General Information
Reference Number: | 37 |
State: | Pennsylvania |
County: | Pike |
Municipality: | Blooming Grove |
USGS Quad: | Peck’s Pond |
Watershed: | Bushkill |
Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Headwater Impoundment Human |
Disturbance Class: | Pristine |
Dominant Vegetation Class: | PEM/*POW |
Wetland Area: | 0.8 ha (1.9 ac) |
Year(s) Sampled: | 1994 |
Vegetation
Herbaceous | |
Percent Cover: | 38.8% (range 20-60%) |
Dominant Species | |
Common Name | Scientific Name |
Yellow cow lily | Nuphar luteum |
Branching burreed | Sparganium androcladum |
White water lily | Nymphaea odorata |
St. John’s wort | Hypericum sp. |
Tussock sedge | Carex stricta |
Woody | |
Percent cover: | 26.7% (range 0-80%) |
Dominant Species | |
Sheep laurel | Kalmia angustifolia |
Meadowsweet | Spiraea latifolia |
Highbush blueberry | Vaccinium corymbosum |
Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species) | |
Herbaceous: | 1.09 |
Woody: | 2.84 |
Weighted Indicator Status (all species) | |
Herbaceous: | 1.00 |
Woody: | 2.82 |
Species Richness | |
Total: | 37 |
Herbaceous: | 34 |
Woody: | 3 |
Soils
Matrix Chroma (mean): | NA |
Organic Matter (mean %): | 86.44 |
Bulk Density (g/cm2): | 0.17 |
Soil Series: | Peat |
Texture (mean %) | |
Sand: | NA |
Silt: | NA |
Clay: | NA |
Sedimentation Rate | |
Mineral loading (g/cm2): | NA |
Equivalent depth (cm): | NA |
Organic loading (g/cm2): | NA |
Hydrology
Water Level | |
Median (cm): | NA |
Range (cm): | NA |
Water Quality | |
pH (mean): | NA |
Conductivity (mean): | NA |