General Information
| Reference Number: |
3 |
| State: |
Pennsylvania |
| County: |
Centre |
| Municipality: |
Howard |
| USGS Quad: |
Mingoville |
| Watershed: |
Bald Eagle Creek |
| Hydrogeomorphic Class: |
Mainstem Floodplain |
| Disturbance Class: |
Moderate |
| Dominant Vegetation Class: |
PFO |
| Wetland Area: |
1.0 ha (2.5 ac) |
| Year(s) Sampled: |
1993, 1994 |
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Vegetation
| Herbaceous |
| Percent Cover: |
82.5% (range 30-100%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Common Name |
Scientific Name |
| Goldenrod |
Solidago sp. |
| Sedge |
Carex sp. |
| Violet |
Viola sp. |
| Stinging nettle |
Urtica dioica |
| Field horsetail |
Equisetum arvense |
| Woody |
| Percent cover: |
75.2% (range 10-100%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Snag |
—- |
| Silky Dogwood |
Cornus amomum |
| Green Ash |
Fraxinus pennsylvanica |
| Box elder |
Acer negundo |
| Slippery Elm |
Ulmus rubra |
| Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species) |
| Herbaceous: |
2.50 |
| Woody: |
2.42 |
| Weighted Indicator Status (all species) |
| Herbaceous: |
2.50 |
| Woody: |
2.73 |
| Species Richness |
| Total: |
92 |
| Herbaceous: |
80 (over 2 years) |
| Woody: |
12 |
Soils
| Matrix Chroma (mean): |
2.0 |
| Organic Matter (mean %): |
6.89 |
| Bulk Density (g/cm2): |
NA |
| Soil Series: |
Lindside soils |
| Texture (mean %) |
| Sand: |
28.1 |
| Silt: |
49.6 |
| Clay: |
22.3 |
| Sedimentation Rate |
| Mineral loading (g/cm2): |
0.00 |
| Equivalent depth (cm): |
0.00 |
| Organic loading (g/cm2): |
0.20 |
Hydrology
| Water Level |
| Median (cm): |
-87.0 |
| Range (cm): |
-103.0 – (-6.0) |
| Water Quality |
| pH (mean): |
6.7 |
| Conductivity (mean): |
376.0 |