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D5 - Muckshaw
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Author Plot Code  |
D5 - Muckshaw
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| Author Observation Code |
D5 - Muckshaw
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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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| Confidentiality Status |
10 km radius (nearest 0.1 degree)
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| Latitude |
41
º
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| Longitude |
-74.7
º
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| Author Location |
Muckshaw Ponds #1
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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-SE) 41.02405, -74.78468; 2-SW) 41.02408, -74.78473; 3-NW) 41.02409, -74.78471
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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 |
Plot is 5 x 2 m, located at 61-63m along W side of transect.
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| Environment Fields: | |
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| Elevation |
181
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 |
Basin floor
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| Landscape Narrative |
Environmental Comments: Scirpus dominated grades into Leersia or Eleocharis or Sparganium.
Soil Texture: Organic - muck
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| Homogeneity |
homogeneous
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| Representativeness |
good
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| Hydrologic Regime |
Intermittently flooded
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| Soil Moisture Regime |
hydric
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| Soil Drainage |
very poorly drained
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| Percent Bare Soil |
5
%
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| Methods Fields: | |
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| Observation Start Date |
20-Oct-1997
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| Observation End Date |
20-Oct-1997
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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 Validation Level |
(1) occurrence plot: sufficient for determining type occurrence
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| Overall Plot Vegetation Fields: | |
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| Dominant Stratum |
Herb
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| Growthform1 Type |
Herbs
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| Growthform1 Cover |
100
%
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| Observation Narrative |
Community Type: calcareous sinkhole pond
General Description: This open, graminoid marsh community is restricted to calcareous wetlands in the northeastern United States. It occurs on deep organic deposits on the shores and flats of calcareous sinkhole ponds in the Valley and Ridge Physiographic Province of northwestern New Jersey. The community occurs in glacial outwash (kettles) on Allentown Dolomite or Epler-Richenbach Dolomite bedrock. Soils are deep muck or silty clay over peat or silt, wet to very wet, and very poorly drained. This community is seasonally to semipermanently flooded and has a hydroperiod range of 12-16 weeks, averaging 14-16 weeks. Slope is flat. Aspect is flat. Elevation range is 594 to 600 feet above mean sea level. This community is most often found in a mosaic with Leersia oryzoides – Sparganium chlorocarpum –Polygonum amphibium, Phalaris arundinacea marsh and Cephalanthus occidentalis shrubland.
Deer tracks were observed.
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| Observation Contributors: |
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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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20.3
m
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muck 10YR 2/2, pH at 15.2 cm = 6.6 (c-red)
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O
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20.3
m
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45.7
m
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peaty muck 10YR 2/2, water table at 30.5 cm
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45.7
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61
m
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2.5Y 4/1 with 3/1 and organic peat, silty, clayey muck
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O
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61
m
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111.8
m
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peat (woody) 10YR 2/2, H3
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L
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111.8
m
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121.9
m
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shell marl 2.5Y 6/2, pH = 7.4
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| User Defined Values |
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| No User Defined Data for this plot |
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