Contact Information
Brett M. MouleSC Department of Natural Resources
1000 Assembly Street
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 734-3886 (Columbia)
Hours of Operation
The preserve is open to the public.
Contributions to the Endangered Wildlife Fund on the South Carolina Income Tax Form help to make the identification and management of these preserves possible.
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Description
Comprising 296 acres, the preserve contains a Carolina bay that was first documented in 1973. Carolina bays are elliptically shaped wet depressions that range in size from one acre to more than 1,000 acres. Approximately 98 percent of bays in South Carolina have been altered from their natural state. However, the bay at Ditch Pond, consisting of approximately 25 acres, has remained intact. Eight rare plant species of concern have been found on the property. They include blue maidencane, Robbin's spikerush, creeping St. John's wort, piedmont water milfoil, awned meadow beauty, slender arrowhead, Florida bladderwort and piedmont bladderwort.