Tag Archives: Trees
Know Your Plants – Canadian Plants
This week’s post is plants in our database with names including the words “Canada, Canadian, Canadense, or Canadensis”. Guess what, they are all native to North America, except Canada Thistle, indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name! … Continue reading
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Tagged North Carolina, Plant Identification, South Carolina, Trees, WCBC, Wildflowers
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Know Your Plants – Plant Names That Include the Word “America”
This week’s post is plants in our database with names including the word “America”. Guess what, they are all native to North America! Enjoy the pictures & see how many of these you know. Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, David Bryan, … Continue reading
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Tagged North Carolina, Plant Identification, South Carolina, Trees, WCBC, Wildflowers
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Wintergreen Falls – October 27, 2023
Beautiful fall day & a great turnout for our last walk of the year. Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, Billy Dinwiddie, Penny Longhurst, & Joe Standaert. Click on any picture to zoom & enter the slide show. Plants that are non-native … Continue reading
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Tagged DuPont State Forest, Ferns, Hiking, Insects, North Carolina, Trees, WCBC, Wildflowers
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Ashmore Heritage Preserve – October 20, 2023
We wanted to check out whether anything was growing on the dam after it was bush-hogged in the late spring. Still loads of wildflowers, but the Virginia Willow (Itea virginica), Sparkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum), & Maleberry (Lyonia ligustrina) that we saw … Continue reading
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Tagged Ferns, Hiking, Mountain Bridge State Natural Area, South Carolina, Trees, WCBC, Wildflowers
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Bad Creek to the Whitewater River – September 29, 2023
Information about the construction and operation of the Lake Jocassee Pumped Storage Facility can be found here. For a link to the USDA’s Field Guide to Native Oak Species of Eastern North America, click here. Photography by Penny Longhurst. Plants … Continue reading
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Tagged Bryophytes, Ferns, Hiking, lichen, moss, River, South Carolina, Trees, WCBC, Wildflowers
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