Alligator River NWR / Eastern NC

Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge and Pocosin Lakes NWR on the Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula. 150,000+ acres of pocosin (dense evergreen shrub wetland) with Atlantic white cedar stands, pond pine, loblolly bay, and bald cypress. Red wolf recovery habitat. Oyster mushroom year-round on dying cedars and sweetgum; chanterelles on higher ground in pine-oak edges; chicken-of-the-woods on standing dead oaks.

Updated Apr 19, 6:22 PM MT