General Information
Reference Number: | 195 |
State: | Pennsylvania |
County: | Chester |
Municipality: | East Bradford |
USGS Quad: | Unionville |
Watershed: | Branywine River |
Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Headwater Floodplain |
Disturbance Class: | Moderate |
Dominant Vegetation Class: | — |
Wetland Area: | — |
Year(s) Sampled: | 2001 |
Vegetation
Herbaceous | |
Percent Cover: | 95.0% |
Dominant Species | |
Common Name | Scientific Name |
Japanese stiltgrass | Microstegium vimineum |
Canarygrass | Phalaris sp. |
Sedge | Carex sp. |
Touch-me-not/jewelweed | Impatiens sp. |
Fireweed | Epilobium angustifolium |
Woody | |
Percent cover: | 33.0% |
Dominant Species | |
Staghorn sumac | Rhus typhina |
Multiflora rose | Rosa muliflora |
Green ash | Fraxinus pennsylvanica |
Black willow | Salix nigra |
Weeping willow | Salix babylonica |
Black walnut | Juglans nigra |
Black cherry | Prunus serotina |
Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species) | |
Herbaceous: | 2.78 |
Shrub/Tree: | 4.00/2.42 |
Weighted Indicator Status (all species) | |
Herbaceous: | 3.00 |
Shrub/Tree: | 4.00/2.80 |
Species Richness | |
Total: | 48 |
Herbaceous: | 41 |
Shrub/Tree: | 2/5 |
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): | — |