General Information
Reference Number: | 69 |
State: | Pennsylvania |
County: | — |
Municipality: | — |
USGS Quad: | Pittsburgh East |
Watershed: | Other |
Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Slope |
Disturbance Class: | Severe |
Dominant Vegetation Class: | PEM/SS |
Wetland Area: | NA |
Year(s) Sampled: | 1998 |
Vegetation
Herbaceous | |
Percent Cover: | 95.6% (range 60-100%) |
Dominant Species | |
Common Name | Scientific Name |
Black bentgrass | Agrostis gigantea |
Pennywort | Obolaria virginica |
Small flower groovebur | Agrimonia parviflora |
Spreading dogbane | Apocynum androsaemifolium |
Slender rush | Juncus tenuis |
Woody | |
Percent cover: | 26.1% (range 0-85%) |
Dominant Species | |
Staghorn sumac | Rhus typhina |
Hawthorn | Crataegus sp. |
White ash | Fraxinus americana |
Multiflora rose | Rosa multiflora |
Willow | Salix sp. |
Cottonwood | Populus deltoides |
Weighted Indicator Status (dominant species) | |
Herbaceous: | 3.04 |
Shrub/Tree: | 3.42/4.41 |
Weighted Indicator Status (all species) | |
Herbaceous: | 3.06 |
Shrub/Tree: | 3.22/4.34 |
Species Richness | |
Total: | 43 |
Herbaceous: | 34 |
Shrub/Tree: | 7/2 |
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): | — |