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SL-A3
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Author Plot Code  |
SL-A3
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| Author Observation Code |
SL-A3
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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 |
41.1
º
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| Longitude |
-74.9
º
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| Author Location |
Spring Lake
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| Location Narrative |
From Newton, head W on Rt. 622 (Newton Swartswood Rd.) to Paulinskill Lake. Turn left onto Ridge Rd. after crossing the bridge over the lake, and make first right onto Dove Island Rd. Follow to parking area on N side of road. Follow horseback riding trails to the ponds.
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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) 41.07408, -74.81031; 2-SW) 41.07411, -74.81035; 3-NW) 41.07412, -74.81034
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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 2 x 5 m, at 32-34 m, on W side of transect.
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| Environment Fields: | |
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| Elevation |
152.4
m
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| Slope Aspect |
45
º
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| Slope Gradient |
2
º
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| Topographic Position |
Basin floor
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| Landscape Narrative |
Environmental Comments: Rather homogeneous vegetation, deer trampling contributor to bare soil(?); water marks on trees 2-3'.
Soil Texture: Mineral - silty clay loam
Average pH of Mineral Soil: 6.7 (meter) and 7.4 (both reagents).
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| Representativeness |
fair
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| Hydrologic Regime |
Intermittently flooded
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| Soil Moisture Regime |
hydric
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| Soil Drainage |
poorly drained
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| Percent Litter |
0.2
%
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| Percent Bare Soil |
9
%
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| Methods Fields: | |
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| Observation Start Date |
17-Sep-1997
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| Observation End Date |
17-Sep-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 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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| Dominant Stratum |
Herb
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| Growthform1 Type |
Herbs
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| Growthform2 Type |
Other/unknown
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| Growthform1 Cover |
55
%
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| Growthform2 Cover |
30
%
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| Misc Fields: | |
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| Observation Narrative |
Community Type: calcareous sinkhole pond
General Description: This community occurs in solution sinkholes on Allentown Dolomite with surficial deposits of glacial till/bedrock complex. Very rarely it will also occur on glacial outwash (kettles). Soils are shallow silt loam, silty clay loam, silty clay, or rarely silt marl, overlaying clay or bedrock. It may also occur, very rarely, on marly muck over peat. Small dolomite rocks are often present on the soil surface. The soils are periodically inundated and are categorized as somewhat poorly drained, poorly drained or very poorly drained. This pondshore community is seasonally flooded. The hydroperiod ranges from 4-14 weeks, averaging 8-10 weeks, with seasonal water level fluctuations as great as eighteen (18) feet in elevation. Slope is flat, gentle or moderate. Aspect is flat, north, northwest, northeast, south or southeast. A vegetation gradient often exists within this community type. The upper shore or narrow terrace of a pond may be dominated by Panicum longifolium, Carex pellita and Panicum lanuginosum var. tennesseense with scattered Aster racemosus and Boltonia asteroides var. asteroides. This graminoid and forb mix grades into a wide zone of the typical Boltonia-Aster-Mentha forb-dominated type mid-slope. Downslope it grades into the Panicum capillare - Cyperus strigosus graminoid zone with scattered Boltonia, Aster or Mentha. The zonation and species dominance vary temporally and spatially with changes in groundwater hydrology. This community is most often associated with the Platanus occidentalis – Fraxinus pennsylvanica – Ulmus americana / Cornus sericea floodplain terrace forest community, the Panicum capillare - Cyperus strigosus community and the Chara non-vascular aquatic community.
Notes: Mountain bike tracks, deer tracks, flea beetles, centipedes.
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| Observation Contributors: |
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| Party | Role |
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Breden, T.
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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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A
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0
m
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15.2
m
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2.5Y 4/.1 silty clay loam
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A
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15.2
m
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25.4
m
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2.5Y 4/1 with 1, 2.5Y 3/1 large mottle, silty clay loam
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A
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25.4
m
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40.6
m
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2.5Y4/1 with 3/1 large mottle and 5/6 smaller mottle; silty clay loam at 40.6 cm
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E
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40.6
m
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61
m
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2.5Y 5/1 with 5/6 small mottle, silty loam
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| Disturbance Data: |
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| Disturbance Type | Disturbance Intensity |
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Trampling and trails
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| User Defined Values |
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| No User Defined Data for this plot |
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