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 |
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): | — |