although nearby areas in Onslow County are similar. 



The savanna contains a profusion of herbaceous plants, and is 

 dominated by the grass, Ctenium aromaticum . Large numbers of 

 pitcher plants are present, and in certain areas of the savanna, 

 Venus' fly-traps. The peak of the flowering season occurs in late 

 spring and early summer and again in early autumn. 



11B. Prose Description of Site Significance: Physical and biological 



features are important site characteristics. According to personal 

 communication between Lee Otte and Alan Weakley, the site is an 

 important type location for marine Miocene fauna as well as an 

 "excellent example of fossiliferous Castle Hayne limestone." 



Significant botanical components are Venus' fly-traps, pitcher 

 plants, Cooley's meadow-rue, the recently-discovered prairie onion, 

 Allium stellatum , and a potentially undescribed species of the family 

 Apiaceae. The site may be the most important representative example 

 of a Pinus palustris / Ctenium aromaticum savanna in North Carolina. 



12. Significance Summary: (See TABLE 5) 

 Legal Status, Use, and Management 



13. Ownership type by percent area: Private 100%, Public 0%, Unknown 0% 



14. Number of Owners: 13, possibly others 



15. Name(s) of owner (s) and/or custodian (s) (with address, phone numbers, 

 and other pertinent information) : S. A. Lanier ; Heirs of Christine 

 James; Boyce J. Williams; Mildred James; Heirs of Hannah James; Coy 

 A. Lee; Theodore Lee; Preston Marshburn; Terry Lee and Leora Lee; 

 Linbert and Frances Shepard; Isaac and Mildred Lee; June Williams 

 heirs; John Shepard, Jr., Evelyn Shepard Lee, Mamie Shepard Watkins, 

 Luberta Shepard Walker, Viola Shepard Hand; Sampson James, Bertie 

 Wheeler, and Bert L. Wheeler; and Marvin L. Goodson. 



16. Name(s) of knowledgeable person(s) (with addresses, phone numbers, 

 and other pertinent information) : Alan S. Weakley, Duke University, 

 Department of Botany, Durham, NC 



17. Attitude of owner or custodian toward preservation (contacted?) : 

 Two of the owners who are utilizing the limestone resource for 

 agricultural lime were contacted (S. A. Lanier and Marvin Goodson). 



A plant rescue effort was arranged for removal of some of the plants. 

 Owners of the main part of the savanna were not contacted. Most of 

 these owners reside in the Maple Hill area. 



18. Uses of natural area: The chief uses are related to exploitation of 

 insectivorous plant population and limestone mining. 



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