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A1 - TNC Lizardtail Swamp Pres
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Author Plot Code  |
A1 - TNC Lizardtail Swamp Pres
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| Author Observation Code |
A1 - TNC Lizardtail Swamp Pres
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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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| Confidentiality Status |
100 km radius (nearest degree)
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| Latitude |
40
º
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| Longitude |
-74
º
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| Author Location |
TNC Lizardtail Swamp Preserve
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| State or Province |
New Jersey
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| Country |
United States
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| Layout Fields: | |
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| Shape |
Square
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| Area |
400
m²
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| Permanence |
permanent plot
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| Layout Narrative |
Plot is 20x20m.
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| Elevation |
3.05
m
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| Elevation Range |
3.05
m
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| Slope Gradient |
0
º
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| Topographic Position |
basin floor
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| Landform |
lowland
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| Landscape Narrative |
Average Organic Soil Texture: shell marl; Von Post scale of peat decomposition: H5; Horizon Type: Mor; Organic Horizon Depth: 10 cm
Average Organic Soil Texture: sandy clay; Mineral Hoizon Depth: all mineral at 42 cm
Local Topography: very hummocky
Environmental Comments: Hummocks, fallen trees and stumps which are decaying and covered with moss add to the hummocky appearance.
Physiographic Province: Outer Coastal Plain
Watershed: Bidwell Creek
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| Hydrologic Regime |
Temporarily flooded
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| Soil Moisture Regime |
Hydric
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| Soil Drainage |
poorly drained
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| Water Depth |
0
m
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| Percent Wood |
20
%
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| Percent Litter |
70
%
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| Methods Fields: | |
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| Observation Start Date |
31-Oct-2009
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| Observation End Date |
31-Oct-2009
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| Project |
NJ Mark Wong
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| Cover Method |
Percentage (%)
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| Stratum Method |
National Park Service
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| Taxon Observation Area |
400
m²
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| Cover Dispersion |
entire
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| Overall Taxon Cover Values are Automatically Calculated? |
no
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| Plot Validation Level |
(1) occurrence plot: sufficient for determining type occurrence
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| Dominant Stratum |
Shrub
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| Growthform1 Type |
Shrubs
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| Growthform2 Type |
Trees
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| Growthform3 Type |
Vine/liana
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| Observation Narrative |
Community Description: Successional swamp forest located in a low area in the landscape. Land rises gently and becomes mesic forest. Many rotting trees are half buried and covered with moss, obviously downed for many years. Large trees are Acer rubrum and on slightly higher ground, a few pitch pines. The many smaller (in diameter) trees that have filled the gaps are Nyssa sylvatica, which is the dominant tree. The tall shrub layer is very well developed and dominated by big, old, Vaccinium corymbosum with a few Rhododendron viscosum and Clethra. Low shrubs are few and most are so severely browsed as to be unrecognizable. Holly (Ilex opaca) would be a significant presence if not browsed down to stumps. Smilax rotundifolia grows up into the shrubs and part of the canopy and climbs to a height of 5-8m. There is little evidence of flooding (a few small piles of water-bourne leaves); soil is spongy underfoot and has a +/-7cm layer of partially decomposed peat and roots over a thick layer (32 cm) of mucky, sandy loam. The water table is at 16 cm, saturation point is at 10 cm. Below the muck the soil changes to a grayish sandy clay. Peat is located on the edge of this maple-gum-blueberry community. Further in, the shrub layer becomes so thick it is impassable and progress is further impeded by the many fallen trees. Just beyond the reach of the plot, one individual Phoradendron leucarpum was discovered.
Other species present but not in plot: Phoradendron leucarpum is found in a nearby tree.
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