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S of Fresh Creek - S
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Author Plot Code  |
S of Fresh Creek - S
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| Author Observation Code |
S of Fresh Creek - S
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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 |
39.8
º
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| Longitude |
-74.3
º
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| Author Location |
South of Fresh Creek South
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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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| Shape |
Square
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| Area |
25
m²
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| Permanence |
permanent plot
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| Environment Fields: | |
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| Elevation |
0
m
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| Elevation Range |
3
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 |
Low level
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| Landscape Narrative |
Soil Texture: Organic - muck, peat; Mineral - sand, loamy sand, sandy clay, clay
Von Post scale of peat decomposition: H6
Soil Horizon Type: Mor
Physiographic Province: Outer Coastal Plain
Watershed: Barnegat Bay
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| Hydrologic Regime |
Saturated
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| Soil Moisture Regime |
submesic
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| Soil Drainage |
poorly drained
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| Methods Fields: | |
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| Observation Start Date |
09-Sep-2005
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| Observation End Date |
09-Sep-2005
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| Project |
NJ Mark Wong
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| Cover Method |
Domin Cover Scale
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| Stratum Method |
National Park Service
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| Taxon Observation Area |
25
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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| Growthform2 Type |
Dwarf-shrub
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| Growthform3 Type |
Shrubs
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| Misc Fields: | |
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| Observation Narrative |
Community Type: sea level fen
Community Description: Sea level fen dominated by Cladium mariscoides, with Eleocharis rostellata, Panicum virgatum, Calmagrostis cinnoides, Toxicodendron radicans, Eupatorium spp., in a mosaic with thickets and scattered clumps of Acer rubrum, Vaccinium corymbosum, Myrica pennsylvanica, and Baccharis halimifolia, and with patches of of Spartina patens-Distichlis spicata herbaceous vegetation. Community is partly bordered on the N and E by Acer rubrum-Liquidambar styraciflua woodland. There is no surface water. Soil is sand, mixed with black muck, saturated at 52 cm. Terrain is flat, except for occasional shallow man-made ditches.
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| Observation Contributors: |
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KA
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Plot author
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LK
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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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8
m
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peat and roots, pH at 5 cm = 5.0
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A
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8
m
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23
m
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black sand and muck, 10YR 2/1
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E
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23
m
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41
m
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very dark gray sand 10YR 3/1, pH at 35 cm = 5.0
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E
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41
m
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84
m
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wet black sand and muck, 10YR 2/1, soil is saturated below 52 cm, pH at 70 cm = 5.0
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B
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84
m
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86
m
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thin layer of 10YR 3/2 clay
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| Disturbance Data: |
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| Disturbance Type | Disturbance Intensity |
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Hydrologic alteration
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| User Defined Values |
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| No User Defined Data for this plot |
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