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Pineland St. John's-wort Hypericum
suffruticosum (meaning somewhat shrubby) grew along
the margins of sunny pond and marsh edges. This may be one of the last
flowers of the
year,
and it looks like this plant peaks in June. |
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Wiry bladderwort Utricularia subulata
grew at a spot or two along a shoreline that I walked.
Tall stems that look like dark wire grew tall over other plants, that allow the
small flower to
stand out. |
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It
rained off and on almost every day. During this heavy rain I waited under
a roofed Kiosk
sign, looking out over a bald cypress swamp (with alligators) in the hopes the
rain would
stop so that I could photograph sundew and pitcher-plant that I saw. |
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While wading through shallow water and looking
back toward the shoreline a found
a water-spider orchid Habenaria repens at peak bloom. |
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This orchid occurs from North Carolina through
Georgia and northern Florida and west toward Texas and is rare throughout.
In the publication A Guide to Wildflowers of South Carolina it
says that this plant can dislodge from soil and grow in the floating mats of
bladderworts and
other floating and submerged aquatic vegetation. |
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Dwarf sundew Drosera brevifolia is a
carnivorous herb with sticky, dew covered tentacles
on the leaves that capture insects |
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The obligate Carolina spiderlily
Hymenocallis caroliniana is a striking and uncommon
native of coastal plain swamps. Once you see one in flower you will never
forget it! |
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Mark models a piece of Spanish moss
Tillandsia usneoides that he found on the ground.
This common moss is a rootless epiphyte on trees and absorbs atmospheric
moisture
and minerals as needed for growth. It primarily spreads from breaking and
redistribution
by animals and wind. The plant is also called "Spanish beard" from
Frenchmen who thought
the plant looked like the gray-beards of the Spanish. |
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Water hemlock Cicuta maculata is
considered the most poisonous plant in the
United States,
with all parts being highly toxic to humans. |
The Carolinas - Part II
