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Table 1. List of Orange County Natural Areas and their Significance (Page 1 of 2) National significance (3 sites) Regional significance (8 sites) State significance (10 sites) County significance (32 sites) Site Name (bv Watershed) Bolin Creek Watershed Bolin Creek Battle Park * Cedar Terrace Bottoms Cane Creek Watershed Cane Creek Reservoir Haw River Alluvial Terrace Lower Cane Creek Slopes and Bottom OWASA Mitigation Tract Persimmon Nursery Flats Eno River Watershed Site # Significance Features BO1 County Mature hardwood forest B02 County Mature hardwood forest, rare plant B03 County Swamp forest, rare dragonfly CO1 County Mature hardwood forest, wildlife habitat CO2 County Floodplain levee forest CO3 County Mature forest, rare mollusk, otter, nesting black vultures C04 County Mature hardwood forest, wildlife habitat C05 Regional Unusual hardpan soil, species mix Sevenmile Creek / Cane Creek Macrositel Regional Camp Chestnut Ridge E04 County Mature chestnut oak forest Crabtree Creek Monadnock Ridge E05 County Upland wildlife habitat Sevenmile Creek Sugar Maple Bottoms E06 Regional Mature forest, rare plants Upper Eno River Macrosite National Eno River Aquatic Habitat E01 National McGowan Creek Preserve & Floodplain E02 County Eno River Duke Forest Mesic Slopes E03 County Occoneechee Mountain Poplar Ridge Slopes and Bottom Eno River / Cates Ford and Uplands ERSP Mountain Spleenwort & Rhododendron Bluff Middle Eno River Bluffs and Slopes Cates Creek Hardpan Forest * Cates Creek Hardwood Forest Stony Creek Spring * Hyco Creek Watershed Cedar Grove Heartleaf Ravine Penecost Road Nestronia Flat * E07 State E10 County Ell State E12 Regional E13 State E08 County E09 Regional E14 County H01 County H02 County Rare aquatic species Hardwood forest, wildlife habitat Rich hardwood forest, excellent wildflowers, rare aquatic animals Numerous rare plants, rare butterflies; pine- heath- bracken community, mature chestnut oak forest Rare animals, extensive bottomland forest Rare plants, rare dragonfly, upland depressions, hardwood forest, mature post oak forest, extensive bottomland Rare plants, rare salamander Rare plants, rare animals Bottomland forest Rare plant community Large spring, rare salamander, rare dragonfly Rare plant Rare plants ' The Sevenmile Creek / Cane Creek Macrosite also includes standard sites C1, C3, and C4 * Stand -alone standard site (not within a larger macrosite)