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We just moved to Durham, NC and my parents are planning a visit. My mom says (not sure where she got this information) that there are supposed to be beaches with pine trees in NC? I looked online and can't really seem to find anything. Does anyone know what she could possibly be referring to? TIA.
I'm not aware of any beach in NC has has trees growing on the beach strand, but there are several places where trees are growing just landward of the dune. Several such areas exist on the Outer Banks, portions of Ft. Fisher State Park near Carolina Beach, Bald Head Island, and others. You can use Google Maps to get a better look at some of these areas.
Some of this may be of interest to you:
"Only one good example of Maritime Deciduous Forest remains at Nags Head Woods in Dare
County; an additional example occurs in nearby Kitty Hawk Woods.**Maritime Evergreen Forest
is found throughout the barrier islands and good examples can be found at Buxton Woods,
Theodore Roosevelt State Natural Area on Bogue Banks, and Bald Head Island.**Maritime Shrub
is found throughout the barrier islands, but good examples are rare.**Some examples exist at
Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Shackleford and Core Banks, Bear Island in Onslow County,
Fort Macon State Park, Bogue Banks, and Fort Fisher."
Check out Carolina Beach State Park. The beach itself is next to Cape Fear River with the ocean about two miles.
The park allows camping and the river beach is line with Long Leaf Pine (the state tree) There is also other state symbols there like the Venus Fly Trap.
You can also check out Oak Island
Maybe Croatan National Forest? It's not exactly a perfect beachy spot, but does border the Neuse River, Bogue Sound, etc and has some beach-like areas and it also has pine trees, though not exactly pine trees ON the beach.
Or Cedar Island? It's is similar to Croatan and close by to it, though it's not exactly beachy either and it's a wildlife refuge, but there is the pine+shore thing going on there too.
I suppose your own well-meaning, though slightly tangential information regarding the authenticity of the Maritime Evergreen Forests at Buxton Woods, was a more appropriate meander. I apologize for offending your sense of order.
But have you ever heard of any other beach with trees?
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