General Information
| Reference Number: | 31 |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| County: | Centre |
| Municipality: | Harris |
| USGS Quad: | State College |
| Watershed: | Spring Creek |
| Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Headwater floodplain |
| Disturbance Class: | Severe |
| Dominant Vegetation Class: | *PEM/PSS |
| Wetland Area: | 0.3 ha (0.6 ac) |
| Year(s) Sampled: | 1994 |
Vegetation
| Herbaceous | |
| Percent Cover: | 81.9% (range 45-100%) |
| Dominant Species | |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Grass | — |
| Kentucky bluegrass | Poa pratensis |
| Creeping thistle | Cirsium arvense |
| Spotted touch me not | Impatiens capensis |
| Garlic mustard | Alliaria petiolata |
| Woody | |
| Percent cover: | 27.3% (range 0-95%) |
| Dominant Species | |
| European privet | Ligustrum vulgare |
| Blackberry/Dewberry | Rubus sp. |
| Gray dogwood | Cornus racemosa |
| American elder | Sambucus canadensis |
| Multiflora rose | Rosa multiflora |
| Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species) | |
| Herbaceous: | 3.41 |
| Woody: | 3.50 |
| Weighted Indicator Status (all species) | |
| Herbaceous: | 3.11 |
| Woody: | 3.43 |
| Species Richness | |
| Total: | 66 |
| Herbaceous: | 60 |
| Woody: | 6 |
Soils
| Matrix Chroma (mean): | 3.0 |
| Organic Matter (mean %): | 6.11 |
| Bulk Density (g/cm2): | 0.82 |
| Soil Series: | Dunning silty clay loam |
| Texture (mean %) | |
| Sand: | 6.0 |
| Silt: | 65.7 |
| Clay: | 28.3 |
| Sedimentation Rate | |
| Mineral loading (g/cm2): | 4.22 |
| Equivalent depth (cm): | 3.40 |
| Organic loading (g/cm2): | 0.53 |
Hydrology
| Water Level | |
| Median (cm): | -53.0 |
| Range (cm): | -69.0-(-18.0) |
| Water Quality | |
| pH (mean): | 7.2 |
| Conductivity (mean): | 503.5 |