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NC Sandhills around Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, Fort Bragg, and the Carolina Sandhills NWR. Globally-rare longleaf pine / turkey oak / wiregrass sandhills — deep sandy soils, frequently-burned pine savanna. Red-cockaded woodpecker habitat. Chanterelles reliable in oak-pine duff after summer storms; indigo milk cap in longleaf groves; chicken-of-the-woods on turkey oak snags.
Updated Jul 13, 4:20 AM MT
**Weymouth Woods is locked and loaded—Tier A is warranted.** Soil temps at 80°F with seven straight days of sustained moisture and fresh water input (0.20 VWC today) have triggered primordia activation across nine species simultaneously. This is a coordinated flush window: Chanterelles and Indigo Milk Caps are your money plays in the hardwoods; Chicken of the Woods will fruit wherever there's dead oak; Oysters will appear on any woody substrate. The stinkhorn suite (Ravenel's, Elegant, Lantern) will dominate disturbed sandy patches—they thrive in this heat and won't disappoint for documentation or spore dispersal study. The only constraint is desiccation risk—that sandy substrate drains fast. Fruiting kicks off in 7–10 days, but you're fighting a clock: high heat and low humidity will close the window if we don't see another pulse rain event by mid-week. Watch the 5-day forecast religiously. **Hot tip:** Scout the wetland margins and seepage areas in the eastern sections now—those microsites will hold moisture longest and fruit first when primordia break.
Generated by Claude (Anthropic) from the structured weather, soil, and phenology data on this page. The LLM can misread edge cases — treat this as a starting hypothesis, not a guarantee. Always verify conditions on the ground before committing to a long drive.
Precip 7d
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1.62"
PRISM 4km · thru 07-11
Precip 14d
Observed precipitation from PRISM 4km gridded analysis, sampled at the region centroid through 2026-07-11. Used when no SNOTEL/SCAN station is mapped to this region.1.69"
PRISM 4km · thru 07-11
Soil Temp
80°F
SWE
Snow Water Equivalent — how much water is in the snowpack vs. normal. Declining SWE means snowmelt is adding moisture to the soil.0%
Drought
None
Snowmelt
complete
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.20 VWC, 7d avg 0.13 — fresh pulse, primordia activating, fruiting ~7-10d out)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.20 VWC, 7d avg 0.13 — fresh pulse, primordia activating, fruiting ~7-10d out)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.20 VWC, 7d avg 0.13 — fresh pulse, primordia activating, fruiting ~7-10d out)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.20 VWC, 7d avg 0.13 — fresh pulse, primordia activating, fruiting ~7-10d out)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.20 VWC, 7d avg 0.13 — fresh pulse, primordia activating, fruiting ~7-10d out)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.20 VWC, 7d avg 0.13 — fresh pulse, primordia activating, fruiting ~7-10d out)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.20 VWC, 7d avg 0.13 — fresh pulse, primordia activating, fruiting ~7-10d out)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.20 VWC, 7d avg 0.13 — fresh pulse, primordia activating, fruiting ~7-10d out)
All conditions met (soil 80°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.20 VWC, 7d avg 0.13 — fresh pulse, primordia activating, fruiting ~7-10d out)
Primordia readiness: Cold = mycelium dormant. Activating = soil warming, primordia building. Primed = 5+ sustained warm days at species threshold; fruiting imminent if moisture cooperates. Based on Schmidt 1983 / Mihail 2007.