General Information
Reference Number: | 46 |
State: | Pennsylvania |
County: | Monroe |
Municipality: | Tunkhanock |
USGS Quad: | Pocono Pines |
Watershed: | Tunkhanock Creek |
Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Riparian Depression |
Disturbance Class: | Pristine |
Dominant Vegetation Class: | PFO |
Wetland Area: | 0.3 ha (0.7 ac) |
Year(s) Sampled: | 1995 |
Vegetation
Herbaceous | |
Percent Cover: | 93.8% (range 80-100%) |
Dominant Species | |
Common Name | Scientific Name |
Upright sedge | Carex stricta |
Cinnamon fern | Osmunda cinnnamomea |
Skunk cabbage | Symplocarpus foetidus |
Sphagnum | — |
New York fern | Thelypteris noveboracensis |
Woody | |
Percent cover: | 92.9% (range 95-100%) |
Dominant Species | |
Rosebay rhododendron | Rhododendron maximum |
Highbush blueberry | Vaccinium corymbosum |
Red maple | Acer rubrum |
Eastern hemlock | Tsuga canadensis |
Larch | Larix sp. |
Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species) | |
Herbaceous: | 1.49 |
Woody: | 2.87 |
Weighted Indicator Status (all species) | |
Herbaceous: | 1.33 |
Woody: | 2.62 |
Species Richness | |
Total: | 41 |
Herbaceous: | 30 |
Woody: | 11 |
Soils
Matrix Chroma (mean): | 1.0 |
Organic Matter (mean %): | 41.26 |
Bulk Density (g/cm2): | 0.17 |
Soil Series: | NA |
Texture (mean %) | |
Sand: | 70.9 |
Silt: | 12.7 |
Clay: | 16.5 |
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 |