26. Water Authority

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