Topography — The area is exceedingly flat, with relief in the area 



probably totalling much less than 1 m; however, seemingly insig- ; 



nificant changes in topography may result in narked differences ; 



in soil series, and thus, vejetational conT.unities. 



Geology — The surficial sediments are marine-deposited sands a_nd clays 1 

 of the Talbot Terrace of Pleistocene age, overlying the Peedee j 



Formation of Late Cretaceous age. 



Rare plants and aninals: 



Agalinis aphylla . Scale leaf gerardia. Endangered peripheral. j 



Coreopsis gladiata . Swamp tickweed. Endangered peripheral. i 



Dionaca nuscipula . Venus' flytrap. Threatened endenic; exploited. 



A huge population exists here, consisting of many thousands of ' . 



individuals. .; 



Habenaria integra. Yellow fringeless-orchid. Threatened thjrouchout. 

 A large population, probably consisting of in excess of one hundred 

 individuals, exists on the savannah. 



Rhyncospora breviseta . Short-bristled beak rush. Endangered peri- 

 pheral. 



Sajracenia rubra. Sweet pitcher plant. Threatened throughout f exploited. 



Snorobolus terctifolius. Wireleaf droDseed. Threatened throughout. 



Publications and scientific references: 



BlanJcenship, R.R. 1965. Reconnaissance of the ground-water 

 resources of the Southport — Elizabethtown area, North Carolina. N.C. 

 Dept. V.'ater Res., Div. Ground V/ater, Ground-V/ater 3ul. !'o, 6: -^7 P?. 



Daniels, R.B., et_. al. 197°. Age of soil landscapes in the coastal 

 plain of North Carolina. Soil Sci. 3oc. A-.. J. kZ: 9S-IO5. 



PCologiski, R.L. 1977. The phytosociology of t}-.e Green Swar.p , 

 North Carolina. N.C. Ag. Expt. Sta., Tech. 3ul. Mo. 250. Ralei'gh, ".C. 



Radford, A.E., et_. al. . 196^. Manual of the 7?_scular Flora of the 

 Carolinas. UNC Tress. Chapel Hill, TJ.G. 1133 v-o. 



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