Donut Hole |
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
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
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 %) |
Sand:
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34.1 |
Silt:
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24.8 |
Clay:
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41.1 |
Sedimentation Rate |
Mineral loading (g/cm2): | NA |
Equivalent depth (cm): | NA |
Organic loading (g/cm2): | NA |
Hydrology
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Water Level |
Median (cm): | NA |
Range (cm): | NA |
Water Quality |
pH (mean): | NA |
Conductivity (mean): | NA |