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A3 - Bowkers
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Author Plot Code  |
A3 - Bowkers
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| Author Observation Code |
A3 - 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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| 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 |
Tree
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| Growthform1 Type |
Trees
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| Growthform2 Type |
Herbs
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Shrubs
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| Observation Narrative |
Community Type: coastal plain pond
Community Description: Wetland edge of Carex dominated meadow. Acer rubrum and Vaccinium are the characteristic woody species with an herbaceous understory of Carex sp. mixed with Woodwardia virginica and scattered Sagittaria, Lycopus and other forbs.
Fauna: frogs
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