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.

Correspondent, WEWO; Natural Resources Ranger: Zachary Lunn, zachary.lunn@ncparks.gov, 910-692-2167
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 28ec8153-7aff-4071-8ea4-7ec29c6e40b9
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 1,907 specimen records
  • 1,785 (94%) georeferenced
  • 1,905 (100%) with images (1,914 total images)
  • 1,895 (99%) identified to species
  • 139 families
  • 478 genera
  • 908 species
  • 980 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Agrostis (5)
  • Andropogon (7)
  • Anthaenantia (3)
  • Anthoxanthum (2)
  • Aristida (10)
  • Arundinaria (5)
  • Arundo (2)
  • Avena (2)
  • Briza (1)
  • Bromus (3)
  • Calamagrostis (3)
  • Calamovilfa (1)
  • Cenchrus (3)
  • Chasmanthium (2)
  • Coleataenia (2)
  • Ctenium (2)
  • Cynodon (1)
  • Dactylis (1)
  • Dactyloctenium (1)
  • Danthonia (3)
  • Dichanthelium (26)
  • Digitaria (6)
  • Echinochloa (3)
  • Eleusine (1)
  • Elymus (1)
  • Eragrostis (8)
  • Erianthus (6)
  • Festuca (4)
  • Glyceria (2)
  • Gymnopogon (1)
  • Holcus (2)
  • Hordeum (1)
  • Leersia (2)
  • Lolium (5)
  • Manisuris (1)
  • Muhlenbergia (3)
  • Panicum (9)
  • Paspalum (14)
  • Phleum (1)
  • Phyllostachys (1)
  • Piptochaetium (2)
  • Poa (3)
  • Sacciolepis (1)
  • Schizachyrium (1)
  • Setaria (3)
  • Sorghastrum (4)
  • Sorghum (3)
  • Sporobolus (3)
  • Tridens (3)
  • Triplasis (2)
  • Tripsacum (1)