General Information
Reference Number: |
35 |
State: |
Pennsylvania |
County: |
Huntingdon |
Municipality: |
West |
USGS Quad: |
Alexandria |
Watershed: |
Shaver’s Creek |
Hydrogeomorphic Class: |
Mainstem floodplain |
Disturbance Class: |
Severe |
Dominant Vegetation Class: |
PEM |
Wetland Area: |
0.4 ha (0.9 ac) |
Year(s) Sampled: |
1994 |
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Vegetation
Herbaceous |
Percent Cover: |
95.9% (range 70-100%) |
Dominant Species |
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Goldenrod |
Solidago sp. |
Fescue |
Festuca sp. |
Creeping thistle |
Cirsium arvense |
Rough cockle bur |
Xanthium strumarium |
Woody |
Percent cover: |
0.0% |
Dominant Species |
Willow |
Salix. sp. |
Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species) |
Herbaceous: |
3.31 |
Woody: |
1.67 |
Weighted Indicator Status (all species) |
Herbaceous: |
3.20 |
Woody: |
1.67 |
Species Richness |
Total: |
52 |
Herbaceous: |
51 |
Woody: |
1 |
Soils
Matrix Chroma (mean): |
3.0 |
Organic Matter (mean %): |
3.90 |
Bulk Density (g/cm2): |
0.76 |
Soil Series: |
Monongahela silt loam |
Texture (mean %) |
Sand: |
59.4 |
Silt: |
21.0 |
Clay: |
19.6 |
Sedimentation Rate |
Mineral loading (g/cm2): |
NA |
Equivalent depth (cm): |
NA |
Organic loading (g/cm2): |
NA |
Hydrology
Water Level |
Median (cm): |
-54.0 |
Range (cm): |
-55.0-(-33.0) |
Water Quality |
pH (mean): |
7.0 |
Conductivity (mean): |
1064.0 |