STAND 2:

ATLANTIC WHITE-CEDAR BOG

MAC’M ASSOCIATES

Marnie Niederhofer
Aimee Harvie
Conor Lynch
Marie Cook
Stand Location and History

LAKE FRED

CRANBERRY BOGS

CAMPUS

CEDIC RUN
ABIOTIC
COMPONENTS
 Soil Description
• Muck-or peat, acidic, sludge
• Sandy Loam-mixture of sand silt and clay
• Berry Land-layers of organic mineral material
• Dower Loamy Sand-course and sandy used for growing crops
• Atsion Sand poorly drained, found is areas used in blueberry and cranberry production.
 CEDICK RUN, A LOSING STREAM

Damming = water build up

Water is lost to groundwater recharge.

Climate

• 40-60 inches of
precipitation annually
• Leaching effect in soil
• June-August highs of 38
degrees Celsius
• December-February lows
(areas such as Maine) 38
degrees Celsius yet
usually mild
• Frost free season is 140-
305 days
 STAND STRUCTURE
TOTAL TREES IN STAND BY SPECIES

3000

2500
Atlantic White-cedar
2000
# TREES

Red Maple
1500

1000

500

0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

DIAMETER CLASS
 STAND BASICS

MAI MAI (BOARD PAI (BOARD

PAI (CORDS/ACRE)
(CORDS/ACRE) FEET/ACRE ) FEET/ACRE)

GROWTH
ATLANTIC WHITE-CEDAR 0.20 5.30 22.72 1556.23

RED MAPLE 0 0 0 0

TOTAL 0.20 5.30 22.72 1556.23

TOTAL
TOTAL
BOARD
CORDS
FEET
ATLANTIC WHITE-CEDAR
RED MAPLE
175.31 22794.23
3.97 0
VOLUME
TOTAL 179.28 22794.23
Volumetric estimations of potential cords and board feet
for the cedar stand on Stockton College's campus based
on the point sampling method with a per acre conversion
factor of 40.
Shrubs: Understory Vegetation
High bush blueberry
Swamp Azalea
Fetterbush
Red maple
Sweet pepper bush
Dangleberry
Swamp rose
Bayberry
Winterberry

Herbs:
Smart weed
Arrow arum
Spatulate-leaved sundew

Other:
Peat Moss
Poison Ivy
Green Briar
 Atlantic White Cedar
Reproduction and Regeneration
• Monoecious: Staminate
and Pistillate flowers are
produced on separate shoots,
and both grow to about 3mm in
length
• Cones: Mature at the end of
the first growing season. Cones
are spherical, ~6mm in length,
and contain 5 to 15 winged
seeds.
• Seeds: Rounded, slightly
compressed. 460,000 seeds
makes 1 pound.
 Atlantic White Cedar
Reproduction and Regeneration
• Favorable Conditions:
• Moist areas above the usual water table
• Sunlight

• Suitable Seedbeds:
• Moist rotting wood, sphagnum moss, and muck.
• Leaf litter from pines, shrubs, or other hardwoods are unfavorable.
 Inside the Stand
• Light Intensity: 4 to 6 percent of full sunlight
• Mortality: Seedlings typically survive for only 1 to 3 years
• Better suited sites: Open areas with available sunlight, such as
clear cut sites or abandoned cranberry bogs, allow seedlings to compete
successfully with hardwoods and shrubs.
 Red Maple
Reproduction and Regeneration
• Polygamodioecious:
Male trees, Female trees, and
Monoecious trees. The species
shows a tendency towards
dioeciousness.

• Flowering: Red Maple is one

of the first trees to flower in the Spring
• Fruitful: A 30cm (DBH) tree
once yielded nearly 1 million seeds.
 Red Maple
Reproduction and Regeneration
• Germination: Can occur
immediately after ripening, without
the use of pregermination
treatment.

• Shade Tolerance:
• Germination can occur under very
little sunlight.
• Seedlings can survive under a closed
forest canopy for several years.
• Shade tolerance is determined by
the quality of the site.
 Red Maple
Reproduction and Regeneration
• Dormant Buds:
• Ever present at the base of Red Maple stems.
• Can be stimulated by cutting or fire.
• Vigorous sprouting makes it a suitable species for coppicing.
• Tends to be found in sprout clumps in areas of regular disturbance.
 Atlantic White-cedar
• Produces durable,
high-quality wood

• Found within 50-130

miles of the coast

• Occupies • Forms small, dense,

freshwater homogeneous stands
swamps
and bogs • Stands patchily
distributed throughout
range
•Most widely adaptable species Red Maple
to site conditions in North
America

•Produces undesirable wood

•Short syrup season

•Aggressive
secondary succession
hardwood species
•Used mainly
for landscaping
 Wildlife
Atlantic white cedar stand

New Jersey’s
Atlantic white
cedar wetlands
are home to Black-throated green warbler
Black-and-white warbler
many birds
species. They
use these
ecosystems to
nest and
breed.

Ovenbird Hermit thrush

 Wildlife
Atlantic white cedar stand
The Southern red-
backed vole is an
abundant species
in the cedar
wetlands.

Pine Barren tree

frogs are an
endangered species
that live in Atlantic
white cedar
Southern red-backed vole swamps. Pine Barren tree frog

The barred owl

uses the cedar
wetlands to hunt
and nest.

Timber rattlesnakes
hibernate in the
hollow root systems
of Atlantic white
cedars.
Barred owl Timber rattlesnake
 Wildlife
Atlantic white cedar stand
Cottontail rabbits
use the Atlantic
white cedar stands
for cover and food.

Mycorrhizal fungi
attach to root
systems of the
cedars and allows
for the intake of
Cottontail rabbit more nutrients and Mycorrhizal fungi
therefore growth.

White-tailed deer
Cottontail use the Atlantic
rabbits use white cedar
Atlantic white wetlands for shelter
and food in the
cedar stands
winter.
for cover and
food. The Hessel’s
hairstreak is only
found in these
ecosystems.
White-tailed deer Hessel’s hairstreak