General Information
| Reference Number: |
33 |
| State: |
Pennsylvania |
| County: |
Centre |
| Municipality: |
Walker |
| USGS Quad: |
Madisonburg |
| Watershed: |
Little Fishing Creek |
| Hydrogeomorphic Class: |
Slope |
| Disturbance Class: |
Severe |
| Dominant Vegetation Class: |
*PSS/PFO |
| Wetland Area: |
0.2 ha (0.5 ac) |
| Year(s) Sampled: |
1994 |
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Vegetation
| Herbaceous |
| Percent Cover: |
74.5% (range 40-100%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Common Name |
Scientific Name |
| Grass |
— |
| Sedge |
Carex sp. |
| Sedge |
Carex retroflexa |
| Ground ivy |
Glecoma hederacea |
| Canada goldenrod |
Solidago canadensis |
| Woody |
| Percent cover: |
46.8% (range 0-95%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Northern spicebush |
Lindera benzoin |
| Speckled alder |
Alnus incana |
| Hawthorn |
Crataegus sp. |
| Mountain ash |
Pyrus malus |
| Multiflora rose |
Rosa multiflora |
| Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species) |
| Herbaceous: |
2.51 |
| Woody: |
3.17 |
| Weighted Indicator Status (all species) |
| Herbaceous: |
3.00 |
| Woody: |
2.33 |
| Species Richness |
| Total: |
79 |
| Herbaceous: |
72 |
| Woody: |
7 |
Soils
| Matrix Chroma (mean): |
1.0 |
| Organic Matter (mean %): |
11.76 |
| Bulk Density (g/cm2): |
0.64 |
| Soil Series: |
Andover very stony loam |
| Texture (mean %) |
| Sand: |
31.9 |
| Silt: |
54.4 |
| Clay: |
13.8 |
| Sedimentation Rate |
| Mineral loading (g/cm2): |
2.18 |
| Equivalent depth (cm): |
1.70 |
| Organic loading (g/cm2): |
0.41 |
Hydrology
| Water Level |
| Median (cm): |
-50.0 |
| Range (cm): |
-52.0-(-27.0) |
| Water Quality |
| pH (mean): |
7.0 |
| Conductivity (mean): |
350.3 |