Little Fishing Creek |
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Site
Identification
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| CWC Reference Number: | 4 |
| State: | PA |
| County: | Centre |
| Municipality: | Walker |
| USGS Quad: | Mingoville |
| Watershed: | Little Fishing Creek |
| Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Headwater Impoundment |
| Disturbance Class: | Pristine |
| Dominant Vegetation Class: | PSS |
| Wetland Area: | 0.4 ha (1.0 ac) |
| Year(s) Sampled: | 1993, 1994 |
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Vegetation
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| Herbaceous |
| Percent cover: | 90.0% (range 50-100%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Common Name: | Scientific Name: |
| Fringed Sedge | Carex crinita |
| Rice cutgrass | Leersia oryzoides |
| Swamp dewberry | Rubus hispidus |
| Bent grass | Agrostis sp. |
| Lurid sedge | Carex lurida |
| Woody |
| Percent cover: | 43.0% (range 0-90%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Common Name: | Scientific Name: |
| Speckled alder | Alnus incana |
| Willow | Salix sp. |
| Red Maple | Acer rubrum |
| Yellow birch | Betula alleghaniensis |
| Weighted Indicator Status (dominant spp.) |
| Herbaceous: | 1.47 |
| Woody: | 2.34 |
| Indicator Status (all spp.) |
| Herbaceous: | 1.67 |
| Woody: | 2.01 |
| Species Richness |
| Total: | 60 |
| Herbaceous: | 56 (over 2 years) |
| Woody: | 4 |
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Soils
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| Matrix Chroma (mean): | 1.3 |
| Organic Matter (mean %): | 11.01 |
| Bulk Density (g/cm2): | NA |
| Soil Series: | Hazelton-Dekalb association |
| Texture (mean %) |
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Sand:
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47.0 |
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Silt:
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36.7 |
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Clay:
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16.4 |
| Sedimentation Rate |
| Mineral loading (g/cm2): | 11.02 |
| Equivalent depth (cm): | 8.80 |
| Organic loading (g/cm2): | 1.47 |
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Hydrology
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| Water Level |
| Median (cm): | -17.5 |
| Range (cm): | -48.2 - 2.0 |
| Water Quality |
| pH (mean): | 5.5 |
| Conductivity (mean): | 72.0 |
