General Information
| Reference Number: | 30 |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| County: | Centre |
| Municipality: | Benner |
| USGS Quad: | Bellefonte |
| Watershed: | Spring Creek |
| Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Mainstemfloodplain |
| Disturbance Class: | Moderate |
| Dominant Vegetation Class: | *PSS/PFO |
| Wetland Area: | 0.4 ha (0.9 ac) |
| Year(s) Sampled: | 1994 |
Vegetation
| Herbaceous | |
| Percent Cover: | 79.6% (range 0-95%) |
| Dominant Species | |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Skunk cabbage | Symplocarpus foetidus |
| Stinging nettle | Urtica dioica |
| Creeping jennie | Lysimachia nummularia |
| Spotted touch me not | Impatiens capensis |
| Japanese honeysuckle | Lonicera japonica |
| Woody | |
| Percent cover: | 50.5% (range 40-100%) |
| Dominant Species | |
| Morrow’s honeysuckle | Lonicera morrowii |
| Silky dogwood | Cornus amomum |
| Black walnut | Juglans nigra |
| Wild black currant | Ribes americanum |
| Multiflora rose | Rosa multiflora |
| Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species) | |
| Herbaceous: | 2.67 |
| Woody: | 3.67 |
| Weighted Indicator Status (all species) | |
| Herbaceous: | 2.78 |
| Woody: | 3.22 |
| Species Richness | |
| Total: | 79 |
| Herbaceous: | 67 |
| Woody: | 12 |
Soils
| Matrix Chroma (mean): | 1.5 |
| Organic Matter (mean %): | 6.97 |
| Bulk Density (g/cm2): | 0.83 |
| Soil Series: | Opequon-Hagerstown complex |
| Texture (mean %) | |
| Sand: | 26.0 |
| Silt: | 53.4 |
| Clay: | 20.6 |
| Sedimentation Rate | |
| Mineral loading (g/cm2): | Site #1: 0.63: Site #2: 0.58 |
| Equivalent depth (cm): | Site #1: 0.50: Site #2: 0.50 |
| Organic loading (g/cm2): | Site #1: 0.43: Site #2: 0.48 |
Hydrology
| Water Level | |
| Median (cm): | -32.5 |
| Range (cm): | -55.0-0.0 |
| Water Quality | |
| pH (mean): | 7.0 |
| Conductivity (mean): | 855.0 |