Long Pond - PEM



Vegetation - Soils - Hydrology - Habitat Suitability Index
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Site Identification

CWC Reference Number: 47
State: PA
County: Monroe
Municipality: Tunkhanock
USGS Quad: Pocono Pines
Watershed: Tunkhanock Creek
Hydrogeomorphic Class: Headwater Floodpln
Disturbance Class: Pristine
Dominant Vegetation Class: PEM
Wetland Area: 0.04 ha (0.1 ac)
Year(s) Sampled: 1995



Site 47 - Long Pond - PEM





Vegetation

Herbaceous
Percent cover: 77.5% (range 25-100%)
Dominant Species
Common Name: Scientific Name:
Shallow sedge Carex lurida
Skunk cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus
Upright sedge Carex stricta
Royal fern Osmunda regalis
Sphagnum
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Woody
Percent cover: 55.8% (range 5-100%)
Dominant Species
Common Name: Scientific Name:
Red maple Acer rubrum
Northern arrowwood Viburnum recognitum
Swamp azalea Rhododendron viscosum
Alder Alnus sp.
Highbush blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum


Weighted Indicator Status (dominant spp.)
Herbaceous: 1.01
Woody: 2.07
Indicator Status (all spp.)
Herbaceous: 1.00
Woody: 2.61
Species Richness
Total: 23
Herbaceous: 16
Woody: 7



Aerial View of Long Pond - PEM





Soils

Matrix Chroma (mean): 2.0
Organic Matter (mean %): 58.72
Bulk Density (g/cm2): 0.12
Soil Series: NA
Texture (mean %)
Sand:
34.9
Silt:
32.4
Clay:
32.7
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