Site 49 - Brandywine Floodplain
Brandywine Floodplain |
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Site
Identification
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| CWC Reference Number: | 49 |
| State: | PA |
| County: | Delaware |
| Municipality: | Birmingham |
| USGS Quad: | Wilmington |
| Watershed: | Brandywine Creek |
| Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Mainstem Floodplain |
| Disturbance Class: | Moderate |
| Dominant Vegetation Class: | PFO/PEM |
| Wetland Area: | 0.2 ha (0.4 ac) |
| Year(s) Sampled: | 1995 |
Site 49 - Brandywine Floodplain
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Vegetation
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| Herbaceous |
| Percent cover: | 86.1% (range 15-100%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Common Name: | Scientific Name: |
| Stinging nettle | Urtica dioica |
| Lady's thumb | Polygonum persicaria |
| Jap Hop |
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| American marsh penny wort | Hydrocotyle americana |
| Mile a minute |
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| Woody |
| Percent cover: | 51.6% (range 0-95%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Common Name: | Scientific Name: |
| Northern spicebush | Lindera benzoin |
| Northern arrowwood | Viburnum recognitum |
| Box elder | Acer negundo |
| Green ash | Fraxinus pennsylvanica |
| Red maple | Acer rubrum |
| Weighted Indicator Status (dominant spp.) |
| Herbaceous: | 2.77 |
| Woody: | 2.47 |
| Indicator Status (all spp.) |
| Herbaceous: | 2.92 |
| Woody: | 2.49 |
| Species Richness |
| Total: | 69 |
| Herbaceous: | 59 |
| Woody: | 10 |
Site 49 - Brandywine Floodplain
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Soils
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| Matrix Chroma (mean): | NA |
| Organic Matter (mean %): | 13.56 |
| Bulk Density (g/cm2): | 1.24 |
| Soil Series: | NA |
| Texture (mean %) |
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Sand:
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46.4 |
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Silt:
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34.4 |
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Clay:
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31.6 |
| Sedimentation Rate |
| Mineral loading (g/cm2): | NA |
| Equivalent depth (cm): | NA |
| Organic loading (g/cm2): | NA |
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Hydrology
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| Water Level |
| Median (cm): | NA |
| Range (cm): | NA |
| Water Quality |
| pH (mean): | NA |
| Conductivity (mean): | NA |
