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 |
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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 |