Green Swamp Preserve<\/strong>
\nThe Green Swamp Preserve in Brunswick County, North Carolina has an easy trail running through it.\u00a0 The 17,424 acre preserve, owned by the Nature Conservancy,\u00a0 “…contains some of the country\u2019s finest examples of longleaf pine savannas. The open savannas have a diverse herb layer with many orchids and insectivorous plants. Almost 13,000 acres of the preserve, however, are comprised of a dense evergreen shrub bog (pocosin) dominated by gallberry, titi, and sweetbay.”\u00a0 Phone 910-395-5000\u00a0 Here is their website.<\/a> \u00a0 Described on North Carolina Birding Trail<\/a>\u00a0 Thank you to Bill Blevins are letting me know about this preserve.
\n<\/a>The trail is 1 1\/2 mile round trip and flat.\u00a0 “A small portion of the trail is boardwalk through thick shrubs. The board walk can get quite slippery, so be careful.” Closed-toe waterproof shoes are advised.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Green Swamp Preserve The Green Swamp Preserve in Brunswick County, North Carolina has an easy trail running through it.\u00a0 The 17,424 acre preserve, owned by the Nature Conservancy,\u00a0 “…contains some of the country\u2019s finest examples of longleaf pine savannas. The open savannas have a diverse herb layer with many orchids and insectivorous plants. Almost 13,000 … Continue reading Green Swamp Preserve<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-north-carolina-private"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6784"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7860,"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6784\/revisions\/7860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}