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A guide to the wildflowers of South Carolina /
"Admired by plant enthusiasts, botanists, and nature lovers of all ages, wildflowers comprise one of the most beloved-and diverse-groupings of flora in South Carolina. Although relatively small in size, the Palmetto State hosts a remarkable variety of wildflower species, from the trillium and b...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Columbia, South Carolina :
University of South Carolina Press,
[2022]
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| Edición: | Revised and expanded edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- A Guide to the Wildflowers of South Carolina
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF FIGURES
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- Purpose and Scope
- Our Shared and Threatened Natural Heritage
- Physiographic Regions of South Carolina
- Nature of the Flora
- What Are Wildflowers?
- Conservation of Native Wildflowers
- How To Use This Field Guide
- Origins of Plant Names
- Rarity of Vascular Plants
- Pronunciation Guide to Botanical Names
- PART 1: The Nature of South Carolina's Wildflowers
- Selected Topics on Natural History and Ecology
- Carnivorous Plants
- Native Orchids
- Succession in Natural Communities
- Fire in the South Carolina Landscape
- Carolina Bays of the Coastal Plain
- Agriculture: Effects on South Carolina's Physical Landscape
- Marshes, Swamps, Peatlands, Bogs, and Fens
- South Carolina's Natural Wildflower Communities
- The Mountains
- Montane Rock Outcrop Communities
- Granitic domes, mafic rock outcrops, and shallow soil glades
- The Spray Cliffs and Humid Gorge Outcrops
- Spray cliffs
- Humid gorge outcrops
- The Seepage Communities
- Cataract fens
- Southern Appalachian fens
- Canebrakes
- The Rocky Streamside Community
- The Deciduous Forest Communities
- Rich cove forests
- Acidic cove forests
- Chestnut Oak forests
- Montane oak-hickory forests
- Forest margins
- Pine-oak heaths
- The Piedmont
- The Granitic Flatrocks Community
- The Rocky Shoals Community
- The Deciduous Forest Communities
- Basic-mesic forests
- Beech forests
- Oak-hickory forests
- The Early Successional Communities
- Piedmont prairie
- Oak savanna
- Piedmont xeric hardpan forests
- The Piedmont Springhead Seepage Forest Community
- The Bottomland Forest Communities
- Coastal Plain: The Fall-Line Sandhills
- The Xeric Communities
- Longleaf Pine-Scrub Oak sandhills
- Longleaf Pine-Turkey Oak sandhills
- The Sandhills Seepage Communities
- Streamhead pocosins
- Herbaceous seepage slopes
- Atlantic white-cedar forests
- Coastal Plain: The Inner and Outer Coastal Plain
- The Xeric Communities
- Longleaf Pine-Turkey Oak xeric ridges
- Sandy, dry, open woodlands
- The Mesic Pine Woodland Communities
- Longleaf Pine flatwoods
- Pine/Saw Palmetto flatwoods
- Longleaf Pine savannas
- The Depression Pond Communities
- Pond Cypress savannas
- Pond Cypress-Swamp Gum upland swamps
- Depression meadows
- The Peatland Community
- Pocosins
- The Calcareous Forest Communities
- Calcareous bluff forests
- Wet, flat, calcareous forests
- The Bottomland Forest Communities
- Bald Cypress-Tupelo Gum swamp forests
- Hardwood bottom forests
- Levee forests
- The Freshwater Marsh Communities
- Tidal freshwater marshes
- Inland freshwater marshes
- The Open Water Community
- Coastal Plain: The Maritime Strand
- The Maritime Communities
- Coastal beaches
- Coastal dunes and maritime grasslands
- Maritime forests
- Salt marshes