Wet
pine savannas further east lay claim to North Carolina's famous carnivorous
plants, including the Venus' flytrap, pitcher plants, and sundews. Animals
of the savannas include the black bear, pine barrens treefrog, and timber
rattlesnake.
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a bottomland hardwood forest community along the floodplain of a river.
Sometimes compared to an old-fashioned washboard, this high-low land supports
oaks and other hardwoods on dry ridges, and water-tolerant bald cypress
and gum trees in the wet, low-lying ground. Plants and animals that live
here must adapt to seasonal flooding, when heavy rains cause coastal rivers
to overflow their banks. Bird life abounds with overwintering waterfowl,
great blue heron and egret rookeries, and many species of neotropical
birds which breed here in spring and summer. 
Cottonmouth
snakes, snapping turtles, and leopard frogs are among the many reptiles
and amphibians in this community. Bottomland hardwoods are familiar to
hunters who come for bear, deer, turkey, and waterfowl, and fishermen
find striped bass, shad, and herring in the rivers.
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