Geographic location of all nine Carolina bay lakes (green text boxes).  Bladen County (light yellow) supports eight of the nine Carolina bay lakes known to exist; all eight lakes occur within the Cape Fear River Valley between the Cape Fear River and South River.  Bay Tree Lake is the largest Carolina bay lake in Bladen County; the smallest is Bakers Lake.  Lake Waccamaw is the largest Carolina bay and bay lake in North Carolina and is the only bay lake known to exist in Columbus County (tan).  Baseline vector data obtained from NRCS Geospatial Data Gateway: https://gdg.sc.egov.usda.gov.  Map Produced by Nathan Howell using ArcGis Desktop: Version 10.2.2. (Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) 2014).

 
  Part of: Howell N, Krings A, Braham R (2016) Guide to the littoral zone vascular flora of Carolina bay lakes (U.S.A.). Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e7964. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e7964