General Information
| Reference Number: | 40 |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| County: | Allegheny |
| Municipality: | Sewickley |
| USGS Quad: | Ambridge |
| Watershed: | Little Sewickley Creek |
| Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Headwater floodplain |
| Disturbance Class: | Moderate |
| Dominant Vegetation Class: | PFO/PEM |
| Wetland Area: | 0.2 ha (0.4 ac) |
| Year(s) Sampled: | 1995 |
Vegetation
| Herbaceous | |
| Percent Cover: | 74.0% (range 60-80%) |
| Dominant Species | |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Rough bedstraw | Galium asprellum |
| Garlic mustard | Alliaria officinalis |
| False Mermaid weed | Floerkea proserpinacoides |
| Spotted touch me not | Impatiens capensis |
| Ground ivy | Glechoma hederacea |
| Woody | |
| Percent cover: | 63.0% (range 15-100%) |
| Dominant Species | |
| Honeysuckle | Lonicera tatarica |
| Hawthorn | Crataegus sp. |
| Black cherry | Prunus serotina |
| American sycamore | Platanus occidentalis |
| American elm | Ulmus americana |
| Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species) | |
| Herbaceous: | 2.57 |
| Woody: | 3.20 |
| Weighted Indicator Status (all species) | |
| Herbaceous: | 2.60 |
| Woody: | 3.07 |
| Species Richness | |
| Total: | 49 |
| Herbaceous: | 37 |
| Woody: | 12 |
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: | 60.8 |
| Silt: | 21.3 |
| Clay: | 17.9 |
| 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 |