NATURAL AREA INVENTORY FORM 

 (To be prepared for each site) 



Basic Information Summary Sheet 



1. Natural Area Name: Salyer's Ridge Natural Area 



2 . County : Hyde 



3. Location: Along the southern border of Rose Bay Canal near 

 where it enters Lake Mattamuskeet. Natural area 

 is completely within the Mattamuskeet National 

 Wildlife Refuge. 



4. Topographic quadrangle (s) : Swanquarter (1974) 



5. Size: 80 acres 



Elevation: 3-5 feet above mean sea level 



Access: At Swindell Fork (junction of US 264 and SR 1304) , go 



north on SR 1304 for 4.7 miles to Rose Bay Canal. Turn 

 right (east) on dirt access road parallel to canal and 

 go about 0.2 mile to deadend at entrance to refuge. 

 Natural area is south and east of the refuge boundary 

 on south side of canal. 



8. Names of investigators: J. Merrill Lynch S. Lance Peacock 



Route 2, Box 222-B P. 0. Box 6006 

 Enfield, NC 27823 Raleigh, NC 2762? 



9. Date(s) of investigation: April 8, 1982 

 10. Priority rating: Low 



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