Mid State Middle



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Site Identification

CWC Reference Number: 50
State: PA
County: Clinton
Municipality: Leidy
USGS Quad: Port Matilda
Watershed: Paddy Run
Hydrogeomorphic Class: Headwater Impoundment Beaver
Disturbance Class: Pristine
Dominant Vegetation Class: PEM/POW
Wetland Area: 0.4 ha (0.9 ac)
Year(s) Sampled: 1995



Site 50 - Mid State Middle





Vegetation

Herbaceous
percent cover: 71.3% (range 15-95%)
Dominant Species
Common Name: Scientific Name:
Soft rush Juncus effusus
Sedge Carex sp.
Bristly blackberry Rubus hispidus
Blue joint reed grass Calamagrostis canadensis
Pondweed Potamogeton sp.


Woody
percent cover: 7.7% (range 0-50%)
Dominant Species
Common Name: Scientific Name:
Snag
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Eastern hemlock Tsuga canadensis
Speckled alder Alnus rugosa
Highbush blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum
Northern arrowwood Viburnum recognitum


Weighted Indicator Status (dominant spp.)
Herbaceous: 1.45
Woody: 2.58
Indicator Status (all spp.)
Herbaceous: 1.42
Woody: 3.12
Species Richness
Total: 38
Herbaceous: 31
Woody: 7



Aerial View of Mid State Middle





Soils

Matrix Chroma (mean): NA
Organic Matter (mean %): 19.09
Bulk Density (g/cm2): 1.30
Soil Series: NA
Texture (mean %)
sand:
42.9
silt:
15.2
clay:
41.9
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