General Information
Reference Number: | 57 |
State: | Pennsylvania |
County: | Centre |
Municipality: | College |
USGS Quad: | State College |
Watershed: | Spring Creek |
Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Headwater floodplain |
Disturbance Class: | Severe |
Dominant Vegetation Class: | PEM |
Wetland Area: | NA |
Year(s) Sampled: | 1997 |
Vegetation
Herbaceous | |
Percent Cover: | 97.9% (range 75-100%) |
Dominant Species | |
Common Name | Scientific Name |
Skunk cabbage | Symplocarpus foetidus |
Canarygrass | Phalaris sp. |
Lake sedge | Carex lacustris |
Field mustard | Brassica rapa |
Narrow-leaved cattail | Typha angustifolia |
Woody | |
Percent cover: | 16.7% (range 0-100%) |
Dominant Species | |
American elder | Sambucus canadensis |
Buckthorn | Rhamnus sp. |
Red osier dogwood | Cornus sericea |
Black willow | Salix nigra |
Box elder | Acer negundo |
Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species) | |
Herbaceous: | 1.15 |
Shrub/Tree: | 1.97/1.86 |
Weighted Indicator Status (all species) | |
Herbaceous: | 1.92 |
Shrub/Tree: | 1.84/2.17 |
Species Richness | |
Total: | 26 |
Herbaceous: | 21 |
Shrub/Tree: | 3/2 |
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): | — |