General Information
| Reference Number: |
47 |
| State: |
Pennsylvania |
| County: |
Monroe |
| Municipality: |
Tunkhanock |
| USGS Quad: |
Pocono Pines |
| Watershed: |
Tunkhanock Creek |
| Hydrogeomorphic Class: |
Headwater floodplain |
| Disturbance Class: |
Pristine |
| Dominant Vegetation Class: |
PEM |
| Wetland Area: |
0.04 ha (0.1 ac) |
| Year(s) Sampled: |
1995 |
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Vegetation
| Herbaceous |
| Percent Cover: |
77.5% (range 25-100%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Common Name |
Scientific Name |
| Shallow sedge |
Carex lurida |
| Skunk cabbage |
Symplocarpus foetidus |
| Upright sedge |
Carex stricta |
| Royal fern |
Osmunda regalis |
| Sphagnum |
— |
| Woody |
| Percent cover: |
55.8% (range 5-100%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Red maple |
Acer rubrum |
| Northern arrowwood |
Viburnum recognitum |
| Swamp azalea |
Rhododendron viscosum |
| Alder |
Alnus sp. |
| Highbush blueberry |
Vaccinium corymbosum |
| Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species) |
| Herbaceous: |
1.01 |
| Woody: |
2.07 |
| Weighted Indicator Status (all species) |
| Herbaceous: |
1.00 |
| Woody: |
2.61 |
| Species Richness |
| Total: |
23 |
| Herbaceous: |
16 |
| Woody: |
7 |
Soils
| Matrix Chroma (mean): |
2.0 |
| Organic Matter (mean %): |
58.72 |
| Bulk Density (g/cm2): |
0.12 |
| Soil Series: |
NA |
| Texture (mean %) |
| Sand: |
34.9 |
| Silt: |
32.4 |
| Clay: |
32.7 |
| 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 |