General Information
Reference Number: | 33 |
State: | Pennsylvania |
County: | Centre |
Municipality: | Walker |
USGS Quad: | Madisonburg |
Watershed: | Little Fishing Creek |
Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Slope |
Disturbance Class: | Severe |
Dominant Vegetation Class: | *PSS/PFO |
Wetland Area: | 0.2 ha (0.5 ac) |
Year(s) Sampled: | 1994 |
Vegetation
Herbaceous | |
Percent Cover: | 74.5% (range 40-100%) |
Dominant Species | |
Common Name | Scientific Name |
Grass | — |
Sedge | Carex sp. |
Sedge | Carex retroflexa |
Ground ivy | Glecoma hederacea |
Canada goldenrod | Solidago canadensis |
Woody | |
Percent cover: | 46.8% (range 0-95%) |
Dominant Species | |
Northern spicebush | Lindera benzoin |
Speckled alder | Alnus incana |
Hawthorn | Crataegus sp. |
Mountain ash | Pyrus malus |
Multiflora rose | Rosa multiflora |
Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species) | |
Herbaceous: | 2.51 |
Woody: | 3.17 |
Weighted Indicator Status (all species) | |
Herbaceous: | 3.00 |
Woody: | 2.33 |
Species Richness | |
Total: | 79 |
Herbaceous: | 72 |
Woody: | 7 |
Soils
Matrix Chroma (mean): | 1.0 |
Organic Matter (mean %): | 11.76 |
Bulk Density (g/cm2): | 0.64 |
Soil Series: | Andover very stony loam |
Texture (mean %) | |
Sand: | 31.9 |
Silt: | 54.4 |
Clay: | 13.8 |
Sedimentation Rate | |
Mineral loading (g/cm2): | 2.18 |
Equivalent depth (cm): | 1.70 |
Organic loading (g/cm2): | 0.41 |
Hydrology
Water Level | |
Median (cm): | -50.0 |
Range (cm): | -52.0-(-27.0) |
Water Quality | |
pH (mean): | 7.0 |
Conductivity (mean): | 350.3 |