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
GPS readings for other 3 plot corners: 1-SE) 41.07785, -74.81174; 2-SW) 41.07783, -74.8118; 3-NW) 41.07785, -74.81181
Shape
Rectangular
Area
10
m²
Permanence
permanent plot
Layout Narrative
Plot is 2 x 5m, located at 20-22m, on the SW side of the transect.
Environment Fields:
Elevation
149.7
m
Slope Aspect
(n/a, flat)
º
Slope Gradient
0
º
Landscape Narrative
General Landscape Description: Surrounding landscape was historically farmed, particularly the area on the W, which is now a scrubby successional forest. The area to the E is a rich calcareous forest on Dolomite outsrops, with park trails. This pond is hydrolically connected to Frog Pond.
Average pH of Mineral Soil: 6.5 (meter), 6.8 (blue and red).
Environmental Comments: Phalaris invading from center of pond.
Overall Taxon Cover Values are Automatically Calculated?
no
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level
(1) occurrence plot: sufficient for determining type occurrence
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Dominant Stratum
Herb
Growthform1 Type
Herbs
Growthform1 Cover
100
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Community Type: calcareous sinkhole pond
General Description: Stands are found in both minerotrophic basin wetlands as well as rivershores. Stands are dominated by Phalaris arundinacea, a 0.5- to 2-m tall perennial grass, which tends to occur in monocultures or associated with Calamagrostis canadensis. Associates in the glaciated Northeast include Viburnum nudum, Alnus incana or Alnus serrulata, Viburnum dentatum, and Agrostis gigantea.
Other associated species present but not in plot: Potamogeton nodosus.
