QUES02
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Author Plot Code |
QUES02
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Author Observation Code |
QUES02
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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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Location Fields: |
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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 |
Quest Fen
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State or Province |
New Jersey
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Country |
United States
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Named Places |
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Layout Fields: | |
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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Environment Fields: | |
Landscape Narrative |
Landscape Description: The site is located in a narrow, secondary valley vegetated by a mosaic of lowland Carex stricta-Acer rubrum swamp, lowland Fraxinus forest, wet Pinus strobus and Populus groves, a steep limestone upland forest, a Phalaris-dominated floodplain, successional woodland, lowland seepage Juniperus woodland, and upland pasture. The entire valley was ditched approximately 20-40 years ago and a portion has been redredged recently. The valley was grazed by cattle until recently.
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Methods Fields: | |
Observation Start Date |
29-Nov-2000
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Observation End Date |
29-Nov-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 Quality Fields: | |
Plot Validation Level |
(1) occurrence plot: sufficient for determining type occurrence
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Overall Plot Vegetation Fields: | |
Dominant Stratum |
Herb
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Growthform1 Type |
Herbs
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Growthform2 Type |
Shrubs
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Growthform3 Type |
Trees
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Misc Fields: | |
Observation Narrative |
Community Description: This is an early shrub carr/Carex stricta community. It is being degraded by invasive species and changes in hydrology.
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