General Information
| Reference Number: | 48 |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| County: | Centre |
| Municipality: | Rush |
| USGS Quad: | Port Matilda |
| Watershed: | Moshannon Creek |
| Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Headwater Impoundment Beaver |
| Disturbance Class: | Pristine |
| Dominant Vegetation Class: | PSS/PFO |
| Wetland Area: | 0.6 ha (1.5 ac) |
| Year(s) Sampled: | 1995 |
Vegetation
| Herbaceous | |
| Percent Cover: | 63.2% (range 30-90%) |
| Dominant Species | |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Grass | — |
| Sedge | Carex sp. |
| Purple top tridens | Triodia flava |
| Bristly blackberry | Rubus hispidus |
| Fringed sedge | Carex crinita |
| Woody | |
| Percent cover: | 28.6% (range 20-60%) |
| Dominant Species | |
| Speckled alder | Alnus rugosa |
| Highbush blueberry | Vaccinium corymbosum |
| Red maple | Acer rubrum |
| Eastern white pine | Pinus strobus |
| Snag | — |
| Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species) | |
| Herbaceous: | 2.20 |
| Woody: | 2.75 |
| Weighted Indicator Status (all species) | |
| Herbaceous: | 2.34 |
| Woody: | 2.61 |
| Species Richness | |
| Total: | 39 |
| Herbaceous: | 24 |
| Woody: | 15 |
Soils
| Matrix Chroma (mean): | NA |
| Organic Matter (mean %): | 16.35 |
| Bulk Density (g/cm2): | 0.64 |
| Soil Series: | NA |
| Texture (mean %) | |
| Sand: | 34.9 |
| Silt: | 12.1 |
| 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 |