Site 51 - Donut Hole
Donut Hole |
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Site
Identification
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| CWC Reference Number: | 51 |
| State: | PA |
| County: | Centre |
| Municipality: | Rush |
| USGS Quad: | Tamarack |
| Watershed: | Moshannon Creek |
| Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Headwater Impoundment Beaver |
| Disturbance Class: | Pristine |
| Dominant Vegetation Class: | PEM |
| Wetland Area: | 0.6 ha (1.5 ac) |
| Year(s) Sampled: | 1995 |
Site 51 - Donut Hole
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Vegetation
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| Herbaceous |
| Percent cover: | 76% (range 10-100%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Common Name: | Scientific Name: |
| Grass |
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| Wool grass | Scirpus cyperinus |
| Bristly blackberry | Rubus hispidus |
| Broom sedge | Andropogon virginicus |
| Soft rush | Juncus effusus |
| Woody |
| Percent cover: | 4.5% (range 0-40%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Common Name: | Scientific Name: |
| Eastern white pine | Pinus strobus |
| Snag |
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| Meadowsweet | Spiraea sp. |
| Weighted Indicator Status (dominant spp.) |
| Herbaceous: | 2.18 |
| Woody: | 3.34 |
| Indicator Status (all spp.) |
| Herbaceous: | 1.84 |
| Woody: | 4.00 |
| Species Richness |
| Total: | 28 |
| Herbaceous: | 26 |
| Woody: | 2 |
Aerial View of Donut Hole
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Soils
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| Matrix Chroma (mean): | 2.8 |
| Organic Matter (mean %): | 23.73 |
| Bulk Density (g/cm2): | 1.39 |
| Soil Series: | NA |
| Texture (mean %) |
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Sand:
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34.1 |
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Silt:
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24.8 |
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Clay:
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41.1 |
| 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 |
