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A1 - Keasbeys Creek
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Author Plot Code  |
A1 - Keasbeys Creek
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| Author Observation Code |
A1 - Keasbeys Creek
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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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| Confidentiality Status |
exact location
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| Latitude |
39.56416
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| Longitude |
-75.45426
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| Author Location |
Keasbeys Creek at Cemetery
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| Location Narrative |
Take Rt. 49 W through Salem, just past intersection of CR 658 (Yorke St.) pull into cemetery on left.
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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 |
4
m²
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| Permanence |
permanent plot
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| Elevation |
0
m
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| Elevation Range |
3
m
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| Slope Aspect |
(n/a, flat)
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| Slope Gradient |
0
º
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| Topographic Position |
Basin floor
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| Landscape Narrative |
Environmental Comments: Low emergent vegetation is coated with a thin layer of silt/mud
Average Soil Texture: Organic - muck
Physiographic Province: Inner Coastal Plain
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| Hydrologic Regime |
Tidally flooded
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| Soil Moisture Regime |
Hydric
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| Soil Drainage |
very poorly drained
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| Water Depth |
0
m
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| Percent Wood |
2
%
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| Percent Litter |
9
%
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| Percent Bare Soil |
7
%
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| Observation Start Date |
15-Nov-2005
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| Observation End Date |
15-Nov-2005
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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 |
4
m²
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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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| Dominant Stratum |
Herb
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| Growthform1 Type |
Aquatic herb
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| Observation Narrative |
Community Type: tidal freshwater marsh
General Vegetation/Habitat Description: Very wet tidal marsh dominated by emergents Peltandra virginica and Nuphar advena with thick mats of (basal leaves) Rumex verticillata along the landward edges. Phragmites with occasional shrubs (Baccharis, Viburnum dentatum, Rosa multiflora, Amorpha fruticosa) line the shoreline at the land-marsh border. Trees along edge are mostly introduced; Catalpa, Paulownia, Ailanthus. Also present are a few Quercus palustris. Marsh borders a cemetery which dates back many years. There doesn't appear to be any recent disturbance. Soil is black muck, very deep, overlain with a few fallen tree limbs, fallen leaves, and Ceratophyllum demersum, which is lying on the surface of the muck at the time of the survey.
Community Description: Freshwater or oligohaline tidal marsh (probably the former) along small branch of Keasbeys Creek, which runs into the Salem River at Salem. Most of the marshes in this area are disturbed; this one appears undisturbed, but the visible eastern bank is a monoculture of Phragmites, except at the stream edge, which is lined with trees like Paulownia and Ailanthus. At low tide, a narrow main channel runs N-S; on either side are impassable mud flats. In the deeper parts, Nuphar advena forms colonies; then as water becomes progressively shallower, Peltandra dominates. In the highest areas, stands of Rumex verticillata dominate. Ceratophyllum demersum lies stranded on the mud as the tide goes out. Entire marsh is very soft muck and even at low tide, has some standing water. Washed up trash along the edges of the marsh is evidence of flooding.
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