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
Soil Description: saturated peat and muck
Landscape Descrption: Small marl seeps situated in a small valley. The community grades into a large (~10 acre) Typha-Carex stricta (with some calcareous species), and a rhizomatous Carex spp. marsh on two sides. Other sides are bordered by upland limestone forest dominated by Quercus spp., Muhlenbergia, Quercus alba, Acer saccharum, and Liriodendron. A rocky stream flowing out of White Lake cuts between the uplands and fen. A stream feeds a shallow limestone pool created by a marl seep which quickly grades into a Typha and rhizomatous Carex marsh. Some calcareous species remain in the intermediate area.
