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 |
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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 |