Comprehensive View of a Plot
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A3 - HV
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Author Plot Code  |
A3 - HV
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| Author Observation Code |
A3 - HV
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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
º
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| Longitude |
-74.9
º
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| Author Location |
Happy Valley Fen
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| State or Province |
New Jersey
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| Country |
United States
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| Named Places |
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| Layout Fields: | |
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| Shape |
Square
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| Area |
100
m²
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| Permanence |
permanent plot
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| Layout Narrative |
Lat/long coordinates are taken from plot center.
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| Environment Fields: | |
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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 |
General Landscape Description: Calcareous fen located in a broad, linear valley surrounded by calcareous forested ridges. Homes located at both ends and bounded by roads at N and S ends.
Soil Texture: Organic - peat; Mineral - shell/silt marl
Von Post scale of peat decomposition: H5
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| Hydrologic Regime |
Saturated
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| Soil Moisture Regime |
hydric
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| Soil Drainage |
very poorly drained
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| Percent Litter |
4.75
%
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| Percent Bare Soil |
0.25
%
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| Stand Maturity |
Mature, even-age
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| Methods Fields: | |
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| Observation Start Date |
19-Sep-2007
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| Observation End Date |
19-Sep-2007
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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 |
100
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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| Field Cover |
95
%
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| Nonvascular Cover |
0.5
%
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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 |
95
%
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| Growthform2 Cover |
0.5
%
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| Misc Fields: | |
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| Observation Narrative |
Community Type: calcareous sinkhole pond
Community Description: Graminoid dominated fen with patches dominated by Scirpus acutus or Cladium mariscoides. Adjacent to a marl pond dug by a farmer.
Evidence of Community Processes: Saturated organic soil (groundwater seepage / upwelling).
Environmental comments: Occassional hummocks by shrubs.
Other associated species present but not in plot: Lobelia kalmii, Carex cryptolepis, Juncus brachycephalus, Eleocharis elliptica.
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| Observation Contributors: |
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| Party | Role |
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MCW
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Field assistant
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LK
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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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16
m
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small roots, peat, 10YR 2/1, pH at 10 cm = 8.5
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O
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16
m
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20
m
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marly peat
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L
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20
m
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50
m
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10YR 7/2 shell marl and silt marl, occasional peat veins, pH at 40 cm = 9.1, pH at 50 cm = 8.6, table table at 50 cm.
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| Disturbance Data: |
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| Disturbance Type | Disturbance Intensity |
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Grazing, native ungulates
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Other disturbances
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| User Defined Values |
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| No User Defined Data for this plot |
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