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
Take Rt. 9 to Sea Meadow Drive (Parkertown). Stop by first Forsythe Gate, enter woods on trail, go ~ 0.5 miles then bushwack S to the edge of marsh. Follow marsh S along tree line.
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
Growthform2 Type
Dwarf-shrub
Growthform3 Type
Shrubs
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Community Type: sea level fen
Community Description: Diverse community, saturated with fresh water at the time, dominated by graminoids located between woods and salt marsh. Fen is basically flat but is dotted with small hummocks, most of which support Toxicodendron radicans, Myrica sp., or Baccharis halimifolia. Most diverse array of species is found near the wood edge, where a freshwater seep enters from adjoining woods. Cladium mariscoides and Eleocharis rostellata are the dominant species landward. Moving seaward, the Cladium begins to thin out and occassional Scirpus pungens and Distichlis spicata appear. Continuing E, the Distichlis spicata becomes dominant and finally grades into Spartina alterniflora.
