Toftrees



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Site Identification

CWC Reference Number: 11
State: PA
County: Centre
Municipality: Patton
USGS Quad: Julian
Watershed: Other
Hydrogeomorphic Class: Lake
Disturbance Class: Severe
Dominant Vegetation Class: PFO/*OW
Wetland Area: 0.4 ha (1.0 ac)
Year(s) Sampled: 1993, 1994



Site 11 - Toftrees





Vegetation

Herbaceous
Percent cover: 44.7% (range 1-100%)
Dominant Species
Common Name: Scientific Name:
Broad leaf cattail Typha latifolia
Lesser duckweed Lemna minor
Burreed Sparganium sp.
Rice cutgrass Leersia oryzoides
Lady's thumb Polygonum persicaria


Woody
Percent cover: 26.5% (range 0-90%)
Dominant Species
Common Name: Scientific Name:
Common buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis
Willow Salix sp.


Weighted Indicator Status (dominant spp.)
Herbaceous: 1.62
Woody: 1.34
Indicator Status (all spp.)
Herbaceous: 2.50
Woody: 1.00
Species Richness
Total: 36
Herbaceous: 34 (over 2 years)
Woody: 2



Aerial View of Toftrees





Soils

Matrix Chroma (mean): 2.8
Organic Matter (mean %): 11.01
Bulk Density (g/cm2): 1.00
Soil Series: Hublersberg silt loam
Texture (mean %)
Sand:
22.7
Silt:
38.7
Clay:
38.6
Sedimentation Rate
Mineral loading (g/cm2): NA
Equivalent depth (cm): NA
Organic loading (g/cm2): NA



Hydrology

Water Level
Median (cm): -17.68
Range (cm): -45.0 - 15.2
Water Quality
pH (mean): 6.1
Conductivity (mean): 334.5