This past Friday, I met an old flickr friend, Kelvin Taylor (KT) and his cousin Cathy Howell to show them a couple of my favorite haunts which I had visited about a week previous. We had plans to visit both Devil’s Fork State Park and Oconee Station State Historic Site in Oconee County, South Carolina.
This past Saturday, I was expecting to meet a couple of friends from Atlanta and head off to another upstate site for rare wildflowers, but I knew they would not be heading this way until after lunch. So, I decided to drive west from my home base in Greenville, South Carolina to check out the
On Saturday, I met my Atlanta buddies, Alan Cressler and Steve Bowling at the premier site for one of our rarest native plants, Shortia galacifolia or Oconee Bells. This site is Devil’s Fork State Park, located in the far eastern edge of Oconee County, South Carolina on the the shore of Lake Jocassee. In addition
In late February and early March, there is only one flowering plant that is easily recognizable in the upstate of South Carolina. That flower is the Trout Lily. In another week to ten days, we will see a number of spring ephemerals bloom in different locations in the area. But for now, the Trout Lily
Surf’s up! Anyway, that’s what it seemed like when, after driving 4 hours, I reached the spot where I had found the orchids in bloom last year. Lots of rain will do that to an already boggy area. This site is very close to a creek which overflows even after a brief drizzle. Apparently, the
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