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A3 - Pierce's Pond
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Author Plot Code  |
A3 - Pierce's Pond
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| Author Observation Code |
A3 - Pierce's Pond
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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 |
39.08
º
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| Longitude |
-74.9
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| Author Location |
Pierce's Pond
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| Location Narrative |
Site is about 0.4 mile west northwest of Pierce’s. From Pierce’s, travel south on Route 549 to Delsea Woods Mobile Home Park. Contact owners Jimmy and Sharon Russell for permission to access the site. Follow southerly road through mobile home park west to second grouping of homes, just west of Phragmites patch, about 0.7 miles from first grouping of homes. Site is on right about 500’ northeast of 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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| Elevation |
1.8
m
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| Elevation Range |
0.61
m
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| Landscape Narrative |
Soil Description: sandy loam, pH 3.8, overlying interbedded gravel, sand and clay of the Unnamed Formation at Cape May.
Landscape Description: 0.8-acre pondshore community in good condition within a 2.2-acre coastal plain pond surrounded by good quality deciduous wetland forest. Coastal plain intermittent pond within deciduous wetland forest, about 2000 feet east of the Delaware Bay. Surrounding landscape is very flat, underlain by gravel, sand and clay of the Unnamed Formation at Cape May. Phragmites australis Herbaceous Vegetation dominates the upper zone of the pond. The adjacent middle zone (A2) is dominated by Panicum dichotomiflorum, with Cyperus erythrorhizos, an unidentified moss, Phragmites australis, Fimbristylis autumnalis, Hibiscus sp., Decodon verticillatus and Bidens connata. The sparsely vegetated central zone (A1) of the pond is dominated by Nymphaea odorata, with Panicum dichotomiflorum, Eleocharis olivacea, Fimbristylis autumnalis, Ludwigia palustris and Bidens connata. The surrounding forested zone (A4) is dominated by Acer rubrum, with Ilex opaca, Nyssa sylvatica, Quercus phellos, Vaccinium corymbosum, Leucothoe racemosa, Smilax rotundifolia, Liquidambar styraciflua, Clethra alnifolia, an unidentified mosses, and Sphagnum sp. Forested wetlands extend several thousand feet north and east, and about 1000 feet west and south where tidal marsh dominates to the coast. Mobile homes and a research center lie about 1000 to 1500 feet west of the site. Mobile homes and other residential and agricultural areas are about 2000 feet southeast, along the paved road Route 549. Only the small swath of wetland forest around the pond remains relatively free of anthropogenic disturbance.
Physiographic Province: Outer Coastal Plain
Watershed Code: 02040206230
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| Water Depth |
0
m
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| Percent Litter |
5
%
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| Observation Start Date |
03-Oct-2002
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| Observation End Date |
03-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 |
Herb
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| Growthform1 Type |
Herbs
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| Growthform2 Type |
Moss
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| Observation Narrative |
Community Type: coastal plain pond
Community Description: Good quality vegetated herbaceous pondshore community occurring in the upper zone of a coastal plain intermittent pond. Community is dominated by Phragmites australis (60%) and Sphagnum sp. (30%), with Decodon verticillatus (1%), and less than 1% Acer rubrum seedlings and Diospyros seedlings. Soil is sandy loam, pH 3.8, overlying interbedded gravel, sand and clay of the Unnamed Formation at Cape May. No standing water on survey date and soil is very firm, but moist throughout. Variable aspect, very gentle slope. This community may be tidally influenced.
Community Description (field): Phragmites zone ~5-10m wide on the outer shore of a coastal plain pond. A water line ~1-1.5' high can be seen on the inner edge of this zone and ~6" on the outer zone. The area is noticeably elevated, somewhat, on hummocks surrounding the central area. There is Sphagnum and bare ground under the canopy of surrounding trees between the Phragmites and forest.
Note: Although the whole 2.2-acre pond was mapped for this occurrence, Phragmites australis Herbaceous Vegetation occupies approximately 0.8 acres of the pond.
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