Site 31 - Cedar Run
Cedar Run |
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Site
Identification
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| CWC Reference Number: | 31 |
| State: | PA |
| County: | Centre |
| Municipality: | Harris |
| USGS Quad: | State College |
| Watershed: | Spring Creek |
| Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Headwater Floodplain |
| Disturbance Class: | Severe |
| Dominant Vegetation Class: | *PEM/PSS |
| Wetland Area: | 0.3 ha (0.6 ac) |
| Year(s) Sampled: | 1994 |
Site 31 - Cedar Run
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Vegetation
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| Herbaceous |
| Percent cover: | 81.9% (range 45-100%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Common Name: | Scientific Name: |
| Kentucky bluegrass | Poa pratensis |
| Spotted touch me not | Impatiens capensis |
| Grass |
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| Creeping thistle | Cirsium arvense |
| Garlic mustard | Alliaria petiolata |
| Woody |
| Percent cover: | 27.3% (range 0-95%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Common Name: | Scientific Name: |
| European privet | Ligustrum vulgare |
| Multiflora rose | Rosa multiflora |
| Blackberry/Dewberry | Rubus sp. |
| Gray dogwood | Cornus racemosa |
| American elder | Sambucus canadensis |
| Weighted Indicator Status (dominant spp.) |
| Herbaceous: | 3.41 |
| Woody: | 3.50 |
| Indicator Status (all spp.) |
| Herbaceous: | 3.11 |
| Woody: | 3.43 |
| Species Richness |
| Total: | 66 |
| Herbaceous: | 60 |
| Woody: | 6 |
Aerial VIew of Cedar Run
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Soils
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| Matrix Chroma (mean): | 3.0 |
| Organic Matter (mean %): | 6.11 |
| Bulk Density (g/cm2): | 0.82 |
| Soil Series: | Dunning silty clay loam |
| Texture (mean %) |
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Sand:
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6.0 |
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Silt:
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65.7 |
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Clay:
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28.3 |
| Sedimentation Rate |
| Mineral loading (g/cm2): | 4.22 |
| Equivalent depth (cm): | 3.40 |
| Organic loading (g/cm2): | 0.53 |
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Hydrology
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| Water Level |
| Median (cm): | -53.0 |
| Range (cm): | -69.0 - (-18.0) |
| Water Quality |
| pH (mean): | 7.2 |
| Conductivity (mean): | 503.5 |
