General Information
Reference Number: | 11 |
State: | Pennsylvania |
County: | Centre |
Municipality: | Patton |
USGS Quad: | Julian |
Watershed: | Other |
Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Lake |
Disturbance Class: | Severe |
Dominant Vegetation Class: | PFO/*OW |
Wetland Area: | 0.4 ha (1.0 ac) |
Year(s) Sampled: | 1993, 1994 |
Vegetation
Herbaceous | |
Percent Cover: | 44.7% (range 1-100%) |
Dominant Species | |
Common Name | Scientific Name |
Broadleaf cattail | Typha latifolia |
Lesser duckweed | Lemna minor |
Burreed | Sparganium sp. |
Rice cutgrass | Leersia oryzoides |
Lady’s thumb | Polygonum persicaria |
Woody | |
Percent cover: | 26.5% (range 0-90%) |
Dominant Species | |
Common buttonbush | Cephalanthus occidentalis |
Willow | Salix sp. |
Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species) | |
Herbaceous: | 1.62 |
Woody: | 1.34 |
Weighted Indicator Status (all species) | |
Herbaceous: | 2.50 |
Woody: | 1.00 |
Species Richness | |
Total: | 36 |
Herbaceous: | 34 (over 2 years) |
Woody: | 2 |
Soils
Matrix Chroma (mean): | 2.8 |
Organic Matter (mean %): | 11.01 |
Bulk Density (g/cm2): | 1.00 |
Soil Series: | Hublersberg silt loam |
Texture (mean %) | |
Sand: | 22.7 |
Silt: | 38.7 |
Clay: | 38.6 |
Sedimentation Rate | |
Mineral loading (g/cm2): | NA |
Equivalent depth (cm): | NA |
Organic loading (g/cm2): | NA |
Hydrology
Water Level | |
Median (cm): | -17.68 |
Range (cm): | -45.0 – 15.2 |
Water Quality | |
pH (mean): | 6.1 |
Conductivity (mean): | 334.5 |