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A4 - Hampton Furnace
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Author Plot Code  |
A4 - Hampton Furnace
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| Author Observation Code |
A4 - Hampton Furnace
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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 |
39.8
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| Longitude |
-74.7
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| Author Location |
Hampton Furnace (High Crossing) Ponds
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| Location Narrative |
Site is 0.9 miles SE of Hampton Furnace. From Rt. 206, take Hampton Rd. east. At Hampton Furnace, turn right, cross Batsto Creek and head S, then E toward High Crossing. Drive 1.1 miles from Hampton Furnace, turn right (S) towards railway. At railway, turn right (W) and go 0.25 miles. Site is between 200 and 600 feet north and west.
Note: Site was reached from the nearest eastern road closest to the site. Due to recent fire, a lot of downed wood made traversing the area difficult. Parking by the railroad and walking N, through wetlands may be quicker.
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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 - latitude and longitude coordinates are taken from the center of the survey area.
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| Elevation |
16.46
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| Elevation Range |
0.61
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| Landscape Narrative |
Landscape Description: This is part of a large (approximately 2.8 acres) pondshore community in pristine condition within a large 4 acre floristically diverse coastal plain intermittent pond surrounded by high quality pitch pine-oak-heath forest. Survey site is located in Wharton State Forest, surrounded by Pinus rigida woodland, parts of which have burned within the last 3 years. Tributaries to Skit Branch and the Batsto River run W about 500' N of the site. Adjacent ponds to the S appear linked to streams that drain into the Batsto, as well. A railway passed by the SE side of the site. Sand roads traverse the forest to the W, N and E. The burn left many Pinus rigida dead in the drier areas to the E, S and W of the site. Xerophyllum asphodeloides and Ericaceous shrubs have regenerated, as well as Quercus spp.
Physiographic Province: Outer Coastal Plain
Watershed Code: 02040301150
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| Observation Start Date |
09-Sep-2002
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| Observation End Date |
09-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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Herbs
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| Observation Narrative |
Community Type: coastal plain pond
General Description: Coastal plain intermittent ponds within pitch pine woodland (burned within the past 3 years) and forest. The surrounding landscape is relatively flat, underlain by sand substrate of the Cohansey Formation, with scattered small streams flowing into the Batsto River, which lies west of the site. These ponds may be part of a former ox-bow associated with the Batsto River. Muhlenbergia torreyana Herbaceous Vegetation dominates the upper zone of all three ponds. It surrounds central zones in the northeastern and southeastern ponds that are dominated by Eleocharis (olivacea, microcarpa, robbinsii) – Xyris (difformis var. difformis, smalliana) Herbaceous Vegetation, with Xyris spp, Panicum verrucosum, Eleocharis robbinsii, Eleocharis olivacea, Xyris difformis, Eleocharis microcarpa, Juncus pelocarpus, Eriocaulon aquaticum, Muhlenbergia torreyana, Drosera intermedia, Erechtites hieracifolia, Dichanthelium sp., Rhynchospora alba, Scleria reticularis, Nymphoides cordata, Proserpinaca pectinata, Bartonia paniculata, Nymphoides cordata, and Panicum sp. The ponds are surrounded by a Pinus rigida dominated wet woodland with an understory of Vaccinium corymbosum, Ilex glabra, Chamaedaphne calyculata, Scirpus cyperinus, Amphicarpum purshii, Polytrichum commune, Erechtites hieracifolia, Sphagnum sp., Muhlenbergia torreyana., Smilax glauca, Lobelia canbyi and Andropogon glomeratus. The three ponds occur within an extensive matrix of pitch pine –oak –heath forest with a few sand roads that once linked towns. While areas of the forest may still be selectively logged and forest fires may be controlled by state officials, there is practically no current anthropogenic disturbance in the surrounding buffer land. An abandoned railway runs southeast-northwest about 800’ southeast of the site.
Community Description: Excellent quality herbaceous pondshore community occurring in the upper zones of three coastal plain intermittent ponds. Community occurrence is dominated by Muhlenbergia torreyana (70%), with Cladium mariscoides (25%). Saccharum giganteum (5%) occurs with these codominant species in the northeasterly and southeasterly ponds. Additional species in one or more of the ponds include patches of Panicum virgatum and Chamaedaphne calyculata, and scattered Schizachyrium scoparium, Andropogon glomeratus, Juncus canadensis, Eriocaulon aquaticum, Bartonia paniculata, Panicum rigidulum var. pubescens, Lachnanthes caroliniana, Polygala crusiata, Dichanthelium sp., Xyris difformis, Rhynchospora fusca, Triadenum virginicum, Rhexia sp., Hypericum canadensis and Woodwardia virginica. Fully exposed area with very gentle slope (0-3%). Soil is sand of the Cohansey Formation, pH 4.2.
NOTE: Although the acreage for all three whole ponds, 7.4 acres, was mapped for this occurrence, Muhlenbergia torreyana Herbaceous Vegetation occupies approximately 0.4 acres of the northeasterly pond, 1 acre of the westerly pond and 1.4 acres of the southeasterly pond. This vegetation type closely resembles the Pine Barren Riverside Savanna community Muhlenbergia torreyana –Lobelia canbyi – Rhynchospora alba Herbaceous Vegetation (CENJ006915).
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