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 |
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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 |