Holly Shelter Swamp is a

pocosin A pocosin is a type of palustrine wetland with deep, acidic, sandy, peat soils. Groundwater saturates the soil except during brief seasonal dry spells and during prolonged droughts. Pocosin soils are nutrient-deficient (oligotrophic), especially ...

in southern coastal

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near

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, in Pender County. Much of the swamp is included in the Holly Shelter Game Land, administered by the

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. The Bear Garden tract of the northern swamp has been logged and has a road grid. The swamp is drained by the

Northeast Cape Fear River Northeast Cape Fear River is a long 5th order tributary to the Cape Fear River in southeastern North Carolina. Variant names According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as: * North East River * No ...

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