(2) Dorovan-Ponzer Association: Very poorly drained soils with 

 organic surfaces and sandy to loamy subsoils occurring in 

 upland bays and in flood plains of tributaries of major 

 streams. 



(3) Barclay-Pasquotank-Weeksville Association: Somewhat poorly 

 drained to very poorly drained soils with silty surface 

 layers and silty subsoils on level to nearly level low broad 

 flats. 



(4) Bladen-Lumbee-Craven Association: Poorly drained to moderately 

 well drained soils with clayey to loamy subsoils on level to 

 gently sloped uplands and broad low-lying stream terrace areas. 



(5) Lumbee-Johns-Kalmia Association: Well drained to poorly 

 drained soils with loamy subsoils on level to gently sloping 

 stream terraces in the coastal plain. 



(6) Capers-Newhan Association: Very poorly drained to excessively 

 drained, sandy to clayey, marsh and coastal dune soils on tidal 

 flats and gently sloping areas near beaches and waterways along 

 the coast subject to tidal flooding. 



(7) Lynn Haven-Leon-Kureb Association: Poorly drained to excessively 

 well drained sandy soils with spodic horizons in the subsoil on 

 broad low flats and sloping ridges in the coastal plain. 



(8) Invershiel-Meggett Association: Well drained to poorly drained 

 soils that have loamy subsoils underlain by marl on lower 

 marine terraces, stream terraces, and first bottom. 



(9) Wehadkee-Chewacla Association: Poorly drained to somewhat 

 poorly drained soils with friable loamy subsoils on nearly 

 level first bottom flood plains. 



(10) Portsmouth-Wakulla Association: Very poorly drained to exces- 

 sively drained soils that have friable loamy to sandy subsoils 

 on nearly level stream terraces and gently sloping broad upland 

 ridges. 



Vegetation and land use in Pender County are similar to that of adjacent 

 counties. Non- forested lands occur throughout the county and include many 

 types of vegetation cover: agriculture, abandoned fields, developed lands, 

 open water, tidal marshes, barrier islands and beaches. Forested lands 

 are predominantly mixed pine, and depending upon site characteristics may 

 be longleaf pine, loblolly pine, slash pine, or pond pine. Bottomlands 

 which are forested are usually covered with cypress, either in relatively 

 pure stands, or more typically in mixed associations with water tupelo, 

 red maple, black gum, sweetgum, or other hardwood species. Tidal influence 

 is felt in the lower stretches of the Northeast Cape Fear and Black Rivers 

 and through all of the Pender portion of the Cape Fear River. Brackish 

 water wedges move upstream in the lower Northeast Cape Fear system, and 

 freshwater to slightly brackish water marshes are occasionally seen along the 

 shoreline. Carolina bay pocosins are not prevalent in Pender County as they 

 are in Bladen and parts of Brunswick, Columbus, and Sampson. However, they 

 do occur, and some of them have been drained for blueberry culture. By far 

 the largest extent of pocosin (and possibly the most significant natural 

 features on the county) are the joint embayments of Angola Bay and Holly 

 Shelter Bay. Minor variations in terms of total county acreage of forests 



