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A4 - Tucker
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Author Plot Code  |
A4 - Tucker
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| Author Observation Code |
A4 - Tucker
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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 |
10 km radius (nearest 0.1 degree)
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| Latitude |
41
º
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| Longitude |
-75
º
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| Author Location |
Tucker Pond
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| Location Narrative |
1.5 miles south of Stillwater on the W side of Rt. 521 (Stillwater Rd.). Turn W onto Mallard Pond Rd. (dirt road into spring operation) and park at the pumping station facility. Follow old dirt roads to Shuster Pond and spring house. Head NW to Tucker Pond.
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| State or Province |
New Jersey
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| Country |
United States
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| DSG Polygon |
GPS readings for other 3 plot corners: 1-SE) 41.02708, -74.90653; 2-SW) 41.02706, -74.90659; 3-NW) 41.02708, -74.90660
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| Shape |
Rectangular
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| Area |
10
m²
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| Permanence |
not permanent
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| Layout Narrative |
Plot is found 50-52 m along the transect.
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| Elevation |
161
m
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| Slope Gradient |
0
º
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| Topographic Position |
basin floor
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| Landscape Narrative |
Environmental Comments: more patchy - areas dominated by Echinocloa
Stoniness: stone free (<0.1%)
Average Mineral Soil Texture: clay
Parent Material/Bedrock: Beekmantown-Lower
Note: water table at surface
Landscape Description: The setting is a small glacial lake in a solution valley over Allentown Dolomite. There is a large forest buffer surrounding the pond. Surficial geology is stagnant ice in a solution sink. Karst features include an overland flow channel. Soil types and pH are silty clay, pH 7.0. Water fluctuates seasonally up to 10.17 feet.
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| Representativeness |
fair
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| Hydrologic Regime |
Intermittently flooded
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| Soil Moisture Regime |
hydric
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| Soil Drainage |
very poorly drained
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| Percent Other |
2
%
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| Name Other |
open water / muck
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| Methods Fields: | |
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| Observation Start Date |
18-Nov-1997
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| Observation End Date |
18-Nov-1997
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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 |
10
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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| Growthform2 Type |
Liverwort/hornwort
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| Observation Narrative |
Community Type: calcareous sinkhole pond
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