37. Peck’s Pond

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