Pocosins are evergreen shrub bogs found on the coastal plains of the southeastern United States from Virginia to Florida.
Pocosins are most common in North Carolina. Pocosins are often found between coastal freshwater marshes and deepwater swamp forests.
The venus flytrap is found in the pocosin
Pocosins, like other bogs, have large amounts of sphagnum moss and acidic soil and water that contain very few nutrients. They also receive most of their moisture from rainfall.
Evergreen plants such as loblolly pine, holly, bay pine, and pond pine commonly grow in pocosins. The Venus flytrap can also be found in this unique wetland habitat.
The black bear can be found in pocosins.
Animals found in pocosins include many species of reptiles, amphibians, and rodents. Larger animals such as black bears, bobcats, bats, white-tailed deer, opossums, raccoons, river otters, mink, and muskrats also live in these wetlands.
Birds such as northern bobwhites and American woodcocks. can often be found there as well.
Thick shrubs, wet soils, and abundant water provide food, shelter, and protection for many different kinds of wildlife.
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