34. Stone Valley

General Information

Reference Number: 34
State: Pennsylvania
County: Huntingdon
Municipality: Barree
USGS Quad: Pine Grove Mills
Watershed: Shaver’s Creek
Hydrogeomorphic Class: Headwater Impoundment Human
Disturbance Class: Moderate
Dominant Vegetation Class: PEM/*POW
Wetland Area: 0.2 ha (0.4 ac)
Year(s) Sampled: 1994

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Vegetation

Herbaceous
Percent Cover: 73.8% (range 10-100%)
Dominant Species
Common Name Scientific Name
Grass
Reed canarygrass Phalaris arundinacea
Golden ragwort Senecio aureus
Spotted touch me not Impatiens capensis
Canada honewort Cryptotaenia canadensis
Woody
Percent cover: 29.6% (range 0-95%)
Dominant Species
Morrow’s honeysuckle Lonicera morrowii
Black walnut Juglans nigra
Speckled alder Alnus incana
Allegheny blackberry Rubus allegheniensis
Multiflora rose Rosa multiflora
Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species)
Herbaceous: 2.35
Woody: 2.84
Weighted Indicator Status (all species)
Herbaceous: 2.33
Woody: 2.61
Species Richness
Total: 92
Herbaceous: 81
Woody: 11

Soils

Matrix Chroma (mean): 3.0
Organic Matter (mean %): 13.52
Bulk Density (g/cm2): 0.57
Soil Series: Albrights silt loam
Texture (mean %)
Sand: 15.3
Silt: 57.9
Clay: 26.8
Sedimentation Rate
Mineral loading (g/cm2): 1.51
Equivalent depth (cm): 1.20
Organic loading (g/cm2): 0.69

Hydrology

Water Level
Median (cm): -34.0
Range (cm): -57.0-(-6.0)
Water Quality
pH (mean): 7.0
Conductivity (mean): 720.5