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 |
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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 |