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A1 - Malaga Lake
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Author Plot Code  |
A1 - Malaga Lake
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| Author Observation Code |
A1 - Malaga Lake
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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 |
39.58
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| Longitude |
-75.06
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| Author Location |
Malaga Lake
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| Location Narrative |
Site is 0.6 miles N of the intersection of Rt. 40 and 47 in Malaga, on the right (E) side of the road, just N of the parking area for Malaga Lake.
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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 roughly approximate the survey area
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| Landscape Narrative |
Average Soil Texture: organic - muck; Von Post scale of peat decomposition: H8; pH of organic soil = 4.0 at 7.62 cm
Landscape Description: Sweetgum-oak-maple forest with some pine, surrounds the pond. The site is within a recreational and agricultural area, just north of central Malaga. The site is just E of Malaga Lake, a manmade lake formed by damming Scotland Run, the river that flows N to S about 500' from the survey site.
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| Water Depth |
0.38
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| Observation Start Date |
01-Nov-2002
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| Observation End Date |
01-Nov-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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| Growthform2 Type |
Alga
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| Observation Narrative |
Community Type: coastal plain pond
Community Description: Central zone dominated by Polygonum caespitosum, currently inundated by 1-1.5' water. Juncus and scirpus are scattered or in clumps throughout. Ludwigia (growing in large patches) and Dulichium are found with Juncus. This area grades into surrounding zone with Cephalanthus (A2).
Additional species present but not found in plot: Sphagnum, Triadenum virginicum
NOTE: Cover estimates are very approximate as the water was very deep.
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