General Information
| Reference Number: | 57 |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| County: | Centre |
| Municipality: | College |
| USGS Quad: | State College |
| Watershed: | Spring Creek |
| Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Headwater floodplain |
| Disturbance Class: | Severe |
| Dominant Vegetation Class: | PEM |
| Wetland Area: | NA |
| Year(s) Sampled: | 1997 |
Vegetation
| Herbaceous | |
| Percent Cover: | 97.9% (range 75-100%) |
| Dominant Species | |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Skunk cabbage | Symplocarpus foetidus |
| Canarygrass | Phalaris sp. |
| Lake sedge | Carex lacustris |
| Field mustard | Brassica rapa |
| Narrow-leaved cattail | Typha angustifolia |
| Woody | |
| Percent cover: | 16.7% (range 0-100%) |
| Dominant Species | |
| American elder | Sambucus canadensis |
| Buckthorn | Rhamnus sp. |
| Red osier dogwood | Cornus sericea |
| Black willow | Salix nigra |
| Box elder | Acer negundo |
| Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species) | |
| Herbaceous: | 1.15 |
| Shrub/Tree: | 1.97/1.86 |
| Weighted Indicator Status (all species) | |
| Herbaceous: | 1.92 |
| Shrub/Tree: | 1.84/2.17 |
| Species Richness | |
| Total: | 26 |
| Herbaceous: | 21 |
| Shrub/Tree: | 3/2 |
Soils
| Matrix Chroma (mean): | — |
| Organic Matter (mean %): | — |
| Bulk Density (g/cm2): | — |
| Soil Series: | — |
| Texture (mean %) | |
| Sand: | — |
| Silt: | — |
| Clay: | — |
| Sedimentation Rate | |
| Mineral loading (g/cm2): | — |
| Equivalent depth (cm): | — |
| Organic loading (g/cm2): | — |
Hydrology
| Water Level | |
| Median (cm): | — |
| Range (cm): | — |
| Water Quality | |
| pH (mean): | — |
| Conductivity (mean): | — |