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 |