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
Trees
Growthform3 Type
Shrubs
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Community Description: Wooded swamp between maple-blackgum forest and fen; grading from relatively dry (at edges) to quite wet. Dominant trees are Acer rubrum. To the N, on the other side of a dtich, is another similar swamp, which in turn is adjacent to another sea level fen. Dominant forbs are Carex spp., Thelypteris palustris and Eleocharis tennuis.
Fauna: Terrapin caroliniana, Rana utricularia, red-winged blackbird
