General Information
Reference Number: | 32 |
State: | Pennsylvania |
County: | Centre |
Municipality: | Walker |
USGS Quad: | Madisonburg |
Watershed: | Little Fishing Creek |
Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Mainstem floodplain |
Disturbance Class: | Severe |
Dominant Vegetation Class: | *PEM/PSS |
Wetland Area: | 0.6 ha (1.4 ac) |
Year(s) Sampled: | 1994 |
Vegetation
Herbaceous | |
Percent Cover: | 87.9% (range 10-100%) |
Dominant Species | |
Common Name | Scientific Name |
Skunk cabbage | Symplocarpus foetidus |
Reed canarygrass | Phalaris arundinacea |
Tussock sedge | Carex stricta |
Spotted touch me not | Impatiens capensis |
Wrinkled goldenrod | Solidago rugosa |
Woody | |
Percent cover: | 28.3% (range 0-95%) |
Dominant Species | |
Red osier dogwood | Cornus stolonifera |
Northern arrowwood | Viburnum recognitum |
Gray dogwood | Cornus racemosa |
Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species) | |
Herbaceous: | 1.61 |
Woody: | 2.00 |
Weighted Indicator Status (all species) | |
Herbaceous: | 1.50 |
Woody: | 1.74 |
Species Richness | |
Total: | 37 |
Herbaceous: | 34 |
Woody: | 3 |
Soils
Matrix Chroma (mean): | 1.0 |
Organic Matter (mean %): | 12.24 |
Bulk Density (g/cm2): | 0.63 |
Soil Series: | Dunning silty clay loam |
Texture (mean %) | |
Sand: | 28.7 |
Silt: | 54.9 |
Clay: | 16.4 |
Sedimentation Rate | |
Mineral loading (g/cm2): | 2.35 |
Equivalent depth (cm): | 1.90 |
Organic loading (g/cm2): | 0.66 |
Hydrology
Water Level | |
Median (cm): | -14.0 |
Range (cm): | -68.0-11.0 |
Water Quality | |
pH (mean): | 7.1 |
Conductivity (mean): | 622.0 |