Rothrock
State Forest
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Site
Identification
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CWC Reference Number: | 24 |
State: | PA |
County: | Huntingdon |
Municipality: | Logan |
USGS Quad: | Alexandria |
Watershed: | Shaver's Creek |
Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Slope |
Disturbance Class: | Pristine |
Dominant Vegetation Class: | PFO |
Wetland Area: | 0.5 ha (1.2 ac) |
Year(s) Sampled: | 1994 |
Site 24 - Rothrock State Forest - McGuire Rd.
Vegetation
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Herbaceous |
Percent cover: | 42.9% (range 20-65%) |
Dominant Species |
Common Name: | Scientific Name: |
Trout lily | Erythronium americanum |
Violet | Viola sp |
Golden ragwort | Senecio aureus |
Sedge | Carex sp. |
Silverweed/Cinquefoil | Potentilla sp. |
Woody |
Percent cover: | 81.3% (range 45-95%) |
Dominant Species |
Common Name: | Scientific Name: |
American hornbeam | Carpinus caroliniana |
Blackhaw | Viburnum prunifolium |
Ash | Fraxinus sp. |
Green ash | Fraxinus pennsylvanica |
Morrow's honeysuckle | Lonicera morrowii |
Weighted Indicator Status (dominant spp.) |
Herbaceous: | 2.19 |
Woody: | 3.00 |
Indicator Status (all spp.) |
Herbaceous: | 2.06 |
Woody: | 3.14 |
Species Richness |
Total: | 57 |
Herbaceous: | 47 |
Woody: | 10 |
Site 24 - Rothrock State Forest - McGuire Rd.
Soils
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Matrix Chroma (mean): | 2.3 |
Organic Matter (mean %): | 7.50 |
Bulk Density (g/cm2): | NA |
Soil Series: | Edom-Weikert complex |
Texture (mean %) |
Sand:
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26.5 |
Silt:
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37.2 |
Clay:
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36.3 |
Sedimentation Rate |
Mineral loading (g/cm2): | 0.32 |
Equivalent depth (cm): | 0.30 |
Organic loading (g/cm2): | 0.31 |
Hydrology
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Water Level |
Median (cm): | -50.0 |
Range (cm): | -101.0 - (-8.0) |
Water Quality |
pH (mean): | 7.0 |
Conductivity (mean): | 500.0 |