Little Sewickley Creek 2 |
Site
Identification
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CWC Reference Number: | 40 |
State: | PA |
County: | Allegheny |
Municipality: | Sewickley |
USGS Quad: | Ambridge |
Watershed: | Little Sewickley Creek |
Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Headwater Floodplain |
Disturbance Class: | Moderate |
Dominant Vegetation Class: | PFO/PEM |
Wetland Area: | 0.2 ha (0.4 ac) |
Year(s) Sampled: | 1995 |
Site 40 - Little Sewickley Creek 2
Vegetation
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Herbaceous |
Percent cover: | 74.0% (range 60-80%) |
Dominant Species |
Common Name: | Scientific Name: |
Rough bedstraw | Galium asprellum |
Spotted touch me not | Impatiens capensis |
Garlic mustard | Alliaria officinalis |
False Mermaid weed | Floerkea proserpinacoides |
Ground ivy | Glechoma hederacea |
Woody |
Percent cover: | 63.0% (range 15-100%) |
Dominant Species |
Common Name: | Scientific Name: |
Honeysuckle | Lonicera tatarica |
Hawthorn | Crataegus sp. |
Black cherry | Prunus serotina |
American sycamore | Platanus occidentalis |
American elm | Ulmus americana |
Weighted Indicator Status (dominant spp.) |
Herbaceous: | 2.57 |
Woody: | 3.20 |
Indicator Status (all spp.) |
Herbaceous: | 2.60 |
Woody: | 3.07 |
Species Richness |
Total: | 49 |
Herbaceous: | 37 |
Woody: | 12 |
Site 40 - Little Sewickley Creek
Soils
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Matrix Chroma (mean): | 2.0 |
Organic Matter (mean %): | 35.30 |
Bulk Density (g/cm2): | 0.16 |
Soil Series: | Hagerstown silt loam |
Texture (mean %) |
Sand:
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60.8 |
Silt:
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21.3 |
Clay:
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17.9 |
Sedimentation Rate |
Mineral loading (g/cm2): | NA |
Equivalent depth (cm): | NA |
Organic loading (g/cm2): | NA |
Hydrology
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Water Level |
Median (cm): | NA |
Range (cm): | NA |
Water Quality |
pH (mean): | NA |
Conductivity (mean): | NA |