General Information
Reference Number: | 29 |
State: | Pennsylvania |
County: | Centre |
Municipality: | Potter |
USGS Quad: | Centre Hall |
Watershed: | Sinking |
Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Headwater Impoundment Human |
Disturbance Class: | Moderate |
Dominant Vegetation Class: | *POW/PEM |
Wetland Area: | 0.8 ha (2.0 ac) |
Year(s) Sampled: | 1994 |
Vegetation
Herbaceous | |
Percent Cover: | 83.7% (range 5-100%) |
Dominant Species | |
Common Name | Scientific Name |
Grass | Agrostis sp. |
Reed canarygrass | Phalaris arundinacea |
Fox sedge | Carex vulpinoidea |
Spotted touch me not | Impatiens capensis |
Spikerush | Eleocharis sp. |
Woody | |
Percent cover: | 8.7% (range 0-40%) |
Dominant Species | |
Speckled alder | Alnus incana |
Northern spicebush | Lindera benzoin |
Multiflora rose | Rosa multiflora |
Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species) | |
Herbaceous: | 1.82 |
Woody: | 2.84 |
Weighted Indicator Status (all species) | |
Herbaceous: | 1.45 |
Woody: | 2.52 |
Species Richness | |
Total: | 60 |
Herbaceous: | 57 |
Woody: | 3 |
Soils
Matrix Chroma (mean): | 1.5 |
Organic Matter (mean %): | 8.01 |
Bulk Density (g/cm2): | 0.57 |
Soil Series: | Andover channery loam |
Texture (mean %) | |
Sand: | 41.3 |
Silt: | 44.2 |
Clay: | 14.4 |
Sedimentation Rate | |
Mineral loading (g/cm2): | 0.83 |
Equivalent depth (cm): | 0.70 |
Organic loading (g/cm2): | 0.49 |
Hydrology
Water Level | |
Median (cm): | -18.5 |
Range (cm): | -54.0-(-2.0) |
Water Quality | |
pH (mean): | 7.0 |
Conductivity (mean): | 702.7 |