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 |
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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 |