North Park



Vegetation - Soils - Hydrology - Habitat Suitability Index
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Site Identification

CWC Reference Number: 41
State: 41
County: Allegheny
Municipality: McCandless
USGS Quad: Emsworth
Watershed: Emsworth
Hydrogeomorphic Class: Headwater Floodplain
Disturbance Class: Severe
Dominant Vegetation Class: PSS
Wetland Area: 0.1 ha (0.3 ac)
Year(s) Sampled: 1995



Site 41 - North Park





Vegetation

Herbaceous
Percent cover: 81.0% (range 20-100%)
Dominant Species
Common Name: Scientific Name:
Grass
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Spotted touch me not Impatiens capensis
Skunk cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus
Common blue violet Viola papilionacea
Garlic mustard Alliaria officinalis


Woody
Percent cover: 54% (range 0-100%)
Dominant Species
Common Name: Scientific Name:
Dogwood Cornus sp
Northern arrowwood Viburnum recognitum
Black willow Salix nigra
Black ash Fraxinus nigra
Cherry Prunus sp.


Weighted Indicator Status (dominant spp.)
Herbaceous: 1.75
Woody: 2.47
Indicator Status (all spp.)
Herbaceous: 2.00
Woody: 1.89
Species Richness
Total: 27
Herbaceous: 20
Woody: 7



Site 41 - North Park





Soils

Matrix Chroma (mean): 2.0
Organic Matter (mean %): 11.67
Bulk Density (g/cm2): 1.3
Soil Series: NA
Texture (mean %)
Sand:
48.6
Silt:
27.3
Clay:
27.3
Sedimentation Rate
Mineral loading (g/cm2): NA
Equivalent depth (cm): NA
Organic loading (g/cm2): NA



Hydrology

Water Level
Median (cm): NA
Range (cm): NA
Water Quality
pH (mean): NA
Conductivity (mean): NA