Little Fishing Creek - PFO |
Site
Identification
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CWC Reference Number: | 14 |
State: | PA |
County: | Centre |
Municipality: | Spring |
USGS Quad: | Centre Hall |
Watershed: | Little Fishing Creek |
Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Slope |
Disturbance Class: | Pristine |
Dominant Vegetation Class: | PFO |
Wetland Area: | 1.2 ha (3.0 ac) |
Year(s) Sampled: | 1993, 1994 |
Site 14 - Little Fishing Creek PFO
Vegetation
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Herbaceous |
Percent cover: | 10.5% (range 0-90%) |
Dominant Species |
Common Name: | Scientific Name: |
Violet | Viola sp. |
Long awned wood grass | Brachelytrum erectum |
Lurid sedge | Carex lurida |
Goldenrod | Solidago sp. |
Spotted touch-me-not | Impatiens capensis |
Woody |
Percent cover: | 96.0% (range 80-100%) |
Dominant Species |
Common Name: | Scientific Name: |
Rhododendron | Rhododendron maximum |
Speckled alder | Alnus incana |
Eastern hemlock | Tsuga canadensis |
Red maple | Acer rubrum |
White pine | Pinus strobus |
Weighted Indicator Status (dominant spp.) |
Herbaceous: | 1.15 |
Woody: | 4.17 |
Indicator Status (all spp.) |
Herbaceous: | 2.00 |
Woody: | 3.31 |
Species Richness |
Total: | 57 |
Herbaceous: | 49 (over 2 years) |
Woody: | 8 |
Aerial View of Little Fishing Creek PFO
Soils
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Matrix Chroma (mean): | 1.3 |
Organic Matter (mean %): | 37.06 |
Bulk Density (g/cm2): | 0.20 |
Soil Series: | Andover very stony loam |
Texture (mean %) |
Sand:
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41.0 |
Silt:
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38.4 |
Clay:
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20.5 |
Sedimentation Rate |
Mineral loading (g/cm2): | 0.07 |
Equivalent depth (cm): | 0.10 |
Organic loading (g/cm2): | 20.5 |
Hydrology
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Water Level |
Median (cm): | -11.0 |
Range (cm): | -50.0 - 15.24 |
Water Quality |
pH (mean): | 5.5 |
Conductivity (mean): | 61.1 |