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A2 - Bowkers
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Author Plot Code  |
A2 - Bowkers
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| Author Observation Code |
A2 - 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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| Landscape Narrative |
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 Litter |
2
%
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| Percent Bare Soil |
48
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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
Community Description: Wetter area of wet meadow, characterized at this time, by open cracking mud (dry enough to walk on without sinking) and very small <6" plants, particularly Fimbristylis autumnalis and Juncus. Scattered Nymphaea.
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