population of red-cockaded woodpeckers in the county, and possibly in the area , 

 Although the actual size of the population is unknown at the present tine, 

 18 cavity trees were observed distributed fairly evenly throughout the sub- 

 division on both sides of highway NC 87, and on the adjacent Orton property. 

 In addition, a pair of feeding adults was noted in a sandhills community type 

 in mid-July. 



Other animal species of special concern which are known to breed in the 

 area include the Eastern wood rat (Neotoanjia floridana ) , and the fox squirrel 

 ( Sciurus niger ) . 



Publications and scientific references: 



Blajikenship , R.R, 1965» Reconnaissance of the ground-water resoxirces 

 of the Southport-Elizabethtown area, North Carolina. N.C. Dept. '.j'ater Res., 

 Div, Ground V/ater, Ground- Water Bui, No. 6. ^7 pp. 



Dar-iels,. R.B,, _et. al. 1973. Age of soil landscapes in the coastal 

 plain area of North Carolina. Soil Sci. Soc. Am, J. k2: 98-IO5. 



Radford, A.E. , e_t. al. 196^. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the 

 Carolinas. DNC Press, Chapel Hill, N.C. 11^.3 pp. 



i ^Parnell, J.F. 1979. Personal comnunicaticn. Dept. of Botany, UNC-'.v 



j vyilmington, N.C. 



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