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A3 - Turtle Creek
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Author Plot Code  |
A3 - Turtle Creek
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| Author Observation Code |
A3 - Turtle 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 |
39.58444
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| Longitude |
-74.5129
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| Author Location |
Turtle Creek (off the Wading River) at Swan Bay WMA
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| Location Narrative |
From New Gretna, take Rt. 542 west to Turtle Creek Road (first left after crossing the Wading River). Take the road almost to the end. Marsh surveyed is west of the road.
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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 |
not permanent
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| Layout Narrative |
Latitude and Longitude coordinates are taken from the SE plot corner.
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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 |
Environmental Comments: Water marks on stems of plants.
Average Soil Texture: Organic - peat
Soil Profile Description: No soil profile was collected but surface soil appears to be very muddy peat. Ground is saturated but firm underfoot.
Physiographic Province: Outer Coastal Plain
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| Hydrologic Regime |
Tidally flooded
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| Soil Moisture Regime |
Hydric
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| Soil Drainage |
poorly drained
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| Percent Litter |
2
%
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| Observation Start Date |
27-Nov-2005
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| Observation End Date |
27-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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| 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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| Dominant Stratum |
Herb
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| Growthform1 Type |
Herbs
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| Observation Narrative |
Community Type: tidal brackish marsh
Community Description: Upper reaches of a brackish tidal marsh along Turtle Creek, a small tributary of the Wading River. Adjacent to the marsh, to the east is a dirt road, slightly raised, and beyond that, a hydric forest (Acer, Nyssa, Pinus, Juniperus) that grades into an Atlantic white cedar swamp to the north. Good zonation is exhibited along a transect from the road going west into the marsh, where it becomes Phragmites-dominated in the vicinity of a small tidal ditch. The upper edge, closest to the road is Panicum virgatum-dominated with a few shrubs. Going west, the next zone is mostly Distichlis spicata with frequent Typha angustifolia present. This zone grades thin, through dense Scirpus americanus. The Scirpus americanus zone ends abruptly at a wall of Phragmites that borders the tidal ditch. This site was evaluated as a possible sea level fen, possibly in 2004.
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