A report on Pocosin
Type of palustrine wetland with deep, acidic, sandy, peat soils.
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Wetland
2 linksDistinct ecosystem that is flooded by water, either permanently or seasonally (for weeks or months).
Distinct ecosystem that is flooded by water, either permanently or seasonally (for weeks or months).
Sub-types include mangrove forest, carr, pocosin, floodplains, mire, vernal pool, sink, and many others.
Peat
1 linksAccumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter.
Accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter.
although less-common wetlands including fens, pocosins, and peat swamp forests also deposit peat.
Palustrine wetland
1 linksNon-tidal.
Non-tidal.
Wetlands within this category include inland marshes and swamps as well as bogs, fens, pocosins, tundra and floodplains.
Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge
0 links152000 acre National Wildlife Refuge located in eastern North Carolina along the Atlantic Coast.
152000 acre National Wildlife Refuge located in eastern North Carolina along the Atlantic Coast.
It was established on March 14, 1984, to preserve and protect a unique wetland habitat type—the pocosin—and its associated wildlife species.
Poquoson, Virginia
0 linksIndependent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
The term pocosin, with its varied spellings, was a term used by the area's inhabitants to describe a low, marshy, woody place covered by water in the winter, but dry in the summer.
Pinus serotina
0 linksPine tree found along the Southeastern portion of the Atlantic coastal plain of the United States, from southern New Jersey south to Florida and west to southern Alabama.
Pine tree found along the Southeastern portion of the Atlantic coastal plain of the United States, from southern New Jersey south to Florida and west to southern Alabama.
The pond pine is found in wet habitats near ponds, bays, swamps, and pocosins.
Tidewater (region)
0 linksTidewater refers to the north Atlantic coastal plain region of the United States of America.
Tidewater refers to the north Atlantic coastal plain region of the United States of America.
Much of the area is covered with pocosin and the higher areas are used for agricultural farmlands.