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A5 - Hunters Mill
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Author Plot Code  |
A5 - Hunters Mill
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| Author Observation Code |
A5 - Hunters Mill
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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 |
39.4
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| Longitude |
-74.8
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| Author Location |
Hunters Mill
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| Location Narrative |
Site is ~1.1 miles SE of Hunters Mill and Head of River. From Head of River, follow Rt. 49 south to Rt. 548. Turn right (west) and continue ~0.5 miles to a parking area on the right, just across from a pond (cranberry bogs) on the left. Follow sand trail N and W ~1 mile. Site is on left, ~500' S of the trail. The site is also accessible from the north from Route 49 by the 1st or 2nd sand road east of Hunters Mill.
Note: The site is supposedly accessible from sand roads to the N (off of Rt. 49) but, at the time, the one that was tried was cut too deeply by the Tuckahoe River.
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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 approximate the survey area
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| Elevation |
7.9
m
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| Elevation Range |
0.61
m
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| Slope Gradient |
1.5
º
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| Landscape Narrative |
Soil Description: A 2” layer of organic matter (increasing in depth toward the outer edges) covers sand soil of the Cohansey Formation, pH 3.8.
Landscape Description: Site is located in Peaslee WMA and is surrounded by a mixed deciduous-evergreen forest. This is a portion of a 1.4-acre pondshore community in pristine condition within a large, 3.7-acre, floristically diverse coastal plain intermittent pond. Site is about 1000' S of the Tuckahoe River. A sand road lies ~400' N of the pond but access to this road is limited under Peaslee WMA management. A field is managed for wildlife about 800' to the E and slightly N. Roads that cut through the area E to W, exist about 1500' to the N and 2000' to the S. The surrounding forest is characterized by Quercus spp. with an understory if primarily ericaceous shrubs. This coastal plain intermittent pond is found within pine-oak forest with a heath understory. Surrounding landscape is relatively flat, underlain by sand substrate of the Cohansey Formation. A tributary about 6000’ south of the pond flows east to the Tuckahoe River. Carex striata var. brevis Herbaceous Vegetation dominates the upper zones of the pond. The central to middle zone of the pond is sparsely vegetated. Most of the zone is dominated by Cladium mariscoides scattered throughout, with patches dominated by Scleria reticularis, Eriocaulon aquaticum, Xyris smalliana and X. difformis var. difformis, and scattered Proserpinaca pectinata, Rhynchospora inundata, Rhexia sp. and Dichanthelium sabulorum var. thinium. The surrounding forested wetland (A6) is dominated by Acer rubrum, with Liquidambar styraciflua, Nyssa sylvatica and Pinus rigida, and an understory dominated by Vaccinium corymbosum, with Leucothoe racemosa, Clethra alnifolia, Sphagnum sp. and Smilax rotundifolia. There is an abrupt increase in Smilax rotundifolia at the outer edge of this zone, along a somewhat discernable rim. Other than a few fields planted for wildlife, cranberry bogs to the south, two east-west paved roads with a few homes, and a few sand roads, the surrounding area is forested, with no anthropogenic disturbance aside from forest management.
Physiographic Province: Outer Coastal Plain
Watershed Code: 02040302070
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| Percent Litter |
18
%
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| Percent Bare Soil |
2
%
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| Observation Start Date |
27-Sep-2002
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| Observation End Date |
27-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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| Growthform3 Type |
Moss
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| Observation Narrative |
Community Type: coastal plain pond
Community Description: Excellent quality herbaceous pondshore community occurring in the upper zones of a coastal plain intermittent pond. Community occurrence is made up of two patches, a purely herbaceous band and a patch along that band’s southern edge with small Acer rubrum. The purely herbaceous zone (A4) is dominated by Carex striata var. brevis (18%), with Saccharum giganteum (12%), Dichanthelium sabulorum var. thinium (10%), Cladium mariscoides (3%), Scleria reticularis (1%) and Drosera intermedia (less than 1%). Dead Sphagnum sp. makes up litter and duff covering about 60% of this zone. Plant distribution is somewhat patchy, with heavier concentrations of C. striata var. brevis in some areas and S. giganteum in others, including the observation point for this survey. The patch (A5) with small Acer rubrum (20%), is characterized by Carex striata var. brevis (30%) and Sphagnum sp. (20%) with scattered Leucothoe racemosa (3%), Clethra alnifolia (1%) and less than 1% Panicum verrucosum and Dichanthelium sabulorum var. thinium. A 2” layer of organic matter (increasing in depth toward the outer edges) covers sand soil of the Cohansey Formation, pH 3.8. Full sun exposure, very gentle slope (0-3º).
Community Description (field): This is the upper shore of the coastal plain pond, dominated by 5-10m tall Acer rubrum, with an understory of sedges and Sphagnum sp. The Sphagnum is still green when found on spongy soil but dry on the N side of the area. Thick moss grows ~1.5' up on waterlogged tree trunks of Acer rubrum and the few shrubs in this zone.
Note: Although the whole pond, 3.7 acres, was mapped for this occurrence, Carex striata var. brevis Herbaceous Vegetation occupies approximately 1.4 acres of the pond.
Fauna: mourning dove
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