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A3 - S of Oyster Creek
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Author Plot Code  |
A3 - S of Oyster Creek
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| Author Observation Code |
A3 - S of Oyster Creek
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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 |
39.9
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| Longitude |
-74.3
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| Author Location |
South of Oyster Creek
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| Location Narrative |
Site is about 1.2 miles northwest of Waretown. From the intersection of Route 9 and Bay Parkway (just south of Oyster Creek), drive 0.8 miles west along sand road. At this point, another road joins this one and there is room to park on the east (left) side of the road.
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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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| Slope Gradient |
3.5
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| Landscape Narrative |
Average Soil Texture: mineral - sand; pH of mineral soil at 15.24 cm = 4.0
Soil Description: 1-2" duff, then 2-3" black sand over gray sand
Landscape Description: Survey site is surrounded by shrub-oak pine upland that burned within the past 10-15 years. It remains very open with scattered pines and scrub oaks, with an understory of huckleberries, brackenfern, Gaultheria and heather (Hudsonia sp). A swath of pine ~200-300' wide runs NW-SE just north of the site. The site is ~1/2 mile south of Oyster Creek and its power plant. Industrial area is ~1000' east, while woodlands extend west and south for a mile.
Physiographic Province: Outer Coastal Plain
Watershed Code: 02040301110
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| Percent Litter |
35
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| Observation Start Date |
24-Oct-2002
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| Observation End Date |
24-Oct-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 |
Shrub
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| Growthform1 Type |
Shrubs
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| Growthform2 Type |
Vine/liana
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| Observation Narrative |
Community Type: coastal plain pond
General Description: Coastal plain intermittent pond in a recently burned scrub oak-pitch pine shrubland and woodland about 2000’ south of Oyster Creek. The surrounding landscape is gently rolling sand dunes covered in pitch pine woodland. The central zone of the pond (A2) is dominated by Carex striata var. brevis and Panicum verrucosum, with Cephalanthus occidentalis, Triadenum virginicum, Sphagnum sp., Dichanthelium sp. and Xyris jupicai. Rhexia virginica - Panicum verrucosum Herbaceous Vegetation dominates the middle to upper zones of the pond. There is a bare zone between the upper herbaceous zone and surrounding shrub zone. The shrub zone (A3) is dominated by Vaccinium corymbosum and Leucothoe racemosa, with Ilex glabra, Smilax glauca, Acer rubrum, Nyssa sylvatica and Pinus rigida. Scrub oak-pitch pine shrubland surrounds the pond to the west and south, while taller pitch pine woodland lies east and north, with a small band of Acer rubrum and Nyssa sylvatica between the pond and the pines. Coniferous forest, with Atlantic white cedar swamps along Oyster Creek, continue west and south. Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant lies about 3000’ north of the site and industrial and residential areas begin about 1000’ to the east. Other than fire management and hunting, there appears to be little anthropogenic disturbance in the immediate surrounding buffer land.
Community Description: Tall shrub zone surrounding a coastal plain pond dominated by Vaccinium corymbosum. Acer rubrum and Nyssa sylvatica form a short canopy in the eastern area, with Pinus rigida behind, but otherwise, scattered. The vast majority is tall shrub, with young oak-pine woodlots to the S and W. Ilex glabra grows 2-10' back from the edge of the pond and Leucothoe shoots grow below most of the Vaccinium along the edge. A bare zone separates this area from the Andropogon zone, except in the NW corner where Carex striata var. brevis comes up to the edge. The slope is higher in this zone, 3-5 degrees, except in the NW near the Carex where it is only 2-3 degrees.
Additional species present but not in observation point: Acer rubrum, Nyssa sylvatica, Pinus rigida
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