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M08-T1-1
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Author Plot Code  |
M08-T1-1
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| Author Observation Code |
M08-T1-1
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| Original Data Location |
NJ Natural Heritage Program, NJDEP Division of Parks and Forestry, Office of Natural Lands Management, 22 S. Clinton Ave, Plaza Bldg 4, Fl. 4, PO Box 404 Trenton, NJ, 08625-0404
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| Location Fields: |
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| Confidentiality Status |
10 km radius (nearest 0.1 degree)
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| Latitude |
39.7
º
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| Longitude |
-74.7
º
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| Author Location |
Below Big Doughnut
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| State or Province |
New Jersey
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| Country |
United States
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| Layout Fields: | |
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| DSG Polygon |
GPS readings for other 3 plot corners: 1) 39.67666, -74.66527; 2) 39.67666, -74.66524; 3) 39.67662, -74.66525
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| Shape |
Rectangular
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| Area |
10
m²
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| Permanence |
permanent plot
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| Layout Narrative |
Transect endpoints are permanently marked with rebar. Distance and compass bearing measurements to the plot location with measurements of plot orientation off the transect were taken. GPS coordinates for each corner of the plot was taken with submeter accuracy.; Transect is 84 m long, 284 degrees ESE and 104 degrees WNW: plot at 20-22 m on N side.
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| Environment Fields: | |
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| Elevation |
6.1
m
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| Slope Aspect |
(n/a, flat)
º
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| Slope Gradient |
0
º
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| Topographic Position |
Low level
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| Landform |
flood plain
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| Landscape Narrative |
Soil Texture: Organic - muck
Hydrologic Influence: backflooding of Mullica and groundwater seepage;
Watershed: Mullica River
Environmental Comments: flat iron pannes (muck) with low tussocks of Narthecium and Carex, recently flooded.
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| Hydrologic Regime |
Seasonally flooded
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| Soil Moisture Regime |
Hydric
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| Soil Drainage |
very poorly drained
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| Water Depth |
0.04
m
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| Organic Depth |
0.45
cm
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| Percent Litter |
3
%
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| Percent Water |
30
%
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| Stand Maturity |
Mature, even-age
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| Methods Fields: | |
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| Observation Start Date |
14-Oct-1999
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| Observation End Date |
14-Oct-1999
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| Project |
NJ Mark Wong
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| Cover Method |
Percentage (%)
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| Stratum Method |
National Park Service
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| Taxon Observation Area |
10
m²
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| Cover Dispersion |
entire
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| Overall Taxon Cover Values are Automatically Calculated? |
no
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| Plot Quality Fields: | |
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| Plot Validation Level |
(1) occurrence plot: sufficient for determining type occurrence
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| Overall Plot Vegetation Fields: | |
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| Shrub Cover |
2
%
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| Field Cover |
75
%
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| Dominant Stratum |
Herb
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| Growthform1 Type |
Graminoid
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| Growthform1 Cover |
75
%
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| Misc Fields: | |
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| Observation Narrative |
Community Type: Pine Barrens savanna
General Description from Transect (16-26m): Narthecium.; Community Description: "Open savanna with mosaid of associations including shrub (edge), Narthecium, sedge, Orontium, Cladium, Muhlenbergia torreyana. Narthecium on west side of savanna in open muddy area north of spong."; Development/Maturity: Succession is kept in check by browsing, flooding andor biogeochemical processes.; Species Composition and Biological Structure: community is rich in species (23 in 10 sq. m) with fairly evenly distributed clumps of Narthecium.; Abiotic physical factors: extrememly iron rich muck with bog iron layer.; Local Topography: floodplain of Mullica River; Physiographic Province: Outer Coastal Plain; Other associated species present but not in plot: Eriocaulon decangulare, Cladium mariscoides, Gentiana autumnalis, Schizaea pusilla (no Sphagnum, a lot of algae on muck);
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| Observation Contributors: |
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| Party | Role |
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MIP
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Field assistant
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KSW
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Plot author
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| Soil Observations: |
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| Soil Horizon | Soil Depth Top | Soil Depth Bottom | Soil Color | Soil Organic | Soil Texture | Soil Sand | Soil Silt | Soil Clay | Soil Coarse | Soil PH | Exchange Capacity | Base Saturation | Soil Description |
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O
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0
m
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4
m
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fibrous iron muck, greasy with some live roots and undecomposed organic matter, 7.5 YR 2.5/3, pH at 3cm = 4.4
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A
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4
m
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19
m
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fibrous iron muck with small particles of iron concretions, highly decomposed muck, somewhat greasy, 10 YR 3/6, pH at 11cm = 4.4
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A
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19
m
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32
m
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jelly texture (slime), sticky wet muck with some concretion, silty and organic, 2.5 Y 3/2, pH at 29cm = 5.4
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A
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32
m
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40
m
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muck with sand, greasy, live roots reappear, 10 YR 2/1, pH at 36cm = 5.2
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A
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40
m
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45
m
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wet sand falling out of auger, mix of medium and fine grained sand, very little organic staining, 2.5 Y 4/2
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| Disturbance Data: |
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| Disturbance Type | Disturbance Intensity |
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Floods
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Grazing, native ungulates
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| User Defined Values |
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| No User Defined Data for this plot |
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