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
General Landscape Description: Sea level fen, approximately 560' N-S, bordered by Phragmites on E, maple-blackgum woods on the W, holly-juniper-blackgum woods on the S, and maple-dominated swamp on the NE. A short distance to the N, past a ditch and a wooded swamp, is another fen.
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
Trees
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Community Type: sea level fen
Community Description: Sea level fen, approximately 560' N-S, bordered by Phragmites on E, maple-blackgum woods on the W, holly-juniper-blackgum woods on the S, and maple-dominated swamp on the NE. Fen is wettest on the N end; gradually goes uphill to the S. There is some open water. Wettest section is dominated by Scirpus pungens, Typha decodon, and Eleocharis sp. Drier sections have Cladium, Thelypteris palustris, Panicum virgatum and Spartina patens.
