General Information
| Reference Number: |
18 |
| State: |
Pennsylvania |
| County: |
Centre |
| Municipality: |
Patton |
| USGS Quad: |
Julian |
| Watershed: |
Spring Creek |
| Hydrogeomorphic Class: |
Headwater floodplain |
| Disturbance Class: |
Moderate |
| Dominant Vegetation Class: |
*PSS/EM |
| Wetland Area: |
1.2 ha (3.0 ac) |
| Year(s) Sampled: |
1993, 1994 |
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Vegetation
| Herbaceous |
| Percent Cover: |
96.0% (range 30-100%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Common Name |
Scientific Name |
| Grass |
— |
| Canada goldenrod |
Solidago canadensis |
| Giant goldenrod |
Solidago gigantea |
| Reed canarygrass |
Phalaris arundinacea |
| Fragrant goldenrod |
Euthamia graminifolia |
| Woody |
| Percent cover: |
33.9% (range 0-100%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Multiflora rose |
Rosa multiflora |
| Morrow’s honeysuckle |
Lonicera morrowii |
| Box elder |
Acer negundo |
| Slippery elm |
Ulmus rubra |
| Autumn olive |
Eleagnus umbellata |
| Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species) |
| Herbaceous: |
3.14 |
| Woody: |
3.22 |
| Weighted Indicator Status (all species) |
| Herbaceous: |
3.00 |
| Woody: |
3.08 |
| Species Richness |
| Total: |
100 |
| Herbaceous: |
90 (over 2 years) |
| Woody: |
10 |
Soils
| Matrix Chroma (mean): |
1.9 |
| Organic Matter (mean %): |
8.20 |
| Bulk Density (g/cm2): |
1.05 |
| Soil Series: |
Melvin silt loam |
| Texture (mean %) |
| Sand: |
30.4 |
| Silt: |
41.5 |
| Clay: |
28.1 |
| Sedimentation Rate |
| Mineral loading (g/cm2): |
Site #1 = 1.0; Site #2 = 0.29 |
| Equivalent depth (cm): |
Site #1 = 0.8; Site #2 = 0.20 |
| Organic loading (g/cm2): |
Site #1 = 1.38; Site #2 = 0.16 |
Hydrology
| Water Level |
| Median (cm): |
-33.0 |
| Range (cm): |
-66.0-19.0 |
| Water Quality |
| pH (mean): |
7.3 |
| Conductivity (mean): |
614.0 |