Burk (1961) found the one-quarter-mile-long dry sandflats on 

 Portsmouth Island, North Carolina, totally barren^ Johnson (1900) 

 reported similar areas on Bogue and Shackleford Banks, North Carolina 

 shifting wastes of windblown sand with only E. poly goni folia and 

 Andropogon sp„ 



Brown (1959) described the sandflat vegetation on Hatteras Island 

 near Rodanthe, North Carolina as dwarf, sparse, and composed of mixed 

 grasses and sedges. However, a sandflat near Hatteras Village possessed 

 a thick growth of S. patens, Fimbristyl-is aastanea, and S. sempervirens. 

 Sandflats north of Corolla on Currituck Bank had a good growth of S'o 

 patens while some flats on Hatteras Island had only a fringe of 

 vegetation, with a center of packed sand coated with salt crystals. 



e. Arborescent Communities . These communities include those 

 dominated by shrubs as well as trees. An open canopied mesic forest 

 dominated by Pinus taeda (loblolly pine), Carya spp. (hickories), 

 Queraus fatoata (Spanish oak) , Quercus nigra (water oak) , and 

 Liquidambai' styraaiflua (sweet gum) is described by Burk (1962) as 

 existing behind the active dunes near Nags Head, Kitty Hawk, and Duck. 

 P. taeda was the dominant species (37 percent of the total). Carya spp., 

 L. styraaiflua, and Q. fatoata with values of 16, 15, and 14 percent 

 respectively were next in importance. Burk (1962) found 2 percent 

 Q. virginiana but Brown (1959) found none. 



Brown (1959) reported Q. virginiana and P. taeda as the major 

 species in Buxton Woods on Hatteras Island. He found 55-year-old pines 

 and an oak with a 3-foot diameter. Burk (1962) reported that 98 percent 

 of the trees were P. taeda, with Q. nigra, Q. virginiana, and L. 

 styraaiflua; Sabal minor (stemless palmetto) was abundant. Other woody 

 species reported by Brown (1959) included: Callicarpa ameriaana (French 

 mulberry), Carpinus aaroliniana (ironwood) , Comus florida (flowering 

 dogwood). Ilex opaaa (American holly). Ilex vomitoria (yaupon) , Juniperus 

 virginiana (red cedar), Myriaa aerifera (wax myrtle), Myviaa pensylvanica 

 (bayberry) , Persea borbonia (red bay), Q. nigra, Q. phellos (willow oak), 

 Rhus aopallina (winged sumac), and Zanthoxylwn alavdheroulis (Hercules '- 

 club) . 



Kearney (1900) concluded that J„ vomitovia was the most abundant 

 woody species on Ocracoke Island, followed by Q. virginiana, M. aerifera, 

 Z. olava-heraulis , and J, virginiana. 



Engels (1952) listed Q. virginiana, J. virginiana, and I. vomitoria 

 as the dominant trees in a wooded area west of Whale Creek Bay on 

 Shackleford Bank. Other trees of less abundance included: P. taeda, 

 P. borbonia, and I. opaaa « 



On the basis of relative shrub-tree importance, Lewis (1917) 

 divided the arborescent zone on Shackleford Bank into three areas: 

 (a) thicket formation, (b) thicket woodland formation, and (c) woodland 



