Bladen Lakes Macrosite (vector).  The Bladen Lakes Macrosite (hatched pattern) is a large area encompassing parts of southern Cumberland County, eastern Bladen County, and northwest Pender County.  Historically, macrosites were established by the North Carolina Natural Heritage Program (NCNHP) in efforts to identify large, intact, natural areas that withheld numerous other smaller natural areas within their boundaries.  The NCNHP no longer uses macrosites as viable natural area boundaries, but it is useful to show the extent of the Bladen Lakes Macrosite boundary.  When moving from north to south, the lands are as follows: Bushy Lake State Natural Area (teal green), Suggs Mill Pond Gameland (light mint green), Bladen Lakes State Forest (forest green), Jones Lake State Park (pink), Bay Tree Lake State Park (orange), and Singletary Lake State Park (yellow).  Lake Waccamaw State Park (neon green) can be seen farther south along with Friar and Brown Marsh Swamps in Columbus County.  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