Bladen Lakes Macrosite (ortho).  The North Carolina Natural Heritage Program no longer uses macrosites as viable natural area boundaries, but here it is useful to show the extent of the Bladen Lakes Macrosite boundary.  Note the large areas of fragmented land surrounding the macrosite and the relatively unfragmented land within the boundaries of the macrosite.  This large tract of land contains one of the largest remaining portions of intact unaltered Carolina bay complexes known to exist.  Aerial imagery, transportation, and hydrography layers 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