Site 23 - Shaver's Creek
Shaver's Creek |
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Site
Identification
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| CWC Reference Number: | 23 |
| State: | PA |
| County: | Huntingdon |
| Municipality: | Barree |
| USGS Quad: | Pine Grove |
| Watershed: | Shaver's Creek |
| Hydrogeomorphic Class: | Slope |
| Disturbance Class: | Pristine |
| Dominant Vegetation Class: | PSS/*PFO |
| Wetland Area: | 0.4 ha (1.0 ac) |
| Year(s) Sampled: | 1994 |
Site 23 - Shaver's Creek
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Vegetation
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| Herbaceous |
| percent cover: | 46.9% (range 10-95%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Common Name: | Scientific Name: |
| Drooping sedge | Carex prasina |
| Sedge | Carex sp. |
| Skunk cabbage | Symplocarpus foetidus |
| Trout lily | Erythronium americanum |
| Thimble weed | Anemone quinquefolia |
| Woody |
| percent cover: | 73.7% (range 60-85%) |
| Dominant Species |
| Common Name: | Scientific Name: |
| American hornbeam | Carpinus caroliniana |
| Hawthorn | Crataegus sp. |
| Swamp white oak | Quercus bicolor |
| White pine | Pinus strobus |
| Weighted Indicator Status (dominant spp.) |
| Herbaceous: | 1.81 |
| Woody: | 3.00 |
| Indicator Status (all spp.) |
| Herbaceous: | 1.67 |
| Woody: | 2.78 |
| Species Richness |
| Total: | 67 |
| Herbaceous: | 54 |
| Woody: | 13 |
Aerial View of Shaver's Creek
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Soils
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| Matrix Chroma (mean): | 2.3 |
| Organic Matter (mean %): | 6.15 |
| Bulk Density (g/cm2): | 0.85 |
| Soil Series: | Atkins silt loam |
| Texture (mean %) |
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sand:
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21.8 |
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silt:
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46.2 |
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clay:
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32.1 |
| Sedimentation Rate |
| mineral loading (g/cm2): | 0.31 |
| equivalent depth (cm): | 0.30 |
| organic loading (g/cm2): | 0.57 |
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Hydrology
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| Water Level |
| median (cm): | -42.0 |
| range (cm): | -80.0 - (-25.0) |
| Water Quality |
| pH (mean): | 6.7 |
| Conductivity (mean): | 370.0 |
