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A3 - White Marsh Run
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Author Plot Code  |
A3 - White Marsh Run
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| Author Observation Code |
A3 - White Marsh Run
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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 |
39.4
º
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| Longitude |
-75.12
º
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| Author Location |
White Marsh Run
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| Location Narrative |
Site is 3 miles west-southwest of Millville. From Millville, follow Route 49 west to Carmel Road. Turn left (south) on Carmel Road, which turns west and becomes Fairton Road. Follow Fairton Road 0.9 miles past Hogbin Road. The site is 500 feet south.
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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 |
18.6
m
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| Elevation Range |
0.61
m
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| Landscape Narrative |
Soil Description: sand, pH 3.8, of the Cohansey Formation
Landscape Description: Coastal plain intermittent pond about 150 feet north of White Marsh Run, within forested wetlands that extend west and east along the river. The surrounding forest north and south of the site is more upland, with mixed deciduous evergreen forest growing on the sands of the Cohansey Formation. Rhexia virginica - Panicum verrucosum Herbaceous Vegetation dominates the central to middle zones of the pond (A1). The adjacent upper pondshore zone (A2) is dominated by Decodon verticillatus, with Panicum verrucosum, Cephalanthus occidentalis, Glyceria obtusa, Dulichium arundinaceum, Carex sp., Triadenum virginicum, Hypericum canadense, Rhynchospora fusca, Conyza canadensis, Juncus canadensis, Cuscuta sp. and Rhexia sp. The surrounding forested zone (A3) is dominated by Acer rubrum and Vaccinium corymbosum, with Clethra alnifolia, Nyssa sylvatica, Pinus rigida, Smilax rotundifolia, Rhododendron viscosum, Sphagnum sp., Panicum verrucosum, Magnolia virginica and Woodwardia virginica. Fire scars can be seen on the pine trunks with 8-24" diameter. Forested wetlands surround the site to the east and west, with mixed coniferous deciduous forest in surrounding uplands, as well as agricultural fields and residential zones. Fairton Rd. is 500' to the north. Site is in Buckshutem Wildlife Management Area and there is little anthropogenic disturbance in the surrounding buffer area other than runoff from agricultural fields and pollution associated with proximity to residential areas.
Physiographic Province: Outer Coastal Plain
Watershed Code: 02040206170
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| Percent Wood |
7
%
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| Percent Litter |
30
%
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| Percent Bare Soil |
3
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| Observation Start Date |
12-Sep-2002
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| Observation End Date |
12-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 |
Shrubs
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| Observation Narrative |
Community Type: coastal plain pond
Community Description: Shrub and tree zone on the upper shore of a coastal plain pond dominated by Acer rubrum and Vaccinium corymbosum. There is an abrupt transition from open meadow to forested edge of tall shrubs and small trees (20-25' canopy) growing on hummocks. Channels form a net around and away from the open meadow with very little growing on the forest floor in this zone. A hunter's platform sits in a tree at the NW corner.
Additional species present but not in observation area: Magnolia virginiana, Woodwardia virginica
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