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
latitude and longitude coordinates roughly approximate the survey area
Environment Fields:
Landscape Narrative
Landscape Description: This is part of a large contiguous wetland complex in a small limestone valley bordered by forested limestone uplands (dominated by Fraxinus-cedar lowlands and mature Quercus uplands), mowed fields, and Juniper dominated uplands. Communities within the wetland complex include a large Typha marsh and patches of calcareous fen elements (turfy juniper, marl seep, and Carex stricta). Adjacent cedar areas include many patches of turfy juniper and calcareous cedar woodland.
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
Tree
Growthform1 Type
Trees
Growthform2 Type
Herbs
Growthform3 Type
Shrubs
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Community Description: This is a wooded edge of a moist fen, between a successional forest and a Typha marsh.
Other associated species present but not in plot: Asarum canadense, Desmodium sp., Solidago rugosa, Centaurea nigra, Hydrocotyle americana
