General Information
Reference Number: |
24 |
State: |
Pennsylvania |
County: |
Huntingdon |
Municipality: |
Logan |
USGS Quad: |
Alexandria |
Watershed: |
Shaver’s Creek |
Hydrogeomorphic Class: |
Slope |
Disturbance Class: |
Pristine |
Dominant Vegetation Class: |
PFO |
Wetland Area: |
0.5 ha (1.2 ac) |
Year(s) Sampled: |
1994 |
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Vegetation
Herbaceous |
Percent Cover: |
42.9% (range 20-65%) |
Dominant Species |
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Trout lily |
Erythronium americanum |
Violet |
Viola sp. |
Golden ragwort |
Senecio aureus |
Sedge |
Carex sp. |
Silverweed/Cinquefoil |
Potentilla sp. |
Woody |
Percent cover: |
81.3% (range 45-95%) |
Dominant Species |
American hornbeam |
Carpinus caroliniana |
Blackhaw |
Viburnum prunifolium |
Ash |
Fraxinus sp. |
Green ash |
Fraxinus pennsylvanica |
Morrow’s honeysuckle |
Lonicera morrowii |
Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species) |
Herbaceous: |
2.19 |
Woody: |
3.00 |
Weighted Indicator Status (all species) |
Herbaceous: |
2.06 |
Woody: |
3.14 |
Species Richness |
Total: |
57 |
Herbaceous: |
47 |
Woody: |
10 |
Soils
Matrix Chroma (mean): |
2.3 |
Organic Matter (mean %): |
7.50 |
Bulk Density (g/cm2): |
NA |
Soil Series: |
Edom-Weikert complex |
Texture (mean %) |
Sand: |
26.5 |
Silt: |
37.2 |
Clay: |
36.3 |
Sedimentation Rate |
Mineral loading (g/cm2): |
0.32 |
Equivalent depth (cm): |
0.30 |
Organic loading (g/cm2): |
0.31 |
Hydrology
Water Level |
Median (cm): |
-50.0 |
Range (cm): |
-101.0-(-8.0) |
Water Quality |
pH (mean): |
7.0 |
Conductivity (mean): |
500.0 |