Black Forest



Vegetation - Soils - Hydrology - Habitat Suitability Index
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Site Identification

CWC Reference Number: 44
State: PA
County: Monroe
Municipality: Tunkhanock
USGS Quad: Pocono Pines
Watershed: Tunkhanock Creek
Hydrogeomorphic Class: Slope
Disturbance Class: Pristine
Dominant Vegetation Class: PFO
Wetland Area: 0.1 ha (0.1 ac)
Year(s) Sampled: 1995



Site 44 - Black Forest





Vegetation

Herbaceous
Percent cover: 70.4% (range 45-110%)
Dominant Species
Common Name: Scientific Name:
Unknown
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Sphagnum
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Spotted touch me not Impatiens capensis
Skunk cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus
Slender rush Juncus tenuis


Woody
Percent cover: 75% (range 55-95%)
Dominant Species
Common Name: Scientific Name:
Rosebay rhododendron Rhododendron maximum
Unknown
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Spruce Picea sp.
Red maple Acer rubrum
Balsam fir Abies balsamea


Weighted Indicator Status (dominant spp.)
Herbaceous: 2.13
Woody: 3.08
Indicator Status (all spp.)
Herbaceous: 2.00
Woody: 3.06
Species Richness
Total: 34
Herbaceous: 25
Woody: 9



Aerial View of Black Forest





Soils

Matrix Chroma (mean): 1.5
Organic Matter (mean %): 38.88
Bulk Density (g/cm2): 0.32
Soil Series: NA
Texture (mean %)
Sand:
57.1
Silt:
25.2
Clay:
17.7
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