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The 117 km2 (29,000 acre) reserve is privately owned and managed by the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation. The site is characterized by longleaf pine habitats mixed with patches of hardwood deciduous forest and wetlands. It is encompassed within the NEON Southeast Domain that is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east and the Gulf of Mexico to the west. The surrounding region is a patchwork of forest, grassland, and wetland communities embedded in a matrix that is increasingly dominated by a fast-growing human population. The Domain hosts five other NEON field sites, three aquatic and two additional terrestrial sites, located in Florida and Georgia. JERC is colocated with the FLNT aquatic field site, on the eastern boundary of the center.","citation":null,"relatedIdentifiers":null,"status":{"label":"Operational","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/elter_cl\/10772"},"yearEstablished":2014,"yearClosed":null,"relatedSites":[{"typeOfRelationship":{"label":"contains","uri":"null"},"listOfSites":[{"type":"site","title":"Flint River NEON - United States of America","id":{"prefix":"https:\/\/deims.org\/","suffix":"923f4698-f04d-49df-a963-693310ac97a9"},"changed":"2025-09-17T14:18:27+0200"}]}],"siteName":"The Jones Center At Ichauway NEON","shortName":"JERC","siteType":"Non-stationary land-based site","protectionLevel":null,"landUse":null,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/deims.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2020-06\/jerc_tower.jpg","alt":"JERC Tower"}]},"environmentalCharacteristics":{"airTemperature":{"yearlyAverage":19.2,"monthlyAverage":null,"unit":"\u00b0C","referencePeriod":null},"precipitation":{"yearlyAverage":1308,"monthlyAverage":null,"unit":"mm","referencePeriod":null},"biogeographicalRegion":null,"biome":"mixed_forest","ecosystemType":[{"label":"Forest","uri":null},{"label":"Mixed Forest","uri":null}],"eunisHabitat":null,"landforms":null,"geoBonBiome":["Terrestrial"],"geology":"Geological characteristics at JERC are typical of Ocala Limestone.","hydrology":"The site is located on the Flint River basin in the Ichawaynochaway watershed region. The Flint River has a watershed size of approximately 14,999 km2 (5791 sq. mi.). Streams in this region are typically very hard and have a basic pH (7.25), likely as a result of passing through the Ocala limestone. They are moderately turbid (15.5 NTU), low in organic and have a moderate load of nutrients. Streams in the Dougherty Plain are intermittent.","soils":"The Jones Center is located on a karst topography called the Dougherty Plain. The soil parent materials are dominantly sandy coastal plain deposits that include clay lenses. Thus soils range from sandy to coarse loamy to clay-like. The drainage classes range from excessively drained sands to very poorly drained clays. Soil type is Troup sand with 5-8% slopes. The soils are loamy, kaolinitic, thermic Grossarenic Kandiudults. ","vegetation":"The Southeast Domain is a patchwork of forest, grassland, and wetland communities. The dominant vegetation at the Jones Ecological Research Center consists of longleaf pine trees mixed with some hardwood deciduous (e.g. oak). NEON provides data on the presence and absence of plant species at the site. The five most abundant plant species at the site include: Wiregrass (Aristida beyrichiana), Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris), Southern red oak (Quercus falcata), Darlington oak (Quercus hemisphaerica), and Bluejack oak (Quercus incana)."},"geographic":{"boundaries":"POLYGON ((-84.485276989 31.210754124, -84.478749012 31.213313714, -84.475765147 31.213848715, -84.473697533 31.213689388, -84.468663423 31.213412296, -84.467995318 31.212568164, -84.46586094 31.209736409, -84.463403077 31.208678898, -84.461338781 31.208400732, -84.454293887 31.208439497, -84.454388348 31.207491686, -84.454148839 31.206121776, -84.452430714 31.2032387, -84.45168526 31.200137463, -84.450617639 31.198751134, -84.44960473 31.197900077, -84.445278832 31.194430972, -84.445800169 31.193016807, -84.445923383 31.191001183, -84.445996711 31.188272307, -84.447008996 31.186571107, -84.453950087 31.182613184, -84.465457809 31.175658432, -84.466354777 31.175676101, -84.469839385 31.174438859, -84.475571787 31.172174518, -84.475373718 31.180775448, -84.486057783 31.18116734, -84.485833517 31.190353283, -84.496531256 31.190635281, -84.496233226 31.199836577, -84.485620882 31.199611559, -84.485276989 31.210754124))","coordinates":"POINT (-84.46861 31.19484)","country":["United States of America"],"elevation":{"avg":47,"min":29,"max":55,"unit":"msl"},"size":{"value":11000,"unit":"ha"},"relatedLocations":null},"focusDesignScale":{"experiments":{"design":"mainly experimentation","scale":"beyond catchment scale"},"observations":{"design":"mainly observation","scale":"beyond catchment"},"observedProperties":[{"label":"DNA sequence","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/21400"},{"label":"above ground biomass","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/22025"},{"label":"air temperature","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/22035"},{"label":"atmospheric parameter","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/20937"},{"label":"biological parameter","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/20940"},{"label":"chemical parameter","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/10333"},{"label":"ecosystem parameter","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/20939"},{"label":"genetic parameter","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/20942"},{"label":"heat flux","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/22130"},{"label":"land cover","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/22142"},{"label":"landscape parameter","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/20943"},{"label":"latent heat","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/22154"},{"label":"leaf area index","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/22157"},{"label":"ozone concentration","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/22178"},{"label":"plant diversity","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/22191"},{"label":"precipitation intensity","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/22204"},{"label":"soil carbon dioxyde flux","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/21939"},{"label":"soil moisture content","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/10039"},{"label":"soil parameter","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/20944"},{"label":"species abundance","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/10018"}]},"infrastructure":{"accessibleAllYear":true,"accessType":null,"allPartsAccessible":null,"maintenanceInterval":null,"permanentPowerSupply":true,"operation":{"permanent":true,"notes":null,"siteVisitInterval":null},"notes":null,"collection":null,"data":{"policy":{"url":null,"rights":null,"notes":null}}},"relatedResources":null,"projectRelated":{"lter":{"lterSiteClassification":null}}}}