Penn State University Airport |
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Site
Identification
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| CWC Reference Number: | 9 |
| State: | PA |
| County: | Centre |
| Municipality: | Benner |
| USGS Quad: | State College |
| Watershed: | Spring Creek |
| Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Isolated Depression |
| Disturbance Class: | Severe |
| Dominant Vegetation Class: | PSS |
| Wetland Area: | 0.2 ha (0.5 ac) |
| Year(s) Sampled: | 1993, 1994 |
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Vegetation
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| Herbaceous |
| Percent cover: | 47.3% (1-100%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Common Name: | Scientific Name: |
| Teasel | Dipsacus sylvestris |
| Common burdock | Arctium minus |
| Virginia Creeper | Parthenocissus quinquefolia |
| Climbing nightshade | Solanum dulcamara |
| Riverbank grape | Vitis riparia |
| Woody |
| Percent cover: | 61.6% (0-100%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Common Name: | Scientific Name: |
| Common buttonbush | Cephalanthus occidentalis |
| Weighted Indicator Status (dominant spp.) |
| Herbaceous: | 3.03 |
| Woody: | 1.34 |
| Indicator Status (all spp.) |
| Herbaceous: | 3.00 |
| Woody: | 1.00 |
| Species Richness |
| Total: | 57 |
| Herbaceous: | 55 (over 2 years) |
| Woody: | 2 |
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Soils
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| Matrix Chroma (mean): | 1.0 |
| Organic Matter (mean %): | 8.66 |
| Bulk Density (g/cm2): | 0.76 |
| Soil Series: | Hublersburg silt loam |
| Texture (mean %) |
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Sand:
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19.7 |
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Silt:
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49.4 |
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Clay:
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31.0 |
| Sedimentation Rate |
| Mineral loading (g/cm2): | NA |
| Equivalent depth (cm): | NA |
| Organic loading (g/cm2): | NA |
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Hydrology
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| Water Level |
| Median (cm): | -33.0 |
| Range (cm): | -67.0 - 46.0 |
| Water Quality |
| pH (mean): | 6.8 |
| Conductivity (mean): | 320.0 |
