General Information
| Reference Number: |
83 |
| State: |
Pennsylvania |
| County: |
Huntingdon |
| Municipality: |
Shirley |
| USGS Quad: |
Aughwick |
| Watershed: |
Juniata River |
| Hydrogeomorphic Class: |
Headwater Floodplain |
| Disturbance Class: |
Pristine |
| Dominant Vegetation Class: |
PFO |
| Wetland Area: |
NA |
| Year(s) Sampled: |
1999 |
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Vegetation
| Herbaceous |
| Percent Cover: |
23.0% (range 5-60%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Common Name |
Scientific Name |
| Japanese stiltgrass |
Microstegium vimineum |
| Small spike false nettle |
Boehmeria cylindrica |
| Touch me not |
Impatiens sp. |
| Violet |
Viola sp. |
| Woody |
| Percent cover: |
61.0% (range 30-95%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Eastern hemlock |
Tsuga canadensis |
| Beech |
Fagus grandifolia |
| Green ash |
Fraxinus pennsylvanica |
| Northern spicebush |
Lindera benzoin |
| Common winterberry |
Ilex verticillata |
| Yellow birch |
Betula allegheniensis |
| Snag |
— |
| White oak |
Quercus alba |
| Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species) |
| Herbaceous: |
2.26 |
| Shrub/Tree: |
3.04/3.81 |
| Weighted Indicator Status (all species) |
| Herbaceous: |
2.67 |
| Shrub/Tree: |
2.80/3.50 |
| Species Richness |
| Total: |
70 |
| Herbaceous: |
45 |
| Shrub/Tree: |
5/20 |
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): |
— |