Charleston County, SC
May 10, 1997
FLORA
Bear-Grass
Yucca filamentosa
Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium sp.
Lizards-tail
Saururus cernuus
Alligator-weed
Alternanthera
philoxeroides
White Water Lily
Nymphaea odorata
Toothwort
Cardamine (Dentaria) sp.
Coral Bean
Erythrina herbacea
Honey-cup
Zenobia pulverulenta
Orange Milkwort
Polygala lutea
Red Buckeye
Aesculus pavia
Devil’s Walking Stick
Aralia spinosa
Lyre-leaved Sage
Salvia lyrata
Bluet
Houstonia purpurea
Daisy Fleabane
Erigeron sp.
FAUNA
Green Jacket Dragonfly
Erythemis simplicicollis
Roseate Skimmer
Orthemis ferruginea
Crawling Water Beetle
Haliplus triopsus
Crawling Water Beetle
Peltodytes oppositus
Predacious Diving Beetle
Hydroporus carolinus
Burrowing Water Beetle
Copius inflatus
Water Scavenger Beetle
Tropisternus natator
Giant Water Scavenger
Dibolocelus ovalis
Water Scavenger Beetle
Derallus altus*
Rove Beetle
Paederus sp.*
Long-toed Water Beetle
Pelonomus obscurus
Red-necked Cane Borer
Agrilus ruficollis
Branch-and-Leaf Buprestid
Agrilus sp.
Darkling Beetle
Hoplocephala viridipennis
Darkling Beetle
Opatrinus minimus*
Comb-clawed Bark Beetle
Isomira sericea
False Darkling Beetle
Eustrophinus bicolor
Lady Beetle
Brachiacantha
quadripunctata
flavifrons*
Pleasing Fungus Beetle
Tritoma humeralis *
Blackberry Stem Borer
Oberea perspicillata
Cylindrical Leaf Beetle
Bassareus lituratus *
Warty Leaf Beetle
Exema neglecta *
Skeletonizing Leaf Beetle
Phyllobrotica discoidea *
Skeletonizing Leaf Beetle
Metrioides brunneus *
Alligatorweed Flea Beetle
Agasicles hygrophila
Leaf-mining Leaf Beetle
Anisostena ariadne
Leaf-mining Weevil
Eugnamptus collaris
collaris
American Alligator
Alligator
mississippiensis
Carolina Anole
Anolis carolinensis
Broadhead Skink
Eumeces laticeps
Redbelly Water Snake
Nerodia erythrogaster
Anhinga; Snakebird
Anhinga anhinga
Green-backed Heron
Butorides striatus
Tricolored Heron
Egretta tricolor
Little Blue Heron
Egretta caerulea
Snowy Egret
Egretta thula
Great Egret
Casmerodius albus
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Wood Stork
Mycteria americana
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellus
Blue-winged Teal
Anas discors
Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
American Coot
Fulica americana
Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
Willet
Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularia
Red Knot
Calidris canutus
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusilla
Laughing Gull
Larus atricilla
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura
Black Vulture
Coragyps atratus
Amer. Swallow-tailed Kite
Elanoides forficatus
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinus
Red-headed Woodpecker
Melanerpes
erythrocephalus
Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitus
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Contopus virens
Tree Swallow
Tachycineta bicolor
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
Fish Crow
Corvus ossifragus
Tufted Titmouse
Parus bicolor
Carolina Chickadee
Parus carolinensis
White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
Carolina Wren
Thryothorus ludovicianus
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Polioptila caerulea
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
Black-throated Green Warbler
Dendroica virens
Pine Warbler
Dendroica pinus
Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Rufous-sided Towhee
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
Common Grackle
Quiscalus quiscula
Boat-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus major
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
*Denotes first time recorded.
Note: This flora/fauna list is produced by the South Carolina Association of Naturalists, and is subject to revision as needed. Above list produced on June 3, 1997.