Sand Spring |
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Site
Identification
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| CWC Reference Number: | 6 |
| State: | PA |
| County: | Union |
| Municipality: | Lewis |
| USGS Quad: | Carroll |
| Watershed: | White Deer Creek |
| Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Riparian Depression |
| Disturbance Class: | Pristine |
| Dominant Vegetation Class: | PFO |
| Wetland Area: | 0.2ha (0.5ac) |
| Year(s) Sampled: | 1993, 1994 |
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Vegetation
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| Herbaceous |
| Percent cover: | 23.0% (range 5-70%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Common Name: | Scientific Name: |
| Long awned wood grass | Brachelytrum erectum |
| Gold thread | Coptis groenlandica |
| Manna grass | Glyceria sp. |
| New York fern | Thelypteris noveboracensis |
| Long sedge | Carex folliculata |
| Woody |
| Percent cover: | 85.0% (range 30-100%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Common Name: | Scientific Name: |
| American witch hazel | Hamamelis virginiana |
| Black gum) | Nyssa sylvatica |
| Red oak | Quercus rubra |
| Red maple | Acer rubrum |
| Yellow birch | Betula alleghaniensis |
| Weighted Indicator Status (dominant spp.) |
| Herbaceous: | 2.33 |
| Woody: | 3.33 |
| Indicator Status (all spp.) |
| Herbaceous: | 2.17 |
| Woody: | 3.44 |
| Species Richness |
| Total: | 41 |
| Herbaceous: | 34 (over 2 years) |
| Woody: | 7 |
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Soils
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| Matrix Chroma (mean): | 1.3 |
| Organic Matter (mean %): | 36.02 |
| Bulk Density (g/cm2): | 0.71 |
| Soil Series: | Buchanan very stony loam |
| Texture (mean %) |
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Sand:
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43.6 |
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Silt:
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34.7 |
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Clay:
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21.8 |
| Sedimentation Rate |
| Mineral loading (g/cm2): | 0.00 |
| Equivalent depth (cm): | 0.00 |
| Organic loading (g/cm2): | 1.10 |
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Hydrology
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| Water Level |
| Median (cm): | -17.5 |
| Range (cm): | -117.0-(-2.0) |
| Water Quality |
| pH (mean): | 5.0 |
| Conductivity (mean): | 31.3 |
