Sumter County, SC
July 26, 1997
FLORA
Grape Fern
Botrychium sp.
Cinnamon Fern
Osmunda cinnamomea
Southern Lady Fern
Athyrium asplenioides
Netted Chain Fern
Woodwardia areolata
Ebony Spleenwort
Asplenium platyneuron
Bald Cypress
Taxodium distichum
Eastern Red-cedar
Juniperus virginiana
Cane; Switch Cane
Arundinaria gigantea
Sedge
Carex sp.
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Arisaema triphyllum
Spanish Moss
Tillandsia usneoides
Wild Yam
Dioscorea villosa
Lizards-tail
Saururus cernuus
Wax Myrtle
Myrica cerifera
Black Walnut
Juglans nigra
Mockernut Hickory
Carya tomentosa
White Oak
Quercus alba
Swamp Chestnut Oak
Quercus michauxii
Spanish Oak
Quercus falcata
Water Oak
Quercus nigra
Willow Oak
Quercus phellos
Winged Elm
Ulmus alata
Hackberry; Sugarberry
Celtis sp.
Red Mulberry
Morus rubra
False Nettle
Boehmeria cylindrica
Heartleaf
Hexastylis arifolia
Alligator-weed
Alternanthera
philoxeroides
Pokeweed; Pokeberry
Phytolacca americana
Tulip Tree
Liriodendron tulipifera
Red Bay
Persea borbonia
Sassafras
Sassafras albidum
Sweet-Gum
Liquidambar styraciflua
Witch Hazel
Hamamelis virginiana
Black Cherry
Prunus serotina
Mimosa; Silk-tree
Albizia julibrissin
Redbud
Cercis canadensis
Bush Clover
Lespedeza sp.
Poison Ivy
Rhus radicans
Winged Sumac
Rhus copallina
American Holly
Ilex opaca
Inkberry
Ilex glabra
Red Maple
Acer rubrum
Red Buckeye
Aesculus pavia
Spotted Touch-me-not
Impatiens capensis
Virginia Creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Muscadine
Vitis rotundifolia
Devil’s Walking Stick
Aralia spinosa
Water Tupelo; Water Gum
Nyssa aquatica
Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida
Swamp Dogwood
Cornus stricta
Sourwood
Oxydendrum arboreum
Sparkleberry
Vaccinium arboreum
Horse Sugar; Sweetleaf
Symplocos tinctoria
Chinese Privet
Ligustrum sinense
Beauty-berry
Callicarpa americana
Henbit
Lamium amplexicaule
Woolly Mullein
Verbascum thapsus
Cross-Vine
Anisostichus capreolata
Ruellia caroliniensis
Partridge Berry
Mitchella repens
Japanese Honeysuckle
Lonicera japonica
Swamp Haw
Viburnum nudum
Black Haw; Nanny-berry
Viburnum prunifolium
Elephant’s-Foot
Elephantopus tomentosus
FAUNA
Arrowhead Spider
Verrucosa arenata
Orchard Spider
Leucauge venusta
Annual Cicada
Tibicen sp.
Common Eastern Velvet Ant
Dasymutilla occidentalis occidentalis
Giant Hornet
Vespa crabro germana
Cicada-killer Wasp
Sphecius speciosus
Deer Fly
Chrysops sp.
Common Green Darner
Anax junius
Hero Darner
Epiaeschna heros
Gray-green Clubtail
Arigomphus pallidus
Green Jacket Dragonfly
Erythemis simplicicollis
Slaty Skimmer
Libellula incesta
Great Blue Skimmer
Libellula vibrans
Common Whitetail
Libellula lydia
Eastern Amberwing Dragonfly
Perithemis tenera
Carolina Saddlebags Dragonfly
Tramea carolina
Sparkling Jewelwing
Calopteryx dimidiata
Black-winged Damselfly
Calopteryx maculata
Variable Dancer Damselfly
Argia fumipennis
Blue-tipped Dancer*
Argia tibialis
Passalus; Bess-beetle
Popilius disjunctus
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio glaucus
Cloudless Sulphur
Phoebis sennae eubule
Little Yellow
Eurema lisa
Sleepy Orange
Eurema nicippe
Great Purple Hairstreak
Atlides halesus
Gray Hairstreak
Strymon melinus
American Snout Butterfly
Libytheana carinenta
Variegated Fritillary
Euptoieta claudia
Pearl Crescent
Phyciodes tharos
Red Admiral
Vanessa atalanta rubria
Red-Spotted Purple
Limenitis arthemis astyanax
Carolina Satyr
Hermeuptychia sosybius
Common Checkered-Skipper
Pyrgus communis
Fiery Skipper
Hylephila phyleus
Green Treefrog
Hyla cinerea
Squirrel Treefrog
Hyla squirella
Carolina Anole
Anolis carolinensis
Broadhead Skink
Eumeces laticeps
Five-lined/SE Five-lined Skink
Eumeces sp.
Eastern Kingsnake
Lampropeltis getulus
Brown Water Snake
Nerodia taxispilota
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinus
Carolina Wren
Thryothorus ludovicianus
Wood Thrush
Hylocichla mustelina
Northern Parula
Parula americana
Hooded Warbler
Wilsonia citrina
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
Eastern Pippestrelle*
Pipistrellus subflavus
White-tailed Deer
Odocoileus virginianus
*First Time Recorded
Note: This flora/fauna list is produced by the South Carolina Association of Naturalists, and is subject to revision as needed. This list produced on 8/6/97.
ADDENDUM-8/7/97
Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum pedatum
Tag Alder
Alnus serrulata
Pepper Vine
Ampelopsis sp.
Pawpaw
Asimina triloba
Catalpa sp.
Sugarberry, Hackberry
Celtis laevigata
Moonseed
Cocculus sp.
DayFlower
Commelina sp.
Hawthornes
Crataegus marshallii
Crataegus sp.
Titi
Cyrilla racemiflora
Climbing Hydrangea
Decumaria barbara
Heart’s a’Bustin”
Euonymus americana
American Beech
Fagus grandifolia
Water Ash
Fraxinus caroliniana
St. Andrew’s Cross
Hypericum hypericoides
Virginia Willow
Itea virginica
Bull Bay
Magnolia grandiflora
Sweet Bay
Magnolia virginiana
White Mulberry
Morus alba
Black Gum
Nyssa sylvatica biflora
Oplismenus setarius
Royal Fern
Osmunda regalis
Sycamore
Platanus occidentalis
Resurrection Fern
Polypodium polypodioides
Laurel-Cherry
Prunus caroliniana
Live Oak
Quercus virginiana
Deciduous Azalea
Rhododendron sp.
Blackberry
Rubus sp.
Elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
Sida rhombifolia
Silky Camellia
Stewartia malacodendron
American Elm
Ulmus americana