TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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PREFACE ii 



ABSTRACT v 



ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vi 



LIST OF FIGURES viii 



LIST OF TABLES ix 



INTRODUCTION 1 



NATURAL AREA INVENTORIES 



Alligator River - Swan Lake 14 



Cypress Park 49 



Roper Island 67 



New Lake Fork Pocosin 96 



Gull Rock Game Lands 114 



Scranton Hardwoods 157 



Salyer's Ridge . . 187 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 205 



GLOSSARY 210 



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