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DOMINANT VEGETATION: Most of the area is high pocosin dominated 



b y P i n u 3 s e rot ina , Gordon i a las ian thus , Cyr i 1 1 a racemiflora , Lyon i a 



1 u c i (i a , Ilex cor iacea , etc. Thf purpose of this trip was to visit 



two areas which apparently (based on aerial photographs) had relatively 



low vegetation. The first (ca. 2000' X 1500') lies ca. one mile 



tJW of the Main Prong; the second (ca. 4000' X 3000') lies one mile 



;;W of the first. On this visit, only the SE site covild be reached; 



I he second site is probably similar to the first site. Charncteriiiation 



of the vo_t;etation at the SE site is: P i n u .^ s e r o t ina (sparse )/ Ly on ia 



1 u c i d a -C y r i 11a r a c e m i f 1 o r a / S p h a g n u m spZ/S mi La x 1 a u r i f o 1 i a . The pines 



are ca. 15-20', the lar>;est have a DRH of 14". The mass of Lyon i a 



a n d C y r i 1 1 a is ca. 4' high. 



One quarter mile N W of the area described above, an area of 

 1 ' i n u s '^ e r (j t ina / A r u n J i n aria g i ga n tea was f o > j n d . The pines averaged 

 / 5 ' with an rt" DlUl; the cane was 8'. This community caniiot be safely 

 (! i f I e r e n t i a 1 I ' d c> n aerial photographs. T t appears to have an extent 

 >)f ca. 2000' X 400'; w<> do not know of any similarly -sized tracts of 

 lli.lL" '"^ ril^ o t i n a / A r u n d__i n .i r i a ); i g a n t i ■ a in the coe.nty. The pocosin grades 

 into bay forests at some points and borders sylvicultural lands 

 elsewhere. 



I'LA'M'S OBSERVE [1 (List is restricted Lo immediate sites mentioned 



above ) : 



r (M' s : 



Acer rubrvim (none ''rei' sizc'), Cordonia lasianthus, 

 Mag.nolia virginiana (none tree size), Nyssa sylvatica 

 var. biflcira (noni' tree size), Per sea borbonia, Pious 

 serot ina . 



Shrubs 



Cyrilla racemiflora. Ilex glabra, Kalmia angustifolia 

 var. c a r o 1 i n i a n a , L y o n i a 1 u c i d a , tl y r i c a h >.: t :■ r o p h y 1 1 a , 

 Sorbui arbutifolia, Vaccinium atrococcum, Zenobia 

 pulveru lenta . 



Vines : 

 Herbs : 

 G ! a m i V. o i d s 



Smilax laurifolia 



Xy r i s s p . 



Arundinaria gigantea, Caie;-: walteriana, Kriophorum 

 virginicum. 



F e r r s 



Woodwardia virginica 

 Sphagnum sp. 



