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A2 - Pigeon Swamp
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Author Plot Code  |
A2 - Pigeon Swamp
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| Author Observation Code |
A2 - Pigeon Swamp
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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 |
40.39
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| Longitude |
-74.47
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| Author Location |
Pigeon Swamp Ponds
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| Location Narrative |
Site is 1 mile south of Fresh Ponds. From Fresh Ponds, travel southwest on Fresh Ponds Road to Deans-Rhode Hall Road (Route 610). Turn left (southeast) on Deans-Rhode Hall Road and continue almost 1 mile to trailhead with parking space on left (north) side 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 |
30.2
m
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| Elevation Range |
0.61
m
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| Landscape Narrative |
Soil Description: sand interbedded with clay or clay silt of the Magothy Formation
Landscape Description: 3 ponds located east of a gravel pit and Pigeon Swamp. One pond is a disturbed area in the powerline and the other 2 are in the woods to the east and south. The survey site is a small, 0.3-acre, pondshore community in fair condition within a 0.7-acre coastal plain intermittent pond surrounded by deciduous forest.
Physiographic Province: Outer Coastal Plain
Watershed Code: 02030105130
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| Percent Wood |
5
%
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| Percent Litter |
50
%
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| Observation Start Date |
23-Aug-2002
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| Observation End Date |
23-Aug-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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| Observation Narrative |
Community Type: coastal plain pond
Community Description: Fair quality herbaceous pondshore community occurring in the central to upper zones of a coastal plain intermittent pond. Community occurrence is made up of two distinct, but contiguous areas. The central to middle zone (A3) is dominated by Leersia oryzoides (45%), with Polygonum lapathifolium (10%), Panicum verrucosum (10%), Cephalanthus occidentalis (10%, in patches), Polygonum punctatum (5%), Polygonum sagittatum (3%), Lycopus sp. (3%), Erechtites hieracifolia (3%), Polygonum careyi (3%), Cuscuta sp. (3%), Nymphaea odorata (less than 1%) and Echinocloa muricata. The upper zone (A2) is sparsely vegetated (50% litter and duff, 5% downed wood), dominated by Panicum verrucosum (20%), with Sphagnum sp. (10%), Polygonum spp. (3%), Lycopus sp. (2%), Bidens sp. (2%), Rhexia sp. (2%), Viola primulifolia (2%), Cephalanthus occidentalis (1%) and less than 1% Euthamia graminifolia, Hypericum sp., Liquidambar styraciflua seedlings, Nyssa sylvatica seedlings and Eupatorium perfoliatum. Underlying soil is sand interbedded with clay or clay silt of the Magothy Formation. Variable aspect; gentle slope.
Fauna: house wren
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