July 25, 1998
FLORA
Bracken
Pteridium aquilinum
Christmas Fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
Ebony Spleenwort
Asplenium platyneuron
Loblolly Pine
Pinus taeda
Short-leaf Pine
Pinus echinata
Eastern Red-cedar
Juniperus virginiana
Cane; Switch Cane
Arundinaria gigantea
River Oats
Uniola latifolia
Microstegium (grass)
Microstegium vimineum
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Arisaema triphyllum
Greenbrier; Bullbrier
Smilax rotundifolia
Fringed Greenbrier
Smilax bona-nox
Sawbrier; Greenbrier
Smilax glauca
Sweet-scented Smilax
Smilax smallii
Downy Rattlesnake-plantain
Goodyera pubescens
Eastern Cottonwood
Populus deltoides
Black Walnut
Juglans nigra
Mockernut Hickory
Carya tomentosa
River Birch
Betula nigra
American Hornbeam; Ironwood
Carpinus caroliniana
White Oak
Quercus alba
Post Oak
Quercus stellata
Southern Red Oak; Spanish Oak
Quercus falcata falcata
Cherrybark Oak
Quercus falcata pagodaefolia
Black Jack Oak
Quercus marilandica
Water Oak
Quercus nigra
Willow Oak
Quercus phellos
Winged Elm
Ulmus alata
Hackberry; Sugarberry
Celtis sp.
Red Mulberry
Morus rubra
Heartleaf
Hexastylis arifolia
Pokeweed; Pokeberry
Phytolacca americana
Coralbeads
Cocculus carolinus
Tulip Tree; Yellow-poplar
Liriodendron tulipifera
Southern Magnolia
Magnolia grandiflora
PawPaw
Asimina triloba
Sassafras
Sassafras albidum
Spicebush
Lindera benzoin
Sweet-Gum
Liquidambar styraciflua
American Sycamore
Platanus occidentalis
Southern Crabapple
Malus angustifolia
Downy Serviceberry
Amelanchier arborea
Black Cherry; Wild Cherry
Prunus serotina
Redbud; Judas-tree
Cercis canadensis
Goat’s Rue
Tephrosia virginiana
Flowering Spurge
Euphorbia corollata
Poison Ivy
Rhus radicans
Poison Oak
Rhus toxicodendron
Winged Sumac
Rhus copallina
American Holly
Ilex opaca
Boxelder
Acer negundo
Red Maple
Acer rubrum
Chalk Maple
Acer saccharum leucoderme
Virginia-creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Muscadine; Bullace
Vitis rotundifolia
Summer Grape
Vitis aestivalis
St. Andrew’s Cross
Hypericum hypericoides
Russian Olive
Elaeagnus umbellata
Devil’s Walking Stick
Aralia spinosa
Black Gum
Nyssa sylvatica
Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida
Spotted Wintergreen
Chimaphila maculata
Sparkleberry
Vaccinium arboreum
Deerberry; Squaw-huckleberry
Vaccinium stamineum
Elliott’s Blueberry
Vaccinium elliottii
Persimmon
Diospyros virginiana
Carolina Silverbell
Halesia carolina
American Ash; White Ash
Fraxinus americana
Yellow Jessamine
Gelsemium sempervirens
Indian Hemp; Dogbane
Apocynum sp.
Angle-pod
Matelea gonocarpa
Cross-Vine
Anisostichus capreolata
Catalpa
* Catalpa bignonioides
Partridge Berry
Mitchella repens
Japanese Honeysuckle
Lonicera japonica
Elephant’s-Foot
Elephantopus tomentosus
Pussy Toes
Antennaria sp.
Rosinweed
Silphium compositum
Green Stain
Chlorociboria aeruginascens
Scrambled-egg Slime
Fuligo septica
Carnival Candy Slime
Arcyria denudata
FAUNA
Almond Millipede
Sigmoria aberrans
Orb Weaver
Neoscona domiciliorum
Spiny-backed Spider
Micrathena gracilis
Scorpion
Centruroides vittatus
Lone Star Tick
Amblyomma americanum
Short-winged Green Grasshopper
Dichromorpha viridis
Brown Winter Grasshopper
Amblytropidia mysteca
Slender Meadow Katydid
Conocephalus fasciatus
Leaf-footed Bug
Acanthocephala terminalis
Red Bug
Largus succinctus
Dog-day Cicada
Tibicen canicularis
Poplar Petioleball Aphid
Pemphigus populitransversus
Common Eastern Velvet Ant
Dasymutilla occidentalis occidentalis
Stalk-eyed Fly
Sphyracephala brevicornis
Great Blue Skimmer
Libellula vibrans
Common Whitetail (dragonfly)
Libellula lydia
Long-winged Skimmer
Pachydiplax longipennis
Blue-fronted Dancer Damselfly
Argia apicalis
Powdered Dancer Damselfly
Argia moesta
Damselfly
* Argia translata
Tiger Beetle
Megacephala carolina
Pedunculate Ground Beetle
* Aspidoglossa subangulata
* Clivina pallida
Minute Ground Beetle
* Bembidion affine
Mioptachys flavicauda
Vivid Metallic Ground Beetle
* Chlaenius aestivus
Passalus; Bess-beetle
Popilius disjunctus
Dung Beetle
* Onthophagus taurus
Japanese Beetle
Popillia japonica
Darkling Beetle
* Xylopinus saperdiodes
Dusky Lady Beetle
* Scymnus loewii
* Scymnus rubricaudus
Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle
Psyllobora vigintimaculata
Cylindrical Bark Beetle
* Pycnomerus reflexus
Oval Leaf Beetle
Nodonota tristis
* Nodonota clypealis
* Rhabdopterus praetextus
Paria canella quadrinotata
Flower Weevil
Aulobaris ibis
Southern Pine Beetle (sign)
* Dendroctonus frontalis
Red-Spotted Purple (butterfly)
Limenitis arthemis astyanax
Hackberry Emperor Butterfly
Asterocampa celtis
Luna Moth
Actias luna
Five-lined or SE 5-lined Skink
Eumeces sp.
Worm Snake
Carphophis amoenus
Brown Snake; DeKay’s Snake
* Storeria dekayi
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Chimney Swift
Chaetura pelagica
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinus
Downy Woodpecker
Picoides pubescens
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitus
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Contopus virens
Acadian Flycatcher
Empidonax virescens
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
Fish Crow
Corvus ossifragus
Tufted Titmouse
Parus bicolor
Carolina Chickadee
Parus carolinensis
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Sitta pusilla
Carolina Wren
Thryothorus ludovicianus
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Polioptila caerulea
Wood Thrush
Hylocichla mustelina
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Red-Eyed Vireo
Vireo olivaceus
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citrea
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
House Finch
Cardodacus mexicanus
Raccoon (tracks)
Procyon lotor
White-tailed Deer
Odocoileus virginianus
* First Time Recorded by SCAN
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 August 2, 1998.
Correction:
The flora/fauna list published in the July 1998 newsletter for Hitchcock Woods should be amended from:
White Mulberry
Morus alba
to:
Red Mulberry
Morus rubra