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 |
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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 |