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A3 - N of Bartletts Br
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Author Plot Code  |
A3 - N of Bartletts Br
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| Author Observation Code |
A3 - N of Bartletts Br
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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 |
39.64
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| Longitude |
-74.44
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| Author Location |
North of Bartletts Bridge
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| Location Narrative |
Site is 2 miles northeast of Leektown. From Leektown, travel east on Route 542 about 1 mile to Allens Road. Turn left (north) on Allens Road. Travel north on Allen Road 1.8 miles to pond, 75’ east of the road.
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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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| Elevation |
10.06
m
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| Elevation Range |
0.61
m
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| Landscape Narrative |
Soil Description: Muck/peat is underlain by sand of the Cohansey Formation
Landscape Description: 0.8-acre pondshore community in good condition within a 2.9-acre, floristically diverse coastal plain intermittent pond surrounded by high quality pitch pine - scrub oak - heath forest.
Physiographic Province: Outer Coastal Plain
Watershed Code: 02040301200
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| Water Depth |
0.0635
m
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| Percent Other |
5
%
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| Name Other |
muck/peat
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| Observation Start Date |
07-Nov-2002
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| Observation End Date |
07-Nov-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 |
Herb
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| Growthform1 Type |
Herbs
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| Growthform2 Type |
Moss
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| Growthform3 Type |
Shrubs
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| Observation Narrative |
Community Type: coastal plain pond
General Description: Coastal plain intermittent ponds within pitch pine-shrub oak-heath forest, between two branches of the Bass River. The surrounding landscape is relatively flat, underlain by sand substrate of the Cohansey Formation, drained by the Bartlett Branch to the west about 500 feet and the East Branch to the east about 3000 feet. Carex striata var. brevis. herbaceous vegetation dominates the middle herbaceous zone of the pond. The adjacent central zone is very sparsely vegetated with Eleocharis tricostata, E. olivacea, Xyris sp., Dichanthelium sp., Panicum rigidulum var. pubescens, Juncus pelocarpus, Nymphaea odorata, Carex striata var. brevis, Dulichium arundinaceum and Cladium mariscoides, with a patch of Chamaedaphne calyculata. The surrounding zone is dominated Andropogon virginicus, with Panicum rigidulum var. pubescens, Panicum virgatum, Carex striata var. brevis, Rhynchospora chalarocephala, Amphicarpum purshii, Dichanthelium sp., Cyperus dentatus, Drosera intermedia, Eleocharis olivacea, E. tricostata, Dulichium arundinaceum, Xyris difformis and Cyperus retrorsus. The surrounding shrub zone is dominated by Chamaedaphne calyculata and Vaccinium corymbosum, with Lyonia mariana, Ilex glabra, Panicum virgatum and Kalmia angustifolia. Pinus rigida dominates the surrounding forest. A road lies 80 to 200 feet just west of the ponds. Cranberry bogs occupy the confluence of the Bartlett and East Branches less than 5000 feet from of the site. While the surrounding area is overwhelmingly forest, there is residential development to the southeast around Lake Absegami and to the south and west along paved roads and in Leektown. Closely spaced parallel sand roads to the northeast indicate forest management (for wildlife or timber), but the surrounding buffer area otherwise appears free of anthropogenic disturbance.
General Description (field): A coastal plain pond with 4 distinct vegetative zones surrounded by primarily pitch pine/shrub oak upland. The four zones are: 1) Chamaedaphne or tall shrub, 2) A. virginicus, 3) Carex striata var. brevis, and 4) open substrate/herbaceous zone. The site has good herbaceous diversity (many species overlooked given the date of the survey). A distinctive, narrow Andropogon virginicus zone is found below the perimeter Chamaedaphne or tall shrub zone.
Community Description: Good quality herbaceous pondshore community occurring in the middle zone of a coastal plain intermittent pond. Occurrence is dominated by Carex striata var. brevis (90%) and Sphagnum sp. (40%), with Panicum rigidulum var. pubescens (2%), Chamaedaphne calyculata seedlings (1%), and less than 1% Drosera intermedia, Proserpinaca pectinata, Scirpus cyperinus, Vaccinium corymbosum, Eleocharis olivacea, E. tricostata and Dulichium arundinaceum. Muck/peat is underlain by sand of the Cohansey Formation. Two to three inches of standing water on survey date. Variable aspect, very gentle slope.
Community Description (field): Carex striata var. brevis zone - This zone occupies approximately 60% of the pond area and is in one of the wettest portions of the pond. A dense stand of Carex is present with occasional openings of cover allowing other herbs and a few small islands of Chamaedaphne.
NOTE: Although the whole 2.9-acre pond was mapped for this occurrence, Carex striata var. brevis Herbaceous Vegetation occupies approximately 0.8 acres of the pond.
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