Site 28 - Millbrook Marsh
Millbrook Marsh |
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Site
Identification
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| CWC Reference Number: | 28 |
| State: | PA |
| County: | Centre |
| Municipality: | College |
| USGS Quad: | State College |
| Watershed: | Spring Creek |
| Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Mainstem Floodplain |
| Disturbance Class: | Severe |
| Dominant Vegetation Class: | *PSS/PEM |
| Wetland Area: | 0.7 ha (1.7 ac) |
| Year(s) Sampled: | 1994 |
Site 28 - Millbrook Marsh
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Vegetation
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| Herbaceous |
| percent cover: | 80.3% (range 45-95%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Common Name: | Scientific Name: |
| Creeping buttercup | Ranunculus repens |
| Reed canary grass | Phalaris arundinacea |
| Brome | Bromus sp. |
| Grass |
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| Rough Avens | Geum laciniatum |
| Woody |
| percent cover: | 35.6% (range 0-85%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Common Name: | Scientific Name: |
| Silky dogwood | Cornus amomum |
| Box elder | Acer negundo |
| Black walnut | Juglans nigra |
| Tatarian honeysuckle | Lonicera tatarica |
| Wild black currant | Ribes americanum |
| Weighted Indicator Status (dominant spp.) |
| Herbaceous: | 2.48 |
| Woody: | 2.67 |
| Indicator Status (all spp.) |
| Herbaceous: | 2.81 |
| Woody: | 2.71 |
| Species Richness |
| Total: | 69 |
| Herbaceous: | 63 |
| Woody: | 6 |
Aerial View of Millbrook Marsh
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Soils
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| Matrix Chroma (mean): | 2.0 |
| Organic Matter (mean %): | 5.2 |
| Bulk Density (g/cm2): | 0.84 |
| Soil Series: | Melvin silt loam |
| Texture (mean %) |
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sand:
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29.3 |
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silt:
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38.5 |
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clay:
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32.2 |
| Sedimentation Rate |
| mineral loading (g/cm2): | 0.19 |
| equivalent depth (cm): | 0.10 |
| organic loading (g/cm2): | 0.22 |
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Hydrology
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| Water Level |
| median (cm): | -112.0 |
| range (cm): | -130.0 - (-42.0) |
| Water Quality |
| pH (mean): | 7.2 |
| Conductivity (mean): | 660.0 |
