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B1 - Rancocas Creek @ Mill Cre
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» Citation URL: http://vegbank.org/cite/urn:lsid:vegbank.org/vegbranch:observation:259-{52A7A29F-FF35-4B84-8DC1-4747DEB169FE}
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Author Plot Code  |
B1 - Rancocas Creek @ Mill Cre
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| Author Observation Code |
B1 - Rancocas Creek @ Mill Cre
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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 |
40.02821
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| Longitude |
-74.91616
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| Author Location |
Rancocas Creek at Mill Creek West (Mill Creek Park)
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| Location Narrative |
From Mill Creek Park on CR 626 in Willingboro, turn W (left) on CR 626, cross stream, and make an immediate left into an industrial park. Follow road to the end. Mill Creek is ESE of parking area.
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| State or Province |
New Jersey
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| Country |
United States
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| Shape |
Plotless
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| Permanence |
not permanent
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| Layout Narrative |
plotless
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| Elevation |
0
m
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| Elevation Range |
6.1
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 |
Channel bed
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| Landscape Narrative |
Environmental Comments: Flooding is evident - washed up trash
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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| Percent Water |
34
%
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| Observation Start Date |
02-Nov-2005
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| Observation End Date |
02-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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| 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 |
Herbs
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| Growthform2 Type |
Aquatic herb
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| Observation Narrative |
Community Type: tidal freshwater marsh
Community Description: Observation point is just north of west of plot A1 on Mill Creek on the other side of the creek. Site is accessed behind Willingboro Public Works (with recycling center). A raised path has been built which bisects a U-shaped portion of marsh to the W of the creek. Path has been established for some time. It is lined by smallish (~ 20 year old) sycamores. Among the sycamores lining the path are Clethra, Viburnum and much Amorpha fruticosa, especially at the seaward end. Some Lythrum salicaria also lines the marsh edge along the path. Marsh shows zonation evidenced on the opposite side; a narrow band of deep soft muck with Peltandra follows the edge of the upland woods. The central portion of both lobes is dominated by Zizania aquatica with Nuphar advena found in occasional pockets beneath it. Toward the back of each lobe is a stand of Typha. An interesting feature here is what appears to be a low natural berm which forms a low barrier between the creek and the two lobes of marsh. Species diversity is greatest along these narrow berms with Impatiens, Polygonums, Bidens spp., Lycopus sp., Lythrum salicaria, and Amaranthus cannabinus extending in a N-S line to "close" the lobes.
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