Little Fishing Creek - PFO



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Site Identification

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

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

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:
41.0
Silt:
38.4
Clay:
20.5
Sedimentation Rate
Mineral loading (g/cm2): 0.07
Equivalent depth (cm): 0.10
Organic loading (g/cm2): 20.5



Hydrology

Water Level
Median (cm): -11.0
Range (cm): -50.0 - 15.24
Water Quality
pH (mean): 5.5
Conductivity (mean): 61.1