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A2 - Bacons Neck
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Author Plot Code  |
A2 - Bacons Neck
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| Author Observation Code |
A2 - Bacons Neck
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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 |
1 km radius (nearest 0.01 degree)
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| Latitude |
39.36
º
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| Longitude |
-75.36
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| Author Location |
Bacons Neck
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| Location Narrative |
The site is approximately 2.1 miles SW of Greenwich. From Greenwich, travel W on Bacons Neck Rd. to Tindall Island Rd. Turn left (south) on Tindall Island Rd. Continue on Tindall Island Rd. to the parking area for the PSE&G preserve.The site is within the forest SW of the parking lot, ~500'.
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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 - coordinates approximate surveyed area
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| Environment Fields: | |
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| Slope Gradient |
3.5
º
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| Landscape Narrative |
Average Soil Texture: Mineral - sandy loam
pH of Mineral Soil: 4.6 at 15.24 cm
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| Percent Wood |
10
%
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| Percent Litter |
55
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| Observation Start Date |
31-Oct-2002
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| Observation End Date |
31-Oct-2002
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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 |
Tree
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| Growthform1 Type |
Trees
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| Growthform2 Type |
Herbs
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| Growthform3 Type |
Vine/liana
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| Observation Narrative |
General Description: 80-100 year old forest of hickory, sweetgum canopy and Ilex opaca subcanopy and Boehmeria/ Carex understory that surrounds the site, which is on a part of land that is within an agricultural area. A few Chamaecyparis thyoides is found near the entrance.
Community Description: Tall tree-dominated upper shore of Liquidambar with scattered Nyssa and very little ground cover. Surrounding woods have virtually no ground cover except along paths, and shrub layer.
Fauna: nuthatch
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