Union Point Pocosin 



Name of Area: Union Point Pocosin 



County: Carteret and Craven 



Location: Pocosin centered ca. 2 miles N of Union Point community, 

 which is ca. 1.5 miles NE of Newport, N.C. See Map 27. 



Quadrangle: Newport 



Date: November 3, 1980 



Investigator: John Fussell (Report by Fussell and Jeannie Wilson) 



Physical/Habitat Feature: pocosin 



Survey Priority: medium - due primarily to it being a large extent 

 of "wild land". This is the second largest contiguous tract of 

 pocosin in the county, 6000+ acres. 



Dominant Vegetation: See comments. 



Site Quality: Age of Pond Pine is unknown; however, there is no 



evidence of recent fire. Total pocosin acreage, 6000+ , is large. 



Elevation: ca. 24' 



Topography: Essentially flat, featureless, edges dissected by small 

 streams . 



Soil Series: Information unavailable from incomplete soil survey 

 of Carteret County. 



Size: All pocosin - 6000+ acres 



Geological Formation: Planner Beach Formation, Pleistocene 



Mixon & Pilkey, 1976. Reconnaissance Geology of the Submerged 

 and Emerged Coastal Plain Province, Cape Lookout Area, N.C. 

 US Geol. Surv. Prof. Paper 859. US Govt. Printing Off. 



Drainage: N to Neuse River, S to Newport River 



E & T Species Present: none known 



Potential for E & T Species: Some of area is marginal habitat for 



Red-cockaded woodpeckers. Black bears, now considered of special 

 concern status, but which may be considered threatened in the 

 future, occur here. 



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