General Information
| Reference Number: | 26 |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| County: | Centre |
| Municipality: | College |
| USGS Quad: | State College |
| Watershed: | Spring Creek |
| Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Headwater floodplain |
| Disturbance Class: | Severe |
| Dominant Vegetation Class: | *PEM/PSS |
| Wetland Area: | 0.3 ha (0.8 ac) |
| Year(s) Sampled: | 1994 |
Vegetation
| Herbaceous | |
| Percent Cover: | 76.3% (range 20-100%) |
| Dominant Species | |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Grass | — |
| Reed canarygrass | Phalaris arundinacea |
| Thistle | Cirsium sp. |
| Spotted touch me not | Impatiens capensis |
| Wrinkled goldenrod | Solidago rugosa |
| Woody | |
| Percent cover: | 39.2% (range 0-100%) |
| Dominant Species | |
| Morrow’s honeysuckle | Lonicera morrowii |
| Dogwood | Cornus sp. |
| Box elder | Acer negundo |
| Viburnum | Viburnum sp. |
| Multiflora rose | Rosa multiflora |
| Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species) | |
| Herbaceous: | 2.03 |
| Woody: | 3.00 |
| Weighted Indicator Status (all species) | |
| Herbaceous: | 2.00 |
| Woody: | 3.00 |
| Species Richness | |
| Total: | 45 |
| Herbaceous: | 37 |
| Woody: | 8 |
Soils
| Matrix Chroma (mean): | 2.0 |
| Organic Matter (mean %): | 6.12 |
| Bulk Density (g/cm2): | 0.80 |
| Soil Series: | Melvin silt loam |
| Texture (mean %) | |
| Sand: | 38.6 |
| Silt: | 39.7 |
| Clay: | 21.8 |
| Sedimentation Rate | |
| Mineral loading (g/cm2): | 1.05 |
| Equivalent depth (cm): | 0.80 |
| Organic loading (g/cm2): | 0.30 |
Hydrology
| Water Level | |
| Median (cm): | -120.0 |
| Range (cm): | -120.0-(-54.0) |
| Water Quality | |
| pH (mean): | 7.9 |
| Conductivity (mean): | 566.5 |