General Information
Reference Number: | 19 |
State: | Pennsylvania |
County: | Huntingdon |
Municipality: | Jackson |
USGS Quad: | McAlevy’s |
Watershed: | Standing Stone |
Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Slope |
Disturbance Class: | Pristine |
Dominant Vegetation Class: | PFO |
Wetland Area: | 1.2 ha (3.0 ac) |
Year(s) Sampled: | 1993, 1994 |
Vegetation
Herbaceous | |
Percent Cover: | 13.1% (range 0-70%) |
Dominant Species | |
Common Name | Scientific Name |
New York fern | Thelypteris noveboracensis |
Rice cutgrass | Leersia oryzoides |
Arrow leaf tear thumb | Polygonum sagittatum |
Violet | Viola sp. |
Manna grass | Glyceria sp. |
Woody | |
Percent cover: | 89.1% (range 60-100%) |
Dominant Species | |
Rhododendron | Rhododendron maximum |
Mountain laurel | Kalmia latifolia |
Tulip tree | Liriodendron tulipifera |
Eastern Hemlock | Tsuga canadensis |
Black gum | Nyssa sylvatica |
Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species) | |
Herbaceous: | 2.33 |
Woody: | 3.60 |
Weighted Indicator Status (all species) | |
Herbaceous: | 2.50 |
Woody: | 3.19 |
Species Richness | |
Total: | 43 |
Herbaceous: | 33 (over 2 years) |
Woody: | 10 |
Soils
Matrix Chroma (mean): | 1.333 |
Organic Matter (mean %): | 27.17 |
Bulk Density (g/cm2): | 0.70 |
Soil Series: | Buchanan very stony loam |
Texture (mean %) | |
Sand: | 40.8 |
Silt: | 32.9 |
Clay: | 26.3 |
Sedimentation Rate | |
Mineral loading (g/cm2): | NA |
Equivalent depth (cm): | NA |
Organic loading (g/cm2): | NA |
Hydrology
Water Level | |
Median (cm): | -22.84 |
Range (cm): | -65.0-7.60 |
Water Quality | |
pH (mean): | 5.5 |
Conductivity (mean): | 94.0 |