PETR04
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Plot ID Fields:
Author Plot Code	PETR04
Author Observation Code	PETR04
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)
Latitude	40 º
Longitude	-74 º
Author Location	Petersburg Fen
State or Province	New Jersey
Country	United States
Named Places	continent: North America area|country|territory: United States region|state|province: New Jersey county: Warren quadrangle: Tranquility
Layout Fields:
Shape	Plotless
Permanence	not permanent
Layout Narrative	plotless - latitude and longitude coordinates roughly approximate the survey area
Environment Fields:
Landscape Narrative	Landscape Description: This is a mosaic of upland limestone pasture, upland limestone oak-hickory forest, patches of cedar woods, mineral soil, spring seepages, turfy juniper fen, mineral soil Carex stricta fen, Typha-invaded fen, ditches and ponds. Landscape Structure and Extent: The site is bordered by mature upland forest on one side (Quercus, Liriodendron, Carya - invaded by Berberis), and a patchy Quercus rubra forest and successional forest mix with Juniperus, on the other side.
Homogeneity	homogeneous
Percent Rock / Gravel	15 %
Percent Bare Soil	0.5 %
Successional Status	The community is being slowly succeeded by shrubs
Methods Fields:
Observation Start Date	30-Oct-2000
Observation End Date	30-Oct-2000
Project	NJ Mark Wong
Cover Method	Braun-Blanquet
Stratum Method	National Park Service
Overall Taxon Cover Values are Automatically Calculated?	no
Plot Quality Fields:
Plot Validation Level	(1) occurrence plot: sufficient for determining type occurrence
Overall Plot Vegetation Fields:
Dominant Stratum	Herb
Growthform1 Type	Herbs
Growthform2 Type	Shrubs
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative	Community Description: This community is upslope from a larger turfy juniper fen; adjacent to an upland limestone forest, much of which is not developed but overrun by Berberis. This area is similar to the lower turfy juniper fen but wetter and with a more defined hummock and hollow microtopography. Additional species present but not in observation area: Myrica, Vaccinium, Thuja (seedling)

Taxa occurring on this plot-observation
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ord Author Plant Name Original Interpretation, full Scientific Name Original Interpretation, Scientific Name without authors Original Interpretation, Common Name Original Interpretation, USDA Code Current Interpretation, full Scientific Name Current Interpretation, Scientific Name without authors Current Interpretation, Common Name Current Interpretation, USDA Code Stratum Cover Original Cover Code Basal Area Biomass Inference Area Stems: Stem Diameters (graphically): 1 Vaccinium corymbosum L. Vaccinium corymbosum L. Vaccinium corymbosum highbush blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum L. **   Vaccinium corymbosum L. Vaccinium corymbosum highbush blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum L. **   Short Shrub 2.55 % 1       -none- 2 Morella pensylvanica (Mirbel) Kartesz, comb. nov. ined. Morella pensylvanica (Mirbel) Kartesz, comb. nov. ined. Morella pensylvanica northern bayberry Morella pensylvanica (Mirbel) Kartesz, comb. nov. ined. **   Morella pensylvanica (Mirbel) Kartesz, comb. nov. ined. Morella pensylvanica northern bayberry Morella pensylvanica (Mirbel) Kartesz, comb. nov. ined. **   Short Shrub 2.55 % 1       -none- 3 Thuja occidentalis L. Thuja occidentalis L. Thuja occidentalis arborvitae Thuja occidentalis L. **   Thuja occidentalis L. Thuja occidentalis arborvitae Thuja occidentalis L. **   Short Shrub 0.075 % +       -none- 4 Carex L. Carex L. Carex sedge Carex L. **   Carex L. Carex sedge Carex L. **   Herbaceous 62.5 % 4       -none- 5 Thelypteris palustris Schott Thelypteris palustris Schott Thelypteris palustris eastern marsh fern Thelypteris palustris Schott **   Thelypteris palustris Schott Thelypteris palustris eastern marsh fern Thelypteris palustris Schott **   Herbaceous 15 % 2       -none- 6 Juncus L. Juncus L. Juncus rush Juncus L. **   Juncus L. Juncus rush Juncus L. **   Herbaceous 15 % 2       -none- 7 Equisetum L. Equisetum L. Equisetum horsetail Equisetum L. **   Equisetum L. Equisetum horsetail Equisetum L. **   Herbaceous 2.55 % 1       -none- 8 Muhlenbergia mexicana (L.) Trin. Muhlenbergia mexicana (L.) Trin. Muhlenbergia mexicana Mexican muhly Muhlenbergia mexicana (L.) Trin. **   Muhlenbergia mexicana (L.) Trin. Muhlenbergia mexicana Mexican muhly Muhlenbergia mexicana (L.) Trin. **   Herbaceous 2.55 % 1       -none- 9 Parnassia glauca Raf. Parnassia glauca Raf. Parnassia glauca fen grass of Parnassus Parnassia glauca Raf. **   Parnassia glauca Raf. Parnassia glauca fen grass of Parnassus Parnassia glauca Raf. **   Herbaceous 2.55 % 1       -none- 10 Pycnanthemum verticillatum (Michx.) Pers. Pycnanthemum verticillatum (Michx.) Pers. Pycnanthemum verticillatum whorled mountainmint Pycnanthemum verticillatum (Michx.) Pers. **   Pycnanthemum verticillatum (Michx.) Pers. Pycnanthemum verticillatum whorled mountainmint Pycnanthemum verticillatum (Michx.) Pers. **   Herbaceous 2.55 % 1       -none- 11 Vernonia noveboracensis (L.) Michx. Vernonia noveboracensis (L.) Michx. Vernonia noveboracensis New York ironweed Vernonia noveboracensis (L.) Michx. **   Vernonia noveboracensis (L.) Michx. Vernonia noveboracensis New York ironweed Vernonia noveboracensis (L.) Michx. **   Herbaceous 2.55 % 1       -none- 12 Gentianopsis crinita (Froel.) Ma Gentianopsis crinita (Froel.) Ma Gentianopsis crinita greater fringed gentian Gentianopsis crinita (Froel.) Ma **   Gentianopsis crinita (Froel.) Ma Gentianopsis crinita greater fringed gentian Gentianopsis crinita (Froel.) Ma **   Herbaceous 0.075 % +       -none- 13 Chara Chara **   Chara **   Chara **   Chara **   Chara **   Chara **   Chara **   Chara **   Nonvascular 0.075 % +       -none- 14 Sphagnum L. Sphagnum L. Sphagnum sphagnum Sphagnum L. **   Sphagnum L. Sphagnum sphagnum Sphagnum L. **   Nonvascular 0.075 % +       -none-
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Stratum Definitions:
Stratum Type Stratum Base Stratum Height Stratum Cover Short Shrub       Herbaceous       Nonvascular
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