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
plotless - latitude and longitude coordinates roughly approximate the survey area
Environment Fields:
Landscape Narrative
Soil Description: organic muck over mineral-organic clay over limestone sand; organic/mineral layer ~6"
Landscape Description: This is a sloping fen complex that is adjacent to a cemetery and Rt. 557. Much of the site is degraded but small, intact remnants remain. The site is best described as a mosaic of fen types, all of which are small patches existing within a larger fen matrix. Fen types include: marl seep fen (~1/2 acre), shrub carr (~1/8 acre), turfy juniper (a few patches totaling ~3/4 acre), Carex stricta-Cornus amomum fen (~1/2 acre and mostly succeeded by Acer and Juniperus), Typha-dominated fen (invaded old marl seep - ~1 acre).
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 is a small marl seep within a sloping fen complex of turfy juniper, marl seep, Typha, and Carex stricta fens. All areas are degraded by exotics and the effects of surrounding development. This sloping marl seep fen is quite intact with mineral/marl rivulets.
