General Information
| Reference Number: |
27 |
| State: |
Pennsylvania |
| County: |
Union |
| Municipality: |
West Buffalo |
| USGS Quad: |
Williamsport |
| Watershed: |
White Deer Creek |
| Hydrogeomorphic Class: |
Mainstem floodplain |
| Disturbance Class: |
Pristine |
| Dominant Vegetation Class: |
PFO |
| Wetland Area: |
0.7 ha (1.6 ac) |
| Year(s) Sampled: |
1994 |
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Vegetation
| Herbaceous |
| Percent Cover: |
52.5% (range 30-75%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Common Name |
Scientific Name |
| Tussock sedge |
Carex stricta |
| Twisted sedge |
Carex torta |
| Sedge |
Carex sp. |
| Hay scented fern |
Dennstaedia punctilobula |
| Deer tongue witchgrass |
Panicum clandestinum |
| Woody |
| Percent cover: |
74.2% (range 45-95%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Mountain laurel |
Lonicera morrowii |
| Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species) |
| Herbaceous: |
1.60 |
| Woody: |
4.00 |
| Weighted Indicator Status (all species) |
| Herbaceous: |
1.50 |
| Woody: |
4.00 |
| Species Richness |
| Total: |
31 |
| Herbaceous: |
30 |
| Woody: |
1 |
Soils
| Matrix Chroma (mean): |
2.0 |
| Organic Matter (mean %): |
3.95 |
| Bulk Density (g/cm2): |
1.06 |
| Soil Series: |
Shelmadine very stony silt loam |
| Texture (mean %) |
| Sand: |
70.5 |
| Silt: |
17.2 |
| Clay: |
12.3 |
| Sedimentation Rate |
| Mineral loading (g/cm2): |
Site #1: 3.80; Site #2: 0.00 |
| Equivalent depth (cm): |
Site #1: 3.00; Site #2: 0.00 |
| Organic loading (g/cm2): |
Site #1: 1.20; Site #2: 0.00 |
Hydrology
| Water Level |
| Median (cm): |
-4.0 |
| Range (cm): |
-51.0-3.0 |
| Water Quality |
| pH (mean): |
6.3 |
| Conductivity (mean): |
83.5 |