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A5 - S of Green Swamp
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Plot ID Fields: 
Author Plot Code ? A5 - S of Green Swamp
Author Observation Code ? A5 - S of Green Swamp
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)
Latitude ? 39.37 º
Longitude ? -75.28 º
Author Location ? South of Green Swamp
Location Narrative ? From Loyds Corner, travel E ~2 miles to private drive on right. Seek permission to access site and to open gate. Follow sand road. Travel ~0.2 miles to large agricultural field. Pond is by SW corner of field, in the forest.
State or Province ? New Jersey
Country ? United States
Named Places
continent: North America
area|country|territory: United States
region|state|province: New Jersey
county: Cumberland
quadrangle: Ben Davis Point
Layout Fields: 
Shape ? Plotless
Permanence ? not permanent
Layout Narrative ? plotless - coordinates approximate surveyed area
Environment Fields: 
Landscape Narrative ? Average Soil Texture: mineral - loamy sand; pH of mineral soil at 20.3 cm = 3.8 Landscape Description: Pondshore community in excellent condition within a 2.5-acre coastal plain intermittent pond surrounded by high quality oak-pine forest. Known locally as Bucks Folly, survey site is surrounded by Quercus-Pinus forest, lowlands adjacent to a layer of agricultural field (very sandy soils). Site is ~2000' south of the Cohansey River and N of Bridges Sticks Creek and surrounding tidal swamps. Physiographic Province: Outer Coastal Plain Watershed Code: 02040206090
Percent Wood ? 10 %
Percent Litter ? 25 %
Methods Fields: 
Observation Start Date ? 04-Oct-2002
Observation End Date ? 04-Oct-2002
Project ? NJ Mark Wong
Cover Method ? Percentage (%)
Stratum Method ? National Park Service
Overall Taxon Cover Values are Automatically Calculated? ? no
Plot Quality Fields: 
Plot Validation Level ? (1) occurrence plot: sufficient for determining type occurrence
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields: 
Dominant Stratum ? Shrub
Growthform1 Type ? Shrubs
Growthform2 Type ? Moss
Growthform3 Type ? Vine/liana
Misc Fields: 
Observation Narrative ? Community Type: coastal plain pond General Description: Coastal plain pond within relatively old, beautiful mixed pine-oak forest, currently dominated by deciduous species. The surrounding landscape is very gently rolling and though underlain by silty clay of the Wildwood Member, the surface soil is very sandy. Site is about 2000 feet south of the Cohansey River and north of Bridges Stocks Creek (with its tidal swamps). Rhexia virginica - Panicum verrucosum Herbaceous Vegetation dominates the central to middle zones (A1, A2, A3) of the pond. The adjacent upper pondshore zone (A4) is dominated by Decodon verticillatus and Rhexia mariana, with Panicum verrucosum and Sphagnum sp. A bare patch separates this zone along its western edge from the surrounding shrub zone (A5) dominated by Vaccinium corymbosum, with Clethra alnifolia, Leucothoe racemosa, Sphagnum sp., Smilax rotundifolia, Acer rubrum and Quercus phellos. The surrounding wetland forest (A6) is dominated by Nyssa sylvatica, with Liquidambar styraciflua, Acer rubrum, Quercus phellos, Leucothoe racemosa, Smilax rotundifolia, Vaccinium corymbosum and seedlings of Ilex opaca. Mixed deciduous evergreen forest surrounds the pond, extending south to the tidal swamps and north to the road. Agricultural fields are east of the site, along the road to the north, west and east, mixed with residences. There is no anthropogenic disturbance in the surrounding buffer other than the agricultural field to the east (about 60 feet), though the landowner thinks that a pond dug to the east in the 1980s has caused this pond to dry up. Community Description: W side upper pond shore with a wider band of shrubs (~30 m) vs. E side (~15 m). Vaccinium corymbosum dominates. A front edge of Leucothoe has nearly dried out. A band of bare ground separates much of this zone from the herbaceous areas (sometimes Sphagnum areas).
Taxa occurring on this plot-observation
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ord Author Plant Name ?Original Interpretation, full Scientific Name ?Original Interpretation, Scientific Name without authors ?Original Interpretation, Common Name ?Original Interpretation, USDA Code ?Current Interpretation, full Scientific Name ?Current Interpretation, Scientific Name without authors ?Current Interpretation, Common Name ?Current Interpretation, USDA Code ? Stratum ?Cover ?Original Cover Code ?Basal Area ?Biomass ?Inference Area ? Stems: Stem Diameters (graphically):
1 Quercus phellos L. Quercus phellos L. Quercus phellos willow oak Quercus phellos L. **   Quercus phellos L. Quercus phellos willow oak Quercus phellos L. **   Sub-Canopy
5 %
        -none-
2 Acer rubrum L. Acer rubrum L. Acer rubrum red maple Acer rubrum L. **   Acer rubrum L. Acer rubrum red maple Acer rubrum L. **   Sub-Canopy
5 %
        -none-
3 Vaccinium corymbosum L. Vaccinium corymbosum L. Vaccinium corymbosum highbush blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum L. **   Vaccinium corymbosum L. Vaccinium corymbosum highbush blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum L. **   Tall Shrub
35 %
        -none-
4 Leucothoe racemosa (L.) Gray Leucothoe racemosa (L.) Gray Leucothoe racemosa swamp doghobble Leucothoe racemosa (L.) Gray **   Leucothoe racemosa (L.) Gray **   Leucothoe racemosa (L.) Gray **   Leucothoe racemosa (L.) Gray **   Leucothoe racemosa (L.) Gray **   Tall Shrub
15 %
        -none-
5 Clethra alnifolia L. Clethra alnifolia L. Clethra alnifolia coastal sweetpepperbush Clethra alnifolia L. **   Clethra alnifolia L. Clethra alnifolia coastal sweetpepperbush Clethra alnifolia L. **   Tall Shrub
15 %
        -none-
6 Leucothoe racemosa (L.) Gray Leucothoe racemosa (L.) Gray Leucothoe racemosa swamp doghobble Leucothoe racemosa (L.) Gray **   Leucothoe racemosa (L.) Gray **   Leucothoe racemosa (L.) Gray **   Leucothoe racemosa (L.) Gray **   Leucothoe racemosa (L.) Gray **   Dwarf Shrub
10 %
        -none-
7 Clethra alnifolia L. Clethra alnifolia L. Clethra alnifolia coastal sweetpepperbush Clethra alnifolia L. **   Clethra alnifolia L. Clethra alnifolia coastal sweetpepperbush Clethra alnifolia L. **   Dwarf Shrub
5 %
        -none-
8 Smilax rotundifolia L. Smilax rotundifolia L. Smilax rotundifolia roundleaf greenbrier Smilax rotundifolia L. **   Smilax rotundifolia L. Smilax rotundifolia roundleaf greenbrier Smilax rotundifolia L. **   Vine/Liana
12 %
        -none-
9 Sphagnum L. Sphagnum L. Sphagnum sphagnum Sphagnum L. **   Sphagnum L. Sphagnum sphagnum Sphagnum L. **   Nonvascular
15 %
        -none-
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Stratum Definitions:
Stratum Type ?Stratum Base ?Stratum Height ?Stratum Cover ?
Sub-Canopy      
Tall Shrub      
Dwarf Shrub      
Vine/Liana      
Nonvascular      
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Observation Contributors:
Party ?Role ?
Adamson Plot author
Community Classification:
More Classification Start Date ? Community AssignmentsContributors
Details  
Community Concept ?Class Fit ?Class Confidence ?Community Authority Reference ?Typal ?
Vaccinium corymbosum - Rhododendron viscosum - Clethra alnifolia Acidic Peatland       no
No Class Contributors.


Disturbance Data:
Disturbance Type ?Disturbance Intensity ?Disturbance Comment ?
Cultivation   agricultural field ~60' east


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