Site 14 - Little Fishing Creek PFO
Little Fishing Creek - PFO |
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Site
Identification
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| CWC Reference Number: | 14 |
| State: | PA |
| County: | Centre |
| Municipality: | Spring |
| USGS Quad: | Centre Hall |
| Watershed: | Little Fishing Creek |
| Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Slope |
| Disturbance Class: | Pristine |
| Dominant Vegetation Class: | PFO |
| Wetland Area: | 1.2 ha (3.0 ac) |
| Year(s) Sampled: | 1993, 1994 |
Site 14 - Little Fishing Creek PFO
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Vegetation
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| Herbaceous |
| percent cover: | 10.5% (range 0-90%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Common Name: | Scientific Name: |
| Violet | Viola sp. |
| Long awned wood grass | Brachelytrum erectum |
| Lurid sedge | Carex lurida |
| Goldenrod | Solidago sp. |
| Spotted touch-me-not | Impatiens capensis |
| Woody |
| percent cover: | 96.0% (range 80-100%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Common Name: | Scientific Name: |
| Rhododendron | Rhododendron maximum |
| Speckled alder | Alnus incana |
| Eastern hemlock | Tsuga canadensis |
| Red maple | Acer rubrum |
| White pine | Pinus strobus |
| Weighted Indicator Status (dominant spp.) |
| Herbaceous: | 1.15 |
| Woody: | 4.17 |
| Indicator Status (all spp.) |
| Herbaceous: | 2.00 |
| Woody: | 3.31 |
| Species Richness |
| Total: | 57 |
| Herbaceous: | 49 (over 2 years) |
| Woody: | 8 |
Aerial View of Little Fishing Creek PFO
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Soils
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| Matrix Chroma (mean): | 1.3 |
| Organic Matter (mean %): | 37.06 |
| Bulk Density (g/cm2): | 0.20 |
| Soil Series: | Andover very stony loam |
| Texture (mean %) |
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sand:
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41.0 |
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silt:
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38.4 |
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clay:
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20.5 |
| Sedimentation Rate |
| mineral loading (g/cm2): | 0.07 |
| equivalent depth (cm): | 0.10 |
| organic loading (g/cm2): | 20.5 |
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Hydrology
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| Water Level |
| median (cm): | -11.0 |
| range (cm): | -50.0 - 15.24 |
| Water Quality |
| pH (mean): | 5.5 |
| Conductivity (mean): | 61.1 |
