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present understory, i.e. Pond pine evolves into a bay- 

 type forest.); 3) educating the public by providing 

 information on the uniqueness of the natural area. Heavy 

 equipment used for fire control should be limited to the 

 extent that it produces unsightly or deformed conditions 

 in the natural area. 



Data Sources: Fuller, Manley, Fish & Wildlife Service, Intern 



Washington, DC. (Currently: National Wildlife Fedn. , Raleigh, NO) 



Huntsman, Gene, Mid-Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Research 

 Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, Beaufort, N.C. 



Otte, Lee, Dept . of Geology, ECU, Greenville, N.C. 



Synder, J.R., Botany Department, University of Florida, 

 Gainsville, Florida. 



Simpson, Bob, Box 643, Morehead City, N.C. 



Wills, Richard, District Ranger, Croatan National 

 Forest . 



Scientific References: Cermak, R.W. (1976). Establishment 

 Report for Pond Pine Research Natural Area within the 

 Croatan National Forest 



Otte, L.J. and R.L. Ingram (1979). Quarterly Progress 

 Report: Peat Resources of North Carolina. Report to 

 North Carolina Energy Institute. 



Smithsonian Institute, (1974), Survey of Natural Areas 

 of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, Report for National Park 

 Service . 



Snyder, J.R. (1977). Report on the vegetation and 

 site factors of the Pond Pine Pocosin Research Natural 

 Area, Croatan National Forest. USES Report. Southeastern ~ 

 Forest Experiment Station, Asheville, N.C. 



Documentation and Authentication: Voucher specimens for plant 

 speci.es are deposited in the following herbaria: North 

 Carolina State Museum, Raleigh, N.C. Supplementary surveys 

 and descriptions are as listed in the scientific references 

 above. The information contained in this report is well 

 documented and received from reliable resources. 



Recognition by Other Agencies: Four of the areas have been 

 recommended as National Wilderness Areas. Three hundred 

 acres of the Pond Pine section have been recognized by 

 the USES as the Pond Pine Research Natural Area (see map 

 8). 



