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 |
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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 |