Bald Eagle Creek |
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Site
Identification
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| CWC Reference Number: | 3 |
| State: | PA |
| County: | Centre |
| Municipality: | Howard |
| USGS Quad: | Mingoville |
| Watershed: | Bald Eagle Creek |
| Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Mainstem Floodplain |
| Disturbance Class: | Moderate |
| Dominant Vegetation Class: | PFO |
| Wetland Area: | 1.0 ha (2.5 ac) |
| Year(s) Sampled: | 1993, 1994 |
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Vegetation
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| Herbaceous |
| Percent cover: | 82.5% (range 30-100%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Common Name: | Scientific Name: |
| Violet | Viola sp. |
| Stinging nettle | Urtica dioica |
| Field horsetail | Equisetum arvense |
| Sedge | Carex sp. |
| Goldenrod | Solidago sp. |
| Woody |
| Percent cover: | 75.2% (range 10-100%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Common Name: | Scientific Name: |
| Slippery Elm | Ulmus rubra |
| Silky Dogwood | Cornus amomum |
| Box elder | Acer negundo |
| Snag |
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| Green Ash | Fraxinus pennsylvanica |
| Weighted Indicator Status (dominant spp.) |
| Herbaceous: | 2.50 |
| Woody: | 2.42 |
| Indicator Status (all spp.) |
| Herbaceous: | 2.50 |
| Woody: | 2.73 |
| Species Richness |
| Total: | 92 |
| Herbaceous: | 80 (over 2 years) |
| Woody: | 12 |
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Soils
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| Matrix Chroma (mean): | 2.0 |
| Organic Matter (mean %): | 6.89 |
| Bulk Density (g/cm2): | NA |
| Soil Series: | Lindside soils |
| Texture (mean %) |
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Sand:
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28.1 |
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Silt:
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49.6 |
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Clay:
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22.3 |
| Sedimentation Rate |
| Mineral loading (g/cm2): | 0.00 |
| Equivalent depth (cm): | 0.00 |
| Organic loading (g/cm2): | 0.20 |
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Hydrology
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| Water Level |
| Median (cm): | -87.0 |
| Range (cm): | -103.0 - (-6.0) |
| Water Quality |
| pH (mean): | 6.7 |
| Conductivity (mean): | 376.0 |
