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 |
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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 |