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A1 - Bowkers
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Author Plot Code  |
A1 - Bowkers
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| Author Observation Code |
A1 - Bowkers
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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 |
39.26
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| Longitude |
-75.04
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| Author Location |
Bowkers Meadow (a.k.a. Sockwell Road Pond)
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| Location Narrative |
The site is 0.5 miles W of North Port Norris. From North Port Norris, travel N on CR 649 to Sockwell Rd. Turn left (W) on Sockwell Rd. Proceed to end and walk about 0.3 miles S on old railway bed (now ORV path). Site is on the right, extending about 0.3 miles west.
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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 |
1.83
m
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| Elevation Range |
0.305
m
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| Landscape Narrative |
Soil Description: moist but firm muck underlain by clay and sand of the Belleplain Member
Landscape Description: Site is located in an oak-hickory forest in a relatively unpopulated region ~3.5 miles N of the Maurice River Cove and the DE Bay. The site appears to be part of the upper reaches of Old Bowkers Run in a very flat region. A local resident said a sand pit was located to the W and that the site is called the Old Cranberry Bog (no cranberry plants were found in a brief exploration). An old railroad bed, now a sand path kept open by ORVs, runs N-S on the E edge of the site. Homes and farmfields are found within 2000-4000' of the site. Aerial photos indicate that wetlands extend through most of the surrounding forest, not just along the creeks. Large , 2.4-acre, pondshore community in good condition within a large, 6-acre [floristically diverse coastal plain intermittent pond surrounded by forested (shrub and tree) wetlands. Only a small portion of a much larger pond was visited and is described here. The full community may be about 15 acres within a 52-acre pond.
Physiographic Province: Outer Coastal Plain
Watershed Code: 02040206200
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| Percent Other |
15
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| Name Other |
muck
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| Observation Start Date |
12-Sep-2002
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| Observation End Date |
12-Sep-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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| Observation Narrative |
Community Type: coastal plain pond
General Description: Coastal plain intermittent pond that may have been a cranberry bog, within shrub and forest wetland. Pond appears to be part of the drainage for Bowkers Branch and Dickeys Ditch, tributaries to the Maurice River. The surrounding landscape is very flat, underlain by clay and sand of the Belleplain Member. Carex striata var. brevis Herbaceous Vegetation dominates the middle zone of the pond. The adjacent sparsely vegetated central zone (A2) measures approximately 20 x 20’ and is dominated by Fimbristylis autumnalis and a Juncus sp., with Proserpinaca palustris, Hypericum mutilum, Rhexia mariana, Nymphaea sp., Rhynchospora sp., and Panicum verrucosum. The adjacent upper pondshore zone (A3) is dominated by Acer rubrum and Decodon verticillatus, with Carex striata var. brevis, Vaccinium corymbosum, Cephalanthus occidentalis and Nyssa sylvatica. The site is surrounded by forested wetland and oak-hickory forest. Agricultural fields, residential areas and mined sites (now ponds with sandy edges) lie within 1 mile of the site in all directions. The town of Port Norris sits southeast of the site, about a mile from the pond, along the marshy edges of the Maurice River. An abandoned railway runs north-south immediately to the east of the pond (affecting hydrology), now a sand path used for ORVs. The pond is referred to by locals as the old cranberry bog, but other than the abandoned railway and potential runoff from agricultural fields to the north, there is little anthropogenic disturbance in the immediate buffer zone surrounding the pond.
Community Description: Good quality herbaceous pondshore community occurring in the middle zone of a coastal plain intermittent pond [this may be revised, see above]. Carex striata var. brevis is dominant (75%), with scattered Cephalanthus occidentalis (5%), Acer rubrum saplings (2-3’ tall, 3%), Decodon verticillatus (2%), Juncus canadensis (1%), Sphagnum sp. (1%) and less than 1% Bidens aristosa, Proserpinaca palustris, Juncus effusus var. conglomeratus, Ludwigia sphaerocarpa, Rhexia mariana, Lycopus amplectans and Sagittaria spp. About 15% of the area is exposed muck, still moist, but firm, underlain by clay and sand of the Belleplain Member. Flat with full sun exposure.
Community Description (field): Wet meadow dominated by Carex sp. 3-4' tall, with 3-7' Acer rubrum and Cephalanthus occidentalis. A few bare patches of soil have young forb seedlings. There is no standing water and the mud ground is firm at this time. Sagittaria and other genera are found scattered throughout, growing with the somewhat elevated bases of the Carex sp. Patches of Juncus spp. and Decodon are scattered. Decodon is more prominent around the edge of lower areas, along with Juncus glomeratus.
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