Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve Herbarium (WEWO)

Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve is a unique window onto the longleaf pine forests that once covered millions of acres in the southeastern U.S. The towering pines – some of them hundreds of years old – tower over expanses of wiregrass and rare and intriguing species, including the red-cockaded woodpecker, pine barrens tree frog, bog spicebush, fox squirrel and myriad wildflowers. A network of short, easy trails provides an outdoor classroom for ranger-led hikes that teach about this ecology or for quiet contemplation. With limited understory, the forest is a natural theater for birding and viewing wildlife. The visitor center’s museum-quality exhibits explore the longleaf forest, its flora and fauna and its unique history.

Contact: Nancy Williamson (nancy.williamson@ncparks.gov)

Home Page: https://www.ncparks.gov/weymouth-woods-sandhills-nature-preserve

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens

Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal

Global Unique Identifier: 28ec8153-7aff-4071-8ea4-7ec29c6e40b9

DwC-Archive Publishing: http://sernecportal.org/portal/collections/datasets/datapublisher.php

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Digital Metadata: EML File

Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)

• 1,903 specimen records
• 1,778 (93%) georeferenced
• 1,900 (100%) with images
• 1,893 (99%) identified to species
• 139 families
• 465 genera
• 907 species
• 966 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)