General Information
| Reference Number: |
20 |
| State: |
Pennsylvania |
| County: |
Centre |
| Municipality: |
Rush |
| USGS Quad: |
Black Moshannon |
| Watershed: |
Moshannon |
| Hydrogeomorphic Class: |
Headwater Impoundment Human |
| Disturbance Class: |
Pristine |
| Dominant Vegetation Class: |
*POW/EM |
| Wetland Area: |
0.1 ha (0.2 ac) |
| Year(s) Sampled: |
1993, 1994 |
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Vegetation
| Herbaceous |
| Percent Cover: |
79.3% (range 30-95%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Common Name |
Scientific Name |
| Water shield |
Brasenia schreberi |
| Field horse tail |
Equisetum arvense |
| White water lily |
Nymphaea odorata |
| Sago pondweed |
Potamogeton pectinatus |
| Yellow cow lily |
Nuphar variegata |
| Woody |
| Percent cover: |
2.1% (range 0-30%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Autumn olive |
Elaeagnus umbellata |
| Highbush blueberry |
Vaccinium corymbosum |
| Broad leaf meadowsweet |
Spiraea latifolia |
| Large cranberry |
Vaccinium macrocarpon |
| Snag |
— |
| Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species) |
| Herbaceous: |
1.77 |
| Woody: |
3.17 |
| Weighted Indicator Status (all species) |
| Herbaceous: |
1.50 |
| Woody: |
2.00 |
| Species Richness |
| Total: |
25 |
| Herbaceous: |
20 (over 2 years) |
| Woody: |
5 |
Soils
| Matrix Chroma (mean): |
2.0 |
| Organic Matter (mean %): |
39.56 |
| Bulk Density (g/cm2): |
NA |
| Soil Series: |
Carlisle muck |
| Texture (mean %) |
| Sand: |
74.7 |
| Silt: |
17.3 |
| Clay: |
8.1 |
| 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 |