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 |
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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 |