General Information
| Reference Number: | 28 |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| County: | Centre |
| Municipality: | College |
| USGS Quad: | State College |
| Watershed: | Spring Creek |
| Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Mainstem floodplain |
| Disturbance Class: | Severe |
| Dominant Vegetation Class: | *PSS/PEM |
| Wetland Area: | 0.7 ha (1.7 ac) |
| Year(s) Sampled: | 1994 |
Vegetation
| Herbaceous | |
| Percent Cover: | 80.3% (range 45-95%) |
| Dominant Species | |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Grass | — |
| Reed canarygrass | Phalaris arundinacea |
| Brome | Bromus sp |
| Creeping buttercup | Ranunculus repens |
| Rough avens | Geum laciniatum |
| Woody | |
| Percent cover: | 35.6% (range 0-85%) |
| Dominant Species | |
| Silky dogwood | Cornus amomum |
| Black walnut | Juglans nigra |
| Box elder | Acer negundo |
| Tatarian honeysuckle | Lonicera tatarica |
| Wild black currant | Ribes americanum |
| Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species) | |
| Herbaceous: | 2.48 |
| Woody: | 2.67 |
| Weighted Indicator Status (all species) | |
| Herbaceous: | 2.81 |
| Woody: | 2.71 |
| Species Richness | |
| Total: | 69 |
| Herbaceous: | 63 |
| Woody: | 6 |
Soils
| Matrix Chroma (mean): | 2.0 |
| Organic Matter (mean %): | 5.2 |
| Bulk Density (g/cm2): | 0.84 |
| Soil Series: | Melvin silt loam |
| Texture (mean %) | |
| Sand: | 29.3 |
| Silt: | 38.5 |
| Clay: | 32.2 |
| Sedimentation Rate | |
| Mineral loading (g/cm2): | 0.19 |
| Equivalent depth (cm): | 0.10 |
| Organic loading (g/cm2): | 0.22 |
Hydrology
| Water Level | |
| Median (cm): | -112.0 |
| Range (cm): | -130.0-(-42.0) |
| Water Quality | |
| pH (mean): | 7.2 |
| Conductivity (mean): | 660.0 |