McLean Savanna Vistas

by Jeffrey S. Pippen | Back to Jeff's Nature Pages

Recently acquired by The Nature Conservancy, the McLean Savanna has some beautiful Longleaf Pine Savanna areas mixed in with pocosin and pine-cypress swamps in Pender Co., NC. At this point, there is no public access.

	One view of a small portion of the McLean tract from a fire tower. 9/13/2009
	Connor climbing the fire tower. 9/13/2009
	Connor in the tower. 9/13/2009
	Another view of the tract & access road 9/13/2009
	Note the pale yellow patches of Yellow Pitcher Plants (Trumpets), Sarracenia flava. 9/13/2009
	Enjoying the view from the tower. 9/13/2009
	Angie, Harry, and Connor. 9/13/2009
	Connor and Harry in the Savanna. 9/13/2009
	Harry, Connor, and Angie. 9/13/2009
	Connor, Harry, and Angie! 9/13/2009
	Baldcypress and pines growing together. 9/13/2009

Here are a few photos of things we found there:

	Littleleaf Milkwort (Polygala brevifolia) More Polygala photos here.
	Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) More Flytrap photos here.
	Flaxleaf False Foxglove (Agalinis linifolia) More Agalinis photos here.
	Savanna Onion (Allium species 1) More photos of this new to science wild onion here.

	Southern Pearly-eye (Enodia portlandia) More Southern Pearly-eye photos here.
	Georgia Satyr (Neonympha areolata)

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Created on ... January 18, 2006 | Updated on ... Dec 24, 2007 | jeffpippen9@gmail.com