| 1. | Banks Lake is a natural pocosin or sink of ancient geologic origin.
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| 2. | Pocosin soils are nutrient deficient ( oligotrophic ), especially in phosphorus.
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| 3. | Pocosin ecosystems are fire-adapted ( pyrophytic ).
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| 4. | It burned inside the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge and burned for three months.
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| 5. | The thickness of the organic buildup varies depending on one's location within the pocosin.
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| 6. | Vegetation on the pocosin varies throughout.
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| 7. | Some end their journey at the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in the flatlands of North Carolina.
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| 8. | The three main habitat types are pocosin ecotones, the Little River, and wet pine flatwoods.
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| 9. | Pocosin wetlands, a type of wetland that supports rare carnivorous plant species, are found in the park.
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| 10. | The creek most likely derives its name from the word pocosin ( or poquosin ) a type of marsh.
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