General Information
| Reference Number: |
16 |
| State: |
Pennsylvania |
| County: |
Pike |
| Municipality: |
Palmyra |
| USGS Quad: |
Promised Land |
| Watershed: |
Wallenpaupack |
| Hydrogeomorphic Class: |
Headwater Impoundment Beaver |
| Disturbance Class: |
Pristine |
| Dominant Vegetation Class: |
PEM |
| Wetland Area: |
1.8 ha (4.5 ac) |
| Year(s) Sampled: |
1993, 1994 |
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Vegetation
| Herbaceous |
| Percent Cover: |
52.1% (range 5-90%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Common Name |
Scientific Name |
| Tussock sedge |
Carex stricta |
| Blue joint reedgrass |
Calamagrostis canadensis |
| Eastern manna grass |
Glyceria septentrionalis |
| Swamp dewberry |
Rubus hispidus |
| Canada rush |
Juncus canadensis |
| Woody |
| Percent cover: |
7.5% (range 0-30%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Bloodleaf meadowsweet |
Spirea latifolia |
| Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species) |
| Herbaceous: |
1.17 |
| Woody: |
2.67 |
| Weighted Indicator Status (all species) |
| Herbaceous: |
1.34 |
| Woody: |
2.67 |
| Species Richness |
| Total: |
21 |
| Herbaceous: |
20 (over 2 years) |
| Woody: |
1 |
Soils
| Matrix Chroma (mean): |
1.0 |
| Organic Matter (mean %): |
47.40 |
| Bulk Density (g/cm2): |
0.728 |
| Soil Series: |
Shallow peat |
| Texture (mean %) |
| Sand: |
40.4 |
| Silt: |
39.4 |
| Clay: |
20.2 |
| Sedimentation Rate |
| Mineral loading (g/cm2): |
NA |
| Equivalent depth (cm): |
NA |
| Organic loading (g/cm2): |
NA |
Hydrology
| Water Level |
| Median (cm): |
NA |
| Range (cm): |
NA |
| Water Quality |
| pH (mean): |
NA |
| Conductivity (mean): |
NA |