Long Pond - PFO



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Site Identification

CWC Reference Number: 46
State: PA
County: Monroe
Municipality: Tunkhanock
USGS Quad: Pocono Pines
Watershed: Tunkhanock Creek
Hydrogeomorphic Class: Riparian Depression
Disturbance Class: Pristine
Dominant Vegetation Class: PFO
Wetland Area: 0.3 ha (0.7 ac)
Year(s) Sampled: 1995



Site 46 - Long Pond - PFO





Vegetation

Herbaceous
Percent cover: 93.8% (range 80-100%)
Dominant Species
Common Name: Scientific Name:
Upright sedge Carex stricta
Cinnamon fern Osmunda cinnnamomea
Skunk cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus
Sphagnum
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New York fern Thelypteris noveboracensis


Woody
Percent cover: 92.9% (range 65-100%)
Dominant Species
Common Name: Scientific Name:
Rosebay rhododendron Rhododendron maximum
Highbush blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum
Red maple Acer rubrum
Eastern hemlock Tsuga canadensis
Larch Larix sp.


Weighted Indicator Status (dominant spp.)
Herbaceous: 1.49
Woody: 2.87
Indicator Status (all spp.)
Herbaceous: 1.33
Woody: 2.62
Species Richness
Total: 41
Herbaceous: 30
Woody: 11



Aerial View of Long Pond - PFO





Soils

Matrix Chroma (mean): 1.0
Organic Matter (mean %): 41.26
Bulk Density (g/cm2): 0.17
Soil Series: NA
Texture (mean %)
Sand:
70.9
Silt:
12.7
Clay:
16.5
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