Peck's Pond



Vegetation - Soils - Hydrology - Habitat Suitability Index
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Site Identification

CWC Reference Number: 37
State: PA
County: Pike
Municipality: Blooming Grove
USGS Quad: Peck's Pond
Watershed: Bushkill
Hydrogeomorphic Class: Headwater Impoundment Human
Disturbance Class: Pristine
Dominant Vegetation Class: PEM/*POW
Wetland Area: 0.8 ha (1.9 ac)
Year(s) Sampled: 1994



Site 37 - Peck's Pond





Vegetation

Herbaceous
percent cover: 38.8% (range 20-60%)
Dominant Species
Common Name: Scientific Name:
Yellow cow lily Nuphar luteum
Branching burreed Sparganium androcladum
White water lily Nymphaea odorata
St. John's wort Hypericum sp.
Tussock sedge Carex stricta


Woody
percent cover: 26.7% (range 0-80%)
Dominant Species
Common Name: Scientific Name:
Sheep laurel Kalmia angustifolia
Meadowsweet Spiraea latifolia
Highbush blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum


Weighted Indicator Status (dominant spp.)
Herbaceous: 1.09
Woody: 2.84
Indicator Status (all spp.)
Herbaceous: 1.00
Woody: 2.82
Species Richness
Total: 37
Herbaceous: 34
Woody: 3



Aerial View of Peck's Pond





Soils

Matrix Chroma (mean): NA
Organic Matter (mean %): 86.44
Bulk Density (g/cm2): 0.17
Soil Series: Peat
Texture (mean %)
sand:
NA
silt:
NA
clay:
NA
Sedimentation Rate
mineral loading (g/cm2): NA
equivalent depth (cm): NA
organic loading (g/cm2): NA



Hydrology

Water Level
median (cm): NA
range (cm): NA
Water Quality
pH (mean): NA
Conductivity (mean): NA