Shimer's Run #2




Site Identification

CWC Reference Number: 97
State: NJ
County: ---
Municipality: ---
USGS Quad: Milford
Watershed: Delaware
Hydrogeomorphic Class: Headwater Floodplain
Disturbance Class: ---
Dominant Vegetation Class: PSS/FO
Wetland Area: ---
Year(s) Sampled: 2000



Vegetation

Mean Site Cover
Herbaceous: 88.3% (range 75-100%)
Woody: 40.8% (range 20-60%)

Dominant Species
Vegetation Type
Scientific name (common name)
NWI
Herbaceous Layer Symplocarpus foetidus (Skunk cabbage) 1
Phalaris arundinacea (Reed canary grass) 2
Carex lacustris (Lake sedge) 1
Leersia oryzoides (Rice cutgrass) 1
Unknown NI
Shrub Layer Cornus amomum (Silky dogwood) 2
Rosa multiflora (Multiflora rose) 4
Viburnum dentatum (Arrowwood) 3
Celastrus orbiculatus (Asiatic bittersweet) 4
Tree Layer 
Juglans nigra (Black walnut) 4
Betula nigra (River birch) 4
Acer negundo (Box elder) 2.67
Platanus occidentalis (American sycamore) 2.33
Populus tremuloides (Quaking aspen) 4


Weighted Indicator Status (dominant spp.)
Herbaceous: 1.92
Shrub: 3.35
Tree: 3.57
Indicator Status (all spp.)
Herbaceous: 2.63
Shrub: 3.25
Tree: 3.24
Species Richness:
Total: 47
Herbaceous: 36
Shrubs: 4
Trees: 7