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 |