9. PSU Airport

General Information

Reference Number: 9
State: Pennsylvania
County: Centre
Municipality: Benner
USGS Quad: State College
Watershed: Spring Creek
Hydrogeomorphic Class: Isolated Depression
Disturbance Class: Severe
Dominant Vegetation Class: PSS
Wetland Area: 0.2 ha (0.5 ac)
Year(s) Sampled: 1993, 1994

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Vegetation

Herbaceous
Percent Cover: 47.3% (range 1-100%)
Dominant Species
Common Name Scientific Name
Teasel Dipsacus sylvestris
Common burdock Arctium minus
Virginia creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Climbing nightshade Solanum dulcamara
Riverbank grape Vitis riparia
Woody
Percent cover: 61.6% (range 0-100%)
Dominant Species
Common buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis
Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species)
Herbaceous: 3.03
Woody: 1.34
Weighted Indicator Status (all species)
Herbaceous: 3.00
Woody: 1.00
Species Richness
Total: 57
Herbaceous: 55 (over 2 years)
Woody: 2

Soils

Matrix Chroma (mean): 1.0
Organic Matter (mean %): 8.66
Bulk Density (g/cm2): 0.76
Soil Series: Hublersburg silt loam
Texture (mean %)
Sand: 19.7
Silt: 49.4
Clay: 31.0
Sedimentation Rate
Mineral loading (g/cm2): NA
Equivalent depth (cm): NA
Organic loading (g/cm2): NA

Hydrology

Water Level
Median (cm): -33.0
Range (cm): -67.0 – 46.0
Water Quality
pH (mean): 6.8
Conductivity (mean): 320.0