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» Citation URL: http://vegbank.org/cite/urn:lsid:vegbank.org/vegbranch:observation:527-{C796222E-2E62-4A1C-9D45-284463E6BEC0}
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Author Plot Code  |
HF04
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| Author Observation Code |
HF04
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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 |
100 km radius (nearest degree)
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| Latitude |
42
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| Longitude |
-75
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| Author Location |
Hidden Fen
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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 roughly approximate the survey area
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| Landscape Narrative |
Landscape Description: The site is situated in a wide valley of the Wildcat Brook and is bordered by upland limestone forest to the SE and lowland Acer rubrum swamp and Acer-Populus lowland forest to the south. To the east of the fen complex lies an extensive Typha-dominated wetland (formerly fen) and to the west is Old Prospect Road and residential development on large lots. A beaver-impounded fen lies to the N and E of the large turfy juniper fen. Fen communities present include: turfy juniper, marl seep, shrub carr and deep peat. Area has been historically ditched and grazed. Surrounding upland is largely residential. Surrounding wetland valley is in very good condition.
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| Percent Bare Soil |
15
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| Observation Start Date |
18-Oct-2000
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| Observation End Date |
18-Oct-2000
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| Project |
NJ Mark Wong
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| Cover Method |
Braun-Blanquet
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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 |
Shrubs
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| Observation Narrative |
Community Description: This is a Carex stricta dominated fen patch adjacent to a beaver impoundment (most recently flooded in 1997). This is not an example of an intact calcareous fen but rather a fringe of the adjacent turfy juniper fen colonized by Carex stricta as an effect of ditching and/or beaver flooding.
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