Hare plants and animals: 



Potamoneton illinoensis ; Endangered peripheral. Occxirs in area of the 



dan on Orton Pond. 



Rhyncospora pleiantha : Endangered peripheral. Fron rim of doline pond 



north of Sanpson Pond, - ., 



Alli,';:ator r.ississippiensis : Endanr^ered. Breeds in creek areas of 



Orton Pond. 



Anhinga anhin^^a : Threatened. Known to breed regularly at Crton Pond, 



Dendrocopus borealis; Endangered. Kature cavity trees (lon^leaf 



pine) known to be located N and V of pond. 

 Probably also occur S of Orton Pond in the 

 Sampson Pond area. Fire protection of area 

 believed to be having detrimental effects on 

 appropriate habitat for this species. 



•■ Elliptic sp.: Special concern. Population nay be threatened by 



saline contanination of croundwater in Tom's Branch 

 area caused by dredged spoils disposal in upland 

 area of the adjacent MOTSU property. 



Microtus pennsylvanicus : Special concern. Breeding population in 



the area. • 



Neotorna floridans : Special concern. Breeding population in the area, 



Pandion haliaetus : Special concern. 6l nesting pairs were observed 



on Orton Pond in 1971, Records of osprey nest- 

 ing on pond date back to the turn of the cen- 

 tury. Nesting occurs in bald cypress on Orton 

 Pond and in the Orton Creek swanp just below the 

 dam^ as well as in pond cypress on Sanpson Pond. 

 Area believed extrenely inportant as a refugia 

 from which adjacent areas of suitable habitat rdght be 

 colonized as population increases. 



Sciurus niger ; Special concern. Range of the fox squirrel is nuch 

 reduced in the area due to tinbering operations. 

 Survival of the species critically related to the 

 availability of nast fron mature stands of longleaf 

 pine, such as still remain in the Orton- Pond--Sanpson 

 "' ?ond area. 



Publications and scientific references: 



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

 resources of the Southport — Slizabethtov/n area, North Carolina. N.C. 

 Dept. V/ater Res., Div. Ground Water, Ground-V/ater Bui. No. 6: 4? pp. 



Daniels, R.B., et_. al. 1978. Are of soil landscapes in the coastal 

 plain of North Carolina. Soil Sci-. Soc . Aa. J. 42: 98-IO5. 



Parnell, J,F, & R, Walton. 1972. Osprey reproductive success in 

 southeastern North Carolina. _In Transactions of the North American 

 Osprey Research Conference, J.C. Ogden, cd. US Dept. Int. Nat. Park 

 Serv. '.v'ashington, D.C. 



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