Old Greentown Road |
Site
Identification
|
CWC Reference Number: | 16 |
State: | PA |
County: | Pike |
Municipality: | Palmyra |
USGS Quad: | Promised Land |
Watershed: | Wallenpaupack |
Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Headwater Impoundment Beaver |
Disturbance Class: | Pristine |
Dominant Vegetation Class: | PEM |
Wetland Area: | 1.8 ha (4.5 ac) |
Year(s) Sampled: | 1993, 1994 |
Site 16 - Old Greentown Rd.
Vegetation
|
Herbaceous |
Percent cover: | 52.1% (range 5-90%) |
Dominant Species |
Common Name: | Scientific Name: |
Tussock sedge | Carex stricta |
Blue joint reedgrass | Calamagrostis canadensis |
Eastern manna grass | Glyceria septentrionalis |
Swamp dewberry | Rubus hispidus |
Canada rush | Juncus canadensis |
Woody |
Percent cover: | 7.5% (range 0-30%) |
Dominant Species |
Common Name: | Scientific Name: |
Bloodleaf meadowsweet | Spirea latifolia |
Weighted Indicator Status (dominant spp.) |
Herbaceous: | 1.17 |
Woody: | 2.67 |
Indicator Status (all spp.) |
Herbaceous: | 1.34 |
Woody: | 2.67 |
Species Richness |
Total: | 21 |
Herbaceous: | 20 (over 2 years) |
Woody: | 1 |
Aerial View of Old Greentown Rd.
Soils
|
Matrix Chroma (mean): | 1.0 |
Organic Matter (mean %): | 47.40 |
Bulk Density (g/cm2): | 0.728 |
Soil Series: | Shallow peat |
Texture (mean %) |
Sand:
|
40.4 |
Silt:
|
39.4 |
Clay:
|
20.2 |
Sedimentation Rate |
Mineral loading (g/cm2): | NA |
Equivalent depth (cm): | NA |
Organic loading (g/cm2): | NA |
Hydrology
|
Water Level |
Median (cm): | NA |
Range (cm): | NA |
Water Quality |
pH (mean): | NA |
Conductivity (mean): | NA |