General Information
Reference Number: | 51 |
State: | Pennsylvania |
County: | Centre |
Municipality: | Rush |
USGS Quad: | Tamarack |
Watershed: | Moshannon Creek |
Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Headwater Impoundment Beaver |
Disturbance Class: | PRistine |
Dominant Vegetation Class: | PEM |
Wetland Area: | 0.6 ha (1.5 ac) |
Year(s) Sampled: | 1995 |
Vegetation
Herbaceous | |
Percent Cover: | 76.0% (range 10-100%) |
Dominant Species | |
Common Name | Scientific Name |
Grass | — |
Wool grass | Scirpus cyperinus |
Bristly blackberry | Rubus hispidus |
Broom sedge | Andropogon virginicus |
Soft rush | Juncus effusus |
Woody | |
Percent cover: | 4.5% (range 0-40%) |
Dominant Species | |
Snag | — |
Eastern white pine | Pinus strobus |
Meadowsweet | Spiraea sp. |
Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species) | |
Herbaceous: | 2.18 |
Woody: | 3.34 |
Weighted Indicator Status (all species) | |
Herbaceous: | 1.84 |
Woody: | 4.00 |
Species Richness | |
Total: | 28 |
Herbaceous: | 26 |
Woody: | 2 |
Soils
Matrix Chroma (mean): | 2.8 |
Organic Matter (mean %): | 23.73 |
Bulk Density (g/cm2): | 1.39 |
Soil Series: | NA |
Texture (mean %) | |
Sand: | 34.1 |
Silt: | 24.8 |
Clay: | 41.1 |
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 |