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
GPS readings for other 3 plot corners: 1-SW) 39.66172, -74.68741; 2- NW) 39.66175, -74.68739; 3-NE) 39.66175, -74.68736
Shape
Rectangular
Area
10
m²
Permanence
permanent plot
Layout Narrative
Transect endpoints are permanently marked with rebar. Distance and compass bearing measurements to the plot location with measurements of plot orientation off the transect were taken. GPS coordinates for each corner of the plot was taken with submeter accuracy.
Environment Fields:
Elevation
7.6
m
Slope Aspect
(n/a, flat)
º
Slope Gradient
0
º
Landform
flood plain
Landscape Narrative
Soil Texture: Organic - muck.
Soil: Organic depth is actually >1.2m;
Depth to water table = 16cm;
Hydrologic Influence: groundwater seepage;
Environmental Comments: "low tussocks of Muhlenbergia"; Wood (2%) is dead, burned dwarf cedar.
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:
Shrub Cover
2.5
%
Field Cover
90
%
Nonvascular Cover
3.5
%
Dominant Stratum
Herb
Growthform1 Type
Graminoid
Growthform1 Cover
90
%
Misc Fields:
Observation Narrative
Community Type: Pine Barrens savanna
General Description: Ilex very healthy-robust. Additional sp - Lachnanthes. Muhlenbergia torreyana filling in. Mats of Muhlenbergia uniflora. Dense Panicum ensifolium under dead cadars. Monoculture of Muhlenbergia torreyana with occassional Lobelia. Dwarf cedar - dead (burned). Sever fire in 1997. Dense turf mat of Muhlenbergia tussocks about 2-4 cm high, burned out in between. Other associated species present but not in plot: Andropogon glomeratus, Carex exilis, Lycopodium alopecuroides, Sarracenia purpurea. Deer tracks present.
