Record #:

2204

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

Most common in the Coastal Plain, headwater forests develop at the beginning of creeks and streams and are the most numerous of the state's wetlands. While not diverse biologically, they have the greatest effect on water quality of all the wetlands.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 59 Issue 3, Mar 1995, p14-15, il

Subject(s):

Forest ecology; Wetland ecology