Millis Road Longleaf Pine Savanna and Pocosin 



Name of Area: Millis Road Longleaf Pine Savanna and 

 Pocosin 



County: Carteret 



Location: Area of low sand ridges and shallow interlying 

 swales in Croatan National Forest. Tract is bounded 

 on the north by Millis Rd, (U.S. Forest Service Road 

 128); on the east and southeast by Peak "Swamp"; on 

 the south by the large tract of short pocosin that 

 stretches southward to Forest Service Rd. 154-2; on 

 the west by Millis "Swamp" (See Map 9). Coordinates: 

 approx. 34'°43'30" N, 77 57'50" W. 



Topographic quadrangle: Masontown 



Size: Ca. 300 acres (ca. 121 ha) 



Elevation: 30-36' 



Access: The section of Millis Rd. (Forest Service Rd. 128) 

 adjacent to the tract is 1.4-2.4 miles west of S.R. 1124 

 (Nine Foot Road) . 



Names of investigators: John 0. Fussell, III 



1412 Shepard St. 

 Morehead City, N.C. 28557 

 919/726-3476 



Jeannie Wilson 

 Hampton Mariners Museum 

 Beaufort, N.C. 23516 

 919/728-7317 



Dates of investigation: 1980 



Sept. 17, 18, 19 

 Oct. 7, 8, 15 

 Nov. 10, 12, 13 



Both authors have visited the area on previous occasions. 

 Fussell made numerous trips to the area 1972-1979, primarily 

 in search of red-cockaded woodpeckers, Bachmans sparrows 

 and other bird species. He also made a night trip for 

 herps on July 27, 1980. Wilson visited the area numerous 

 times during 1975-1978, while working on a Master's project 

 nearby. 



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