General Information
Reference Number: | 39 |
State: | Pennsylvania |
County: | Allegheny |
Municipality: | Sewickley |
USGS Quad: | Ambridge |
Watershed: | Ambridge |
Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Riparian Depression |
Disturbance Class: | Moderate |
Dominant Vegetation Class: | PEM/PFO |
Wetland Area: | 0.3 ha (0.8 ac) |
Year(s) Sampled: | 1995 |
Vegetation
Herbaceous | |
Percent Cover: | 64.0% (range 10-100%) |
Dominant Species | |
Common Name | Scientific Name |
Grass | — |
Violet | Viola sp. |
Wingstem | Actrinomeris alternifolia |
Spotted touch me not | Impatiens capensis |
Skunk cabbage | Symplocarpus foetidus |
Woody | |
Percent cover: | 45.5% (range 0-100%) |
Dominant Species | |
Honeysuckle | Lonicera sp. |
Black walnut | Juglans nigra |
Sugar maple | Acer saccharum |
Snag | — |
Multiflora rose | Rosa multiflora |
Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species) | |
Herbaceous: | 2.64 |
Woody: | 3.92 |
Weighted Indicator Status (all species) | |
Herbaceous: | 4.00 |
Woody: | 3.88 |
Species Richness | |
Total: | 55 |
Herbaceous: | 42 |
Woody: | 13 |
Soils
Matrix Chroma (mean): | 2.0 |
Organic Matter (mean %): | 35.30 |
Bulk Density (g/cm2): | 0.16 |
Soil Series: | Hagerstown silt loam |
Texture (mean %) | |
Sand: | 39.2 |
Silt: | 39.4 |
Clay: | 21.4 |
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 |