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A5 - Siloam Bog
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Author Plot Code  |
A5 - Siloam Bog
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| Author Observation Code |
A5 - Siloam Bog
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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 |
40.19
º
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| Longitude |
-74.34
º
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| Author Location |
Siloam Bog (aka, Turkey Swamp)
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| Location Narrative |
Site is 0.15 miles south of Siloam. From Siloam, travel 0.15 miles south to pond on east side of road. Ask permission to park in drive just north of pond.
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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 |
45.7
m
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| Elevation Range |
0.61
m
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| Landscape Narrative |
Soil Description: underlying substrate is sand and clay of the Lower Member.
Landscape Description: 0.3-acre, pondshore community in a good quality, floristically diverse coastal plain intermittent pond, formerly a cranberry bog, surrounded by good quality deciduous forested wetlands. Coastal plain intermittent pond (former cranberry bog) in forest wetland that extends east. Panicum rigidulum var. pubescens – Dichanthelium sp. – Sphagnum sp. Herbaceous Vegetation dominates the northern upper zone of the pond. Rhexia virginica - Panicum verrucosum Herbaceous Vegetation dominates the central to upper zones of the pond (A2 through A4). A band of Cephalanthus occidentalis grows along the northern edge of the pond and a few shrubs are scattered in the center of the pond. A dense shrub and forested wetland zone (A1) surrounds the pond dominated by Acer rubrum, Nyssa sylvatica and Vaccinium corymbosum, with Quercus alba, Q. palustris, Liquidambar styraciflua, Pinus rigida, Smilax rotundifolia, Clethra alnifolia and Gaultheria procumbens. Route 527 is immediately west of the site, but forested wetlands extend east into Turkey Swamp. Homes, golf courses and some agricultural fields and cranberry bogs occupy the surrounding area, but forested wetlands associated with the South Branch and Turkey Swamp are the dominant feature of the surrounding buffer area.
Physiographic Province: Outer Coastal Plain
Watershed Code: 02040301030
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| Water Depth |
0
m
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| Percent Litter |
15
%
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| Percent Bare Soil |
5
%
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| Observation Start Date |
19-Aug-2002
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| Observation End Date |
19-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: Good quality herbaceous pondshore community occurring in the northern edge of the upper zone of a coastal plain intermittent pond. Community occurrence is dominated by Panicum rigidulum var. pubescens (40%), with Panicum verrucosum (15%), Rhexia mariana (10%), Juncus canadensis (10%) and scattered Cephalanthus occidentalis. There is about 5% bare soil and 15% leaf litter. Underlying substrate is sand and clay of the Lower Member. No standing water. Southern aspect, gentle slope.
Note: Although the whole 3.9-acre pond was mapped for this occurrence, Panicum rigidulum var. pubescens – Dichanthelium sp. – Sphagnum sp. Herbaceous Vegetation occupies approximately 0.3 acres of the pond.
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