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 |
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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 |