General Information
Reference Number: | 22 |
State: | Pennsylvania |
County: | Chester |
Municipality: | Upper Uwchlan |
USGS Quad: | Wagontown |
Watershed: | Brandywine |
Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Mainstem floodplain |
Disturbance Class: | Pristine |
Dominant Vegetation Class: | PFO |
Wetland Area: | 0.3 ha (0.8 ac) |
Year(s) Sampled: | 1993, 1994 |
Vegetation
Herbaceous | |
Percent Cover: | 40.0% (range 6-60%) |
Dominant Species | |
Common Name | Scientific Name |
Hog peanut | Amphicarpaea bracteata |
Spotted touch me not | Impatiens capensis |
Arrow leaf tear thumb | Polygonum sagittatum |
Microstegium | Eulalia viminea |
Woody | |
Percent cover: | 94.0% (range 1-170%) |
Dominant Species | |
Red maple | Acer rubrum |
Multiflora rose | Rosa multiflora |
Northern spicebush | Lindera benzoin |
Silky dogwood | Cornus amomum |
Arrowwood | Viburnum dentatum |
Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species) | |
Herbaceous: | 2.31 |
Woody: | 2.80 |
Weighted Indicator Status (all species) | |
Herbaceous: | 2.28 |
Woody: | NA |
Species Richness | |
Total: | 68 |
Herbaceous: | 63 |
Woody: | 5 |
Soils
Matrix Chroma (mean): | 2.5 |
Organic Matter (mean %): | 5.84 |
Bulk Density (g/cm2): | NA |
Soil Series: | Chewacla silt loam |
Texture (mean %) | |
Sand: | 44.2 |
Silt: | 41.9 |
Clay: | 13.9 |
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 |