Site 40 - Little Sewickley Creek 2
Little Sewickley Creek 2 |
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Site
Identification
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| CWC Reference Number: | 40 |
| State: | PA |
| County: | Allegheny |
| Municipality: | Sewickley |
| USGS Quad: | Ambridge |
| Watershed: | Little Sewickley Creek |
| Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Headwater Floodplain |
| Disturbance Class: | Moderate |
| Dominant Vegetation Class: | PFO/PEM |
| Wetland Area: | 0.2 ha (0.4 ac) |
| Year(s) Sampled: | 1995 |
Site 40 - Little Sewickley Creek 2
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Vegetation
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| Herbaceous |
| percent cover: | 74.0% (range 60-80%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Common Name: | Scientific Name: |
| Rough bedstraw | Galium asprellum |
| Spotted touch me not | Impatiens capensis |
| Garlic mustard | Alliaria officinalis |
| False Mermaid weed | Floerkea proserpinacoides |
| Ground ivy | Glechoma hederacea |
| Woody |
| percent cover: | 63.0% (range 15-100%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Common Name: | Scientific Name: |
| Honeysuckle | Lonicera tatarica |
| Hawthorn | Crataegus sp. |
| Black cherry | Prunus serotina |
| American sycamore | Platanus occidentalis |
| American elm | Ulmus americana |
| Weighted Indicator Status (dominant spp.) |
| Herbaceous: | 2.57 |
| Woody: | 3.20 |
| Indicator Status (all spp.) |
| Herbaceous: | 2.60 |
| Woody: | 3.07 |
| Species Richness |
| Total: | 49 |
| Herbaceous: | 37 |
| Woody: | 12 |
Site 40 - Little Sewickley Creek
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Soils
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| Matrix Chroma (mean): | 2.0 |
| Organic Matter (mean %): | 35.30 |
| Bulk Density (g/cm2): | 0.16 |
| Soil Series: | Hagerstown silt loam |
| Texture (mean %) |
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sand:
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60.8 |
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silt:
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21.3 |
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clay:
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17.9 |
| 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 |
