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 |
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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 |