General Information
| Reference Number: | 41 |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| County: | Allegheny |
| Municipality: | McCandless |
| USGS Quad: | Emsworth |
| Watershed: | Emsworth |
| Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Headwater floodplain |
| Disturbance Class: | Severe |
| Dominant Vegetation Class: | PSS |
| Wetland Area: | 0.1 ha (0.3 ac) |
| Year(s) Sampled: | 1995 |
Vegetation
| Herbaceous | |
| Percent Cover: | 81.0% (range 20-100%) |
| Dominant Species | |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Grass | — |
| Skunk cabbage | Symplocarpus foetidus |
| Common blue violet | Viola papilionacea |
| Spotted touch me not | Impatiens capensis |
| Garlic mustard | Alliaria officinalis |
| Woody | |
| Percent cover: | 54.0% (range 0-100%) |
| Dominant Species | |
| Northern arrowwood | Viburnum recognitum |
| Dogwood | Cornus sp. |
| Black willow | Salix nigra |
| Black ash | Fraxinus nigra |
| Cherry | Prunus sp. |
| Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species) | |
| Herbaceous: | 1.75 |
| Woody: | 2.47 |
| Weighted Indicator Status (all species) | |
| Herbaceous: | 2.00 |
| Woody: | 1.89 |
| Species Richness | |
| Total: | 27 |
| Herbaceous: | 20 |
| Woody: | 7 |
Soils
| Matrix Chroma (mean): | 2.0 |
| Organic Matter (mean %): | 11.67 |
| Bulk Density (g/cm2): | 1.30 |
| Soil Series: | NA |
| Texture (mean %) | |
| Sand: | 48.6 |
| Silt: | 27.3 |
| Clay: | 27.3 |
| 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 |