Shaver's Creek



Vegetation - Soils - Hydrology - Habitat Suitability Index
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Site Identification

CWC Reference Number: 23
State: PA
County: Huntingdon
Municipality: Barree
USGS Quad: Pine Grove
Watershed: Shaver's Creek
Hydrogeomorphic Class: Slope
Disturbance Class: Pristine
Dominant Vegetation Class: PSS/*PFO
Wetland Area: 0.4 ha (1.0 ac)
Year(s) Sampled: 1994



Site 23 - Shaver's Creek





Vegetation

Herbaceous
Percent cover: 46.9% (range 10-95%)
Dominant Species
Common Name: Scientific Name:
Drooping sedge Carex prasina
Sedge Carex sp.
Skunk cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus
Trout lily Erythronium americanum
Thimble weed Anemone quinquefolia


Woody
Percent cover: 73.7% (range 60-85%)
Dominant Species
Common Name: Scientific Name:
American hornbeam Carpinus caroliniana
Hawthorn Crataegus sp.
Swamp white oak Quercus bicolor
White pine Pinus strobus


Weighted Indicator Status (dominant spp.)
Herbaceous: 1.81
Woody: 3.00
Indicator Status (all spp.)
Herbaceous: 1.67
Woody: 2.78
Species Richness
Total: 67
Herbaceous: 54
Woody: 13



Aerial View of Shaver's Creek





Soils

Matrix Chroma (mean): 2.3
Organic Matter (mean %): 6.15
Bulk Density (g/cm2): 0.85
Soil Series: Atkins silt loam
Texture (mean %)
Sand:
21.8
Silt:
46.2
Clay:
32.1
Sedimentation Rate
Mineral loading (g/cm2): 0.31
Equivalent depth (cm): 0.30
Organic loading (g/cm2): 0.57



Hydrology

Water Level
Median (cm): -42.0
Range (cm): -80.0 - (-25.0)
Water Quality
pH (mean): 6.7
Conductivity (mean): 370.0