General Information
| Reference Number: |
5 |
| State: |
Pennsylvania |
| County: |
Centre |
| Municipality: |
Miles |
| USGS Quad: |
Carroll |
| Watershed: |
White Deer Creek |
| Hydrogeomorphic Class: |
Riparia Depression |
| Disturbance Class: |
Pristine |
| Dominant Vegetation Class: |
PSS |
| Wetland Area: |
0.2 ha (0.5 ac) |
| Year(s) Sampled: |
1994 |
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Vegetation
| Herbaceous |
| Percent Cover: |
96.1% (range 80-100%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Common Name |
Scientific Name |
| Emory’s sedge |
Carex emoryi |
| Sedge |
Carex sp. |
| Grass |
—- |
| Swamp dewberry |
Rubus hispidus |
| Marsh St. John’s wort |
Triadenum virginicum |
| Woody |
| Percent cover: |
61.6% (range 30-85%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Speckled alder |
Alnus incana |
| Eastern white pine |
Pinus strobus |
| Red maple |
Acer rubrum |
| Spruce |
Picea sp. |
| Red oak |
Quercus rubra |
| Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species) |
| Herbaceous: |
1.58 |
| Woody: |
3.27 |
| Weighted Indicator Status (all species) |
| Herbaceous: |
1.71 |
| Woody: |
2.67 |
| Species Richness |
| Total: |
61 |
| Herbaceous: |
47 |
| Woody: |
14 |
Soils
| Matrix Chroma (mean): |
1.0 |
| Organic Matter (mean %): |
16.21 |
| Bulk Density (g/cm2): |
NA |
| Soil Series: |
Philo and Atkins very stony soils |
| Texture (mean %) |
| Sand: |
45.7 |
| Silt: |
33.3 |
| Clay: |
21.0 |
| Sedimentation Rate |
| Mineral loading (g/cm2): |
11.02 |
| Equivalent depth (cm): |
1.3 |
| Organic loading (g/cm2): |
1.75 |
Hydrology
| Water Level |
| Median (cm): |
-4.50 |
| Range (cm): |
-67.0 – 4.0 |
| Water Quality |
| pH (mean): |
5.9 |
| Conductivity (mean): |
48.9 |