McCall Dam



Vegetation - Soils - Hydrology - Habitat Suitability Index
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Site Identification

CWC Reference Number: 5
State: PA
County: Centre
Municipality: Miles
USGS Quad: Carroll
Watershed: White Deer Creek
Hydrogeomorphic Class: Riparian Depression
Disturbance Class: Pristine
Dominant Vegetation Class: PSS
Wetland Area: 0.2ha (0.5ac)
Year(s) Sampled: 1994







Vegetation

Herbaceous
Percent cover: 96.1% (range 80-100%)
Dominant Species
Common Name: Scientific Name:
Emory's sedge Carex emoryi
Sedge Carex retroflexa
Grass
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Swamp dewberry Rubus hispidus
Marsh St. John's wort Triadenum virginicum


Woody
Percent cover: 61.6% (range 30-85%)
Dominant Species
Common Name: Scientific Name:
Speckled alde Alnus incana
Eastern white pine Pinus strobus
Red maple Acer rubrum
Spruce Picea sp.
Red oak Quercus rubra


Weighted Indicator Status (dominant spp.)
Herbaceous: 1.58
Woody: 3.27
Indicator Status (all spp.)
Herbaceous: 1.71
Woody: 2.67
Species Richness
Total: 61
Herbaceous: 47
Woody: 14







Soils

Matrix Chroma (mean): 1.0
Organic Matter (mean %): 16.21
Bulk Density (g/cm2): NA
Soil Series: Philo and Atkins very stony soils
Texture (mean %)
Sand:
45.7
Silt:
33.3
Clay:
21.0
Sedimentation Rate
Mineral loading (g/cm2): 11.02
Equivalent depth (cm): 1.3
Organic loading (g/cm2): 1.75



Hydrology

Water Level
Median (cm): -4.50
Range (cm): -67.0 - 4.0
Water Quality
pH (mean): 5.9
Conductivity (mean): 48.9