General Information
| Reference Number: |
50 |
| State: |
Pennsylvania |
| County: |
Clinton |
| Municipality: |
Leidy |
| USGS Quad: |
Port Matilda |
| Watershed: |
Paddy Run |
| Hydrogeomorphic Class: |
Headwater Impoundment Beaver |
| Disturbance Class: |
Pristine |
| Dominant Vegetation Class: |
PEM/POW |
| Wetland Area: |
0.4 ha (0.9 ac) |
| Year(s) Sampled: |
1995 |
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Vegetation
| Herbaceous |
| Percent Cover: |
71.3% (range 15-95%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Common Name |
Scientific Name |
| Soft rush |
Juncus effusus |
| Sedge |
Carex sp. |
| Bristly blackberry |
Rubus hispidus |
| Blue joint reedgrass |
Calamagrostis canadensis |
| Pondweed |
Potamogeton sp. |
| Woody |
| Percent cover: |
7.7% (range 0-50%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Snag |
— |
| Eastern hemlock |
Tsuga canadensis |
| Speckled alder |
Alnus rugosa |
| Highbush blueberry |
Vaccinium corymbosum |
| Northern arrowwood |
Viburnum recognitum |
| Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species) |
| Herbaceous: |
1.45 |
| Woody: |
2.58 |
| Weighted Indicator Status (all species) |
| Herbaceous: |
1.42 |
| Woody: |
3.12 |
| Species Richness |
| Total: |
38 |
| Herbaceous: |
31 |
| Woody: |
7 |
Soils
| Matrix Chroma (mean): |
NA |
| Organic Matter (mean %): |
19.09 |
| Bulk Density (g/cm2): |
1.30 |
| Soil Series: |
NA |
| Texture (mean %) |
| Sand: |
42.9 |
| Silt: |
15.2 |
| Clay: |
41.9 |
| 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 |