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Pohatcong Creek
Riparian Forest Buffer Project
Location:
Pohatcong Creek, off County Route 519 on Municipal Drive, adjacent to
the Municipal Building,
Pohatcong Township, NJ
Date Planted:
March - May 2001
Land Use:
Municipal Open Space
Buffer Composition:
600 Native Trees and Shrubs - 48 species (containerized and balled-and-burlapped)
350 Native Herbaceous Plants - 43 species (gallon- and quart-sized containers)
Buffer Size:
800 feet x 80 feet (average)
 March,
2000 - Before Planting
October,
2000 - After Planting
Design Components
- Riparian forest buffer
- Protection from deer
- Tree tubes
- Deer resistant species
- Fencing
- Fencing
- Six-foot galvanized steel fence
- Red cedar and black locust posts
- Gates for maintenance and access
- Aesthetics
- Wildflower beds on outer edge
- Recreation
Streambank
Planting Preparation
Dominant Native Plant Species
Listed in descending order of frequency of occurrence
Trees - Overstory
Sycamore - Platanus occidentalis
Linden - Tilia americana
Green ash - Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Hackberry - Celtis occidentalis
Swamp white oak - Quercus bicolor
Trees - Understory
Blackhaw - Viburnum prunifolium
American hornbeam - Carpinus caroliniana
Red cedar - Juniperus virginiana
Nannyberry - Viburnum lentago
Shadbush - Amelanchier canadensis
Shrubs
Rough alder - Alnus incana
Buttonbush - Cephalanthus occidentalis
Silky dogwood - Cornus amomum
Gray dogwood - Cornus racemosa
Elderberry - Sambucus canadensis
Steeplebush - Spirea tomentosa
Arrowwood - Viburnum dentatum
Possumhaw - Viburnum nudum
Student
Volunteers
Organizations:
Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Pohatcong Creek Watershed Association
Participants:
New Jersey Youth Corps
Phillipsburg High School
Containerized
Trees and Shrubs Ready for Planting
Funding:
United States Environmental Protection Agency 319h Grant Program and New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection
Grant Adminstration: North Jersey Resource
Conservation and Development Council
View
of Completed Buffer
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