Status (all species) | |
| Herbaceous: | 2.67 |
| Woody: | 3.11 |
| Species Richness | |
| Total: | 53 |
| Herbaceous: | 41 (over 2 years) |
| Woody: | 12 |
Soils
| Matrix Chroma (mean): | 1.2 |
| Organic Matter (mean %): | 22.10 |
| Bulk Density (g/cm2): | 0.70 |
| Soil Series: | Atkins silt loam |
| Texture (mean %) | |
| Sand: | 30.8 |
| Silt: | 39.4 |
| Clay: | 29.8 |
| Sedimentation Rate | |
| Mineral loading (g/cm2): | NA |
| Equivalent depth (cm): | NA |
| Organic loading (g/cm2): | NA |
Hydrology
| Water Level | |
| Median (cm): | -17.0 |
| Range (cm): | -78.0 – 5.1 |
| Water Quality | |
| pH (mean): | 5.5 |
| Conductivity (mean): | 57.8 |