Guide to the Wildflowers of South Carolina

Name: Guide to the Wildflowers of South Carolina
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ISBN: 9781570034381

ISBN-10: 1570034389

ISBN-13: 9781570034381

Edition: 2001

Authors: Richard D. Porcher, Douglas Alan Rayner

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List price: $39.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Publication date: 1/30/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 496
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 3.080
Language: English

List of Figures	p. xiii
Preface	p. xv
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Introduction	p. xix
Purpose and Scope	p. xix
Physiographic Regions of South Carolina	p. xxi
Nature of the Flora	p. xxiii
What are Wildflowers?	p. xxiv
Conservation of Native Wildflowers	p. xxv
Collecting Native Wildflowers	p. xxvii
How to Use this Field Guide	p. xxviii
Origins of Plant Names	p. xxxi
Notes on Wildflower Photography	p. xxxiv
Rarity of Vascular Plants	p. xxxv
Pronunciation Guide to Scientific Names	p. xxxvii
Natural History of Selected Groups of Vascular Plants	p. 1
Carnivorous Plants	p. 1
Native Orchids	p. 5
Poisonous Plants	p. 7
Woody Vines	p. 8
Epiphytic Vascular Plants	p. 10
Saprophytic Vascular Plants and Mycotrophy	p. 11
Parasitic Vascular Plants	p. 12
Medicinal Plants and Folk Remedies	p. 13
Edible Wild Plants	p. 17
Naturalized Plants	p. 19
Duckweeds	p. 21
History of Field Botany in South Carolina	p. 23
The Colonial Period: 1670-1785	p. 24
The Antebellum Period: 1785-1860	p. 26
The Civil War and the Postbellum Period: 1860-1900	p. 31
1900-1952: the Beginning of Modern Field Botany	p. 33
1952-1983: the Wade Thomas Batson Era in South Carolina	p. 36
Field Botany Today in South Carolina	p. 38
Selected Topics on Natural History and Ecology	p. 39
Succession in Natural Communities	p. 39
Fire in the South Carolina Landscape	p. 41
Carolina Bays of the Coastal Plain	p. 43
Reproductive Strategies of Vascular Plants	p. 46
Economic and Cultural Notes	p. 50
Longleaf Pine and the Naval Stores Industry	p. 54
Agriculture and Forestry: Effects on South Carolina's Physical Landscape	p. 56
Marshes, Swamps, Peatlands, Bogs, and Fens	p. 65
South Carolina's Natural Wildflower Communities	p. 69
The Mountains	p. 69
The Granitic Dome Community	p. 69
Granitic Domes	p. 69
The Spray Cliffs Community	p. 70
Spray Cliffs	p. 70
The Seepage Communities	p. 71
Cataract Bogs	p. 71
Montane Bogs	p. 71
The Rocky Streamsides Community	p. 72
Rocky Streamsides	p. 72
The Deciduous Forest Communities	p. 73
Cove Forests	p. 73
Chestnut Oak Forests	p. 74
Woodland Margins	p. 75
Montane Oak-Hickory Forests	p. 76
The Evergreen Forest Communities	p. 76
Canada Hemlock Forests	p. 76
Pine-Oak Heaths	p. 77
The Piedmont	p. 78
The Granitic Flatrocks Community	p. 78
Granitic Flatrocks	p. 78
The Rocky Shoals Community	p. 79
Rocky Shoals	p. 79
The Deciduous Forest Communities	p. 80
Basic-Mesic Forests	p. 80
Beech Forests	p. 81
Oak-Hickory Forests	p. 82
Piedmont Xeric Hardpan Forests	p. 83
The Piedmont Springhead Seepage Forest Community	p. 84
Piedmont Springhead Seepage Forests	p. 84
The Bottomland Forest Communities	p. 85
Bottomland Forests	p. 85
The Fall-Line Sandhills	p. 86
The Xeric Communities	p. 86
Longleaf Pine-Scrub Oak Sandhills	p. 86
Longleaf Pine-Turkey Oak Sandhills	p. 87
The Sandhills Seepage Communities	p. 88
Streamhead Pocosins	p. 88
Herbaceous Seepages	p. 88
Atlantic White-Cedar Forests	p. 89
The Coastal Plain	p. 89
The Pine Communities	p. 89
Longleaf Pine Flatwoods	p. 89
Pine/Saw Palmetto Flatwoods	p. 90
Longleaf Pine Savannas	p. 91
Longleaf Pine-Turkey Oak Xeric Ridges	p. 92
The Sandy, Dry, Open Woodlands Community	p. 93
Sandy, Dry, Open Woodlands	p. 93
The Calcareous Forest Communities	p. 93
Calcareous Bluff Forests	p. 93
Wet, Flat, Calcareous Forests	p. 94
The Bottomland Forest Communities	p. 94
Bald Cypress-Tupelo Gum Swamp Forests	p. 95
Hardwood Bottom Forests	p. 95
Levee Forests	p. 96
The Peatland Community	p. 97
Pocosins	p. 97
The Pond Cypress Communities	p. 98
Pond Cypress Savannas	p. 98
Pond Cypress-Swamp Gum Upland Swamps	p. 99
The Freshwater Marsh Communities	p. 99
Tidal Freshwater Marshes	p. 99
Inland Freshwater Marshes	p. 100
The Freshwater Floating Aquatics Community	p. 100
Freshwater Floating Aquatics	p. 100
The Depression Meadow Community	p. 101
Depression Meadows	p. 101
The Maritime Strand	p. 102
The Maritime Communities	p. 102
Coastal Beaches	p. 102
Coastal Dunes	p. 102
Maritime Forests	p. 103
Salt Marshes	p. 104
Salt Flats	p. 104
Maritime Shell Forests	p. 105
Species Descriptions and Color Plates	p. 107
The Mountains	p. 107
The Piedmont	p. 170
The Fall-Line Sandhills	p. 225
The Coastal Plain	p. 245
The Maritime Strand	p. 343
The Ruderal Communities	p. 365
Field Guide to Natural Plant Communities	p. 409
The Mountains	p. 409
Greenville County	p. 409
Caesar's Head State Park (Raven Cliff Falls Trail to Raven Cliff Falls Overlook)	p. 409
Eva Russell Chandler Heritage Preserve	p. 409
Watson Heritage Preserve (Mathews Creek Bog)	p. 410
Mountain Bridge Trails	p. 411
Table Rock State Park	p. 414
Oconee County	p. 416
Buzzard Roost Heritage Preserve	p. 416
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens District	p. 417
Pickens County	p. 420
Foothills Trail (Laurel Valley-Laurel Fork Falls)	p. 420
Jocassee Gorges (Lower Eastatoe Creek Bluffs)	p. 422
The Piedmont	p. 422
Abbeville County	p. 422
Sumter National Forest: Long Cane-Edgefield Districts	p. 422
Aiken County	p. 424
Savannah River Bluffs Heritage Preserve	p. 424
Chester County	p. 425
Landsford Canal State Park	p. 425
Greenville County	p. 426
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve	p. 426
Lancaster County	p. 427
Flat Creek Heritage Preserve (Forty Acre Rock)	p. 427
Laurens County	p. 428
Sumter National Forest: Tyger and Enoree Districts	p. 428
McCormick County	p. 430
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve	p. 430
Sumter National Forest: Long Cane-Edgefield Districts	p. 431
Pickens County	p. 432
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve	p. 432
Union County	p. 434
Sumter National Forest: Tyger and Enoree Districts	p. 434
York County	p. 435
Rock Hill Blackjacks Heritage Preserve	p. 435
The Fall-Line Sandhills	p. 436
Chesterfield County	p. 436
Cheraw State Park (Hudsonia Flats)	p. 436
Sandhills State Forest (Sugarloaf and Horseshoe Mountains)	p. 436
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge	p. 437
Lexington County	p. 439
Peachtree Rock Nature Preserve	p. 439
Shealy's Pond Heritage Preserve	p. 439
The Coastal Plain	p. 440
Aiken County	p. 440
Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve	p. 440
Bamberg County	p. 441
Cathedral Bay Heritage Preserve	p. 441
Barnwell County	p. 442
Craig Pond	p. 442
Beaufort County	p. 442
Victoria Bluff Heritage Preserve	p. 442
Berkeley County	p. 443
Francis Marion National Forest	p. 443
Old Santee Canal Park	p. 444
Wadboo Creek Calcareous Bluff Forest	p. 445
Charleston County	p. 445
Francis Marion National Forest	p. 445
Santee Coastal Reserve	p. 446
Clarendon County	p. 447
Bennett's Bay	p. 447
Dillion County	p. 447
Little Pee Dee State Park	p. 447
Dorchester County	p. 448
Francis Beidler Forest	p. 448
Georgetown County	p. 448
Samworth Wildlife Management Area and Great Pee Dee River	p. 448
Hampton County	p. 449
Webb Wildlife Center	p. 449
Horry County	p. 449
Cartwheel Bay Heritage Preserve	p. 449
Lewis Ocean Bay Heritage Preserve	p. 450
Little Pee Dee River Heritage Preserve (Vaughan Tract)	p. 450
Jasper County	p. 451
Tillman Sand Ridge Heritage Preserve	p. 451
Kershaw County	p. 451
Savage Bay Heritage Preserve	p. 451
Lee County	p. 452
Longleaf Pine Heritage Preserve	p. 452
Orangeburg County	p. 452
Santee State Park	p. 452
Sumter County	p. 453
Woods Bay State Park	p. 453
The Maritime Strand	p. 453
Charleston County	p. 453
Accreted Beach at Sullivan's Island	p. 453
Beachwalker County Park	p. 454
Colleton County	p. 454
Edisto Beach State Park	p. 454
St. Helena Sound Heritage Preserve (Otter Island)	p. 454
Glossary	p. 457
South Carolina Herbariums	p. 471
Keys to Heartleafs, Rhododendrons, and Trilliums of South Carolina	p. 473
Illustrations of Plant Structures	p. 477
General References	p. 481
Literature Cited	p. 491
Index of Scientific Plant Names	p. 495
Index of Common Plant Names	p. 509
General Index	p. 531
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