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Site Integrity: There are no drainage ditches or other human encroachments 

 within the tract. Tracks from a large ORV (probably Forest Service) 

 transect the tract. 



Owners: USDA, Forest Service, Croatan National Forest 



Other Knowledgeable Persons: none known 



Other Comments: This tract is notable for having a rather large area 

 of low pocosin. 



DOMINANT VECliTATION: Only the central low pocosin area of the 



tract was analyzed. This area is roughly rectangular, ca. 1.75 

 :<. 1.10 miles, the long axis NW-Si:i . The mass of shrub vegetation 

 is less than two feet high and ia dominated by L yon La 1 uc i da and 

 7. (■ no b i a pulverulonta . P inu s serot in a (ca. 15' tall) arc scattered 

 very sparsely throughout. Small "clumps" (ca. 20' X 20') of larger 

 broadleaf ev(?rgreens (to 6-8' high) are scattt;red at 100'-200' 

 intervals. These are dominated by Gt)rd onia las i a n C h ii s^ , (" y r i 1 1 a 

 racemif lora , Lyon i a luc i da , M y r i c a hetero phyl La , and Sm i La x 

 laurifol ia . C arex w a Iteriana and Sphagnum sp. are abundant 

 throughout the area. Cassand ri c a 1 y c u 1 a t a is aLso frequent through- 

 out, and E r i_o j) hor um virginicum is fairLy common whore the mass of 

 vegetation is less tlian a foot or so. 



.oli'NTlAL FOR ENUAN(;i:.RED AND THREATENED SPECIES: Although ; he 



p>iiid pines are very small, much of this area appears to be & i rue t ur a L 1 y 

 suitable for red-cockaded woodpeckers. American alligarors i:criir 

 in I he pocosin west of tl\e Lake Road, and may occur in this pocosin 

 occasionally. Black bears, now considered to be of speci.L concern 

 status, may be considered threatened in the future. They undoubtedly 

 occur in this pocosin. (They are rather common in tht' pocosin west 

 of the Lake Road.) 



