Buffalo Run |
Site
Identification
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CWC Reference Number: | 18 |
State: | PA |
County: | Centre |
Municipality: | Patton |
USGS Quad: | Julian |
Watershed: | Spring Creek |
Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Headwater floodplain |
Disturbance Class: | Moderate |
Dominant Vegetation Class: | *PSS/EM |
Wetland Area: | 1.2 ha (3.0 ac) |
Year(s) Sampled: | 1993, 1994 |
Site 18 - Buffalo Run
Vegetation
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Herbaceous |
Percent cover: | 96.0% (range 30 - 100%) |
Dominant Species |
Common Name: | Scientific Name: |
Canada goldenrod | Solidago canadensis |
Giant goldenrod | Solidago gigantea |
Reed canary grass | Phalaris arundinacea |
Fragrant goldenrod | Euthamia graminifolia |
Grass |
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Woody |
Percent cover: | 33.9% (range 0-100%) |
Dominant Species |
Common Name: | Scientific Name: |
Multiflora rose | Rosa multiflora |
Morrow's honeysuckle | Lonicera morrowii |
Box elder | Acer negundo |
Slippery elm | Ulmus rubra |
Autumn olive | Eleagnus umbellata |
Weighted Indicator Status (dominant spp.) |
Herbaceous: | 3.14 |
Woody: | 3.22 |
Indicator Status (all spp.) |
Herbaceous: | 3.00 |
Woody: | 3.08 |
Species Richness |
Total: | 100 |
Herbaceous: | 90 (over 2 years) |
Woody: | 10 |
Aerial View of Buffalo Run
Soils
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Matrix Chroma (mean): | 1.9 |
Organic Matter (mean %): | 8.20 |
Bulk Density (g/cm2): | 1.05 |
Soil Series: | Melvin silt loam |
Texture (mean %) |
Sand:
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30.4 |
Silt:
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41.5 |
Clay:
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28.1 |
Sedimentation Rate |
Mineral loading (g/cm2): | site
1: 1.0 site 2: 0.29 |
Equivalent depth (cm): | site
1: 0.80 site 2: 0.20 |
Organic loading (g/cm2): | site
1: 1.38 site 2: 0.16 |
Hydrology
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Water Level |
Median (cm): | -33.0 |
Range (cm): | -66.0 - 19.0 |
Water Quality |
pH (mean): | 7.3 |
Conductivity (mean): | 614.0 |