Fall 1996 Phytogeographical
Excursion
South Carolina Low Country
October 17-20, 1996
Itinerary
Thursday
- Travel
Depart UNC ca 6:00 pm
(Note - sleeping bags and pads required for first night, and there is only 1
shower - Phone at cabin = 803-473-3136).
From Chapel Hill I-40 east to I-95; I-95 south to US-521 (Manning, SC);
US-521 east to SC-261; east on SC-261 about 4 miles to a Atruck@ sign on right, and turn left onto gravel road. In about a mile the road turns right,
continue as road appears to run through the front yard of a farm house (this
really is a county road!), continue until you see what look like ca 3 large
metal grain silos on left, turn left on dirt lane in front of silos and follow
the most worn dirt track through the maze to the cabin. This last bit is difficult and if you do not
have a guide it is better to call the cabin from Manning and then meet your
guide at the intersection of US-521 and SC-261.
Ž = Site visited on trip
; = Site not visited owing to lack of time
Friday
- Williamsburg, Berkeley & Charleston Counties
Go back to the grain
silos, and turn left to continue on the dirt road until it ends at Co-50. Turn
right (south) and follow (with a short jog left at 261) to US-521. Left (east) on US-521 to Co-50. Right (south) ca 0.5 miles to site.
Ž 1 Trio
Longleaf Woodlands (Kellehan
Quadrangle) -- Jeff Corbin
Private
- Friendsfield Plantation (permission required)
-
Silty upland longleaf woodlands
TNC
= Pinus palustris / Quercus marilandica / Vaccinium tenellum - Quercus pumila
/ Schizachyrium scoparium Woodlands
- Taxodium
ascendens depression
TNC
= Taxodium ascendens - Pinus taeda / Liquidambar styraciflua / Schizachyrium
scoparium Woodland
Continue on Co-50 until it
ends at Co-45. Right (east) to
SC-41. Right (south) into the
FMNF. Left (south) on FM-157 to
site. Subsequent travel in the FMNF
will be decided after arrival.
Ž 2 Tiger
Corner Burn Plots (Shulerville
Quadrange) -- Jeff Corbin
USFS-FMNF
-
Wet-mesic Pinus palustris savanna subjected to various fire frequency
treatments
(See manuscript by Glitzenstein and Streng)
TNC
= Pinus palustris / Arundinaria gigantea tecta / Liquidambar styraciflua / Andropogon
glomeratus Woodland
Ž 3 Santee
River Bottoms (Cedar Creek Quadrangle) -- Pete Avis
USFS-FMNF
- Taxodium
distichum forest
-
Hardwood bluff
-
Alluvial Hardwood forest
Ž 4 Honey
Hill savannas (Honey Hill Quad) -- Jeff Corbin (uplands); Claire Newell
(sinks)
USFS-FMNF
-
Well-drained upland Pinus palustris savannas & Lime sinks
; Old
Georgetown Road Savanna (Awendaw Quadrangle)
USFS-FMNF
TNC
= Pinus palustris / Quercus laevis - Quercus incana / Gaylussacia dumosa dumosa
/ Schizachyrium scoparium Woodland
Ž 5 Collins
Bay (Santee Quadrangle) -- Claire Newell
USFS-FMNF
- Taxodium
ascendens & Arundinaria tecta bay with Pieris phillyreifolia
Ž 6 Buzzard
Island (Fort Moultrie Quadrangle) -- Becky Brown
Private (permission required)
(past
Charleston National Golf on right, then water tank, then turn)
-
Indian shell ring with Bumelia tenax, Sageretia minutiflora, Tilia
caroliniana, Rhamnus caroliniana and other calciphiles)
- Juncus
roemerianus marsh
-
Spartina alterniflora marsh
-
Salicornia flats
; Ocean
Bay pocosin (Ocean Bay Quadrangle)
USFS-FMNF
Pocosin-like
peatlands
; Halfway
Creek mesic savanna (Ocean Bay Quadrangle)
USFS-FMNF
-
Mesic Pinus palustris savanna
TNC
= Pinus palustris / Clethera alnifolia - gaylussacia frondosa
frondosa - Quercus pumila / Schizachyrium scoparium Woodland
- Taxodium
ascendens depression
Ž 7 Wando
(Cainhoy Quadrangle) --Claire Newell
USFS-FMNF
-
Mesic Pinus palustris savanna
TNC
= Pinus palustris / Quercus hemispherica / Gaylussacia dumosa dumosa / Pteridium
aquilinum pseudocaudatum – Schizachyrium scoparium - Tephrosia virginiana
Woodland
- Taxodium
ascendens savanna
-
Bay with Lindera melissaefolium & Litsea aestivalis
; Wadboo
marl flats (Bethera Quadrangle) - Rickie White
USFS-FMNF
-
Marl forest with Carya myristicaeformis
Ž 8 Huger
beech slopes (Bethera Quadrangle) - Deanna Schroeder
USFS-FMNF
-
Mesic forest with Pinus glabra and Fagus grandifolia, badly
damaged by Hurr. Hugo
Ž 9 Wadboo
Creek bluffs (Cordesville Quadrangle) -- Rickie White
Santee-Cooper
Authority (access via private land - permission required)
-
Mesic calcareous forest and cliffs with numerous disjunct mountain &
piedmont species
After dinner in Moncks
Corner, Take Alt-US-17 west to I-95, I-95 south to Ridgeland exit 22, and
follow US-17 a short ways to the Plantation Inn (803-726-5510).
Saturday
- Jasper, Hampton & Beaufort Counties
Depart Plantation Inn at
7:00 for breakfast. Depart for Tilman 7:45, and arrive 8:15. Take SC-336 = Co-29 west from Ridgeland to
US-321 at Tilman, Cross US-321 to Co-119.
Preserve is ca 5 miles on left.
Ž 10 Tilman
Sand Ridge (Pineland, Hardeeville NW Quadrangles) -- Deanna Schroeder
SC
Heritage Trust - contact Webb Center
-
Xeric fluvial sand ridge with Licania michauxii, Quercus chapmanii, Waria
cuneifolia
TNC
= Pinus palustris / Quercus laevis - Quercus incana / Gaylussacia
dumosa dumosa / Schizachyrium scoparium Woodland
Depart Tilman for
Backwoods 9:30, arrive 10:00. Additional instructions to follow.
Ž 11 Savannalands
(Tilman,Pineland,Hardeeville,Calfpen Quadrangles) -- Jon Harrod
Private
(permission required)
-
Subxeric Pinus palustris woodlands with mixed Quercus
TNC
= Pinus palustris / Quercus pumila - Vaccinium tenellum / Aristida beyrichiana
- Schizachyrium scoparium Woodlands
-
Mesic Pinus palustris savanna
-
Wet Sporobolus floridanus savanna with Styrax pulverulenta
TNC
= Pinus palustris - Pinus elliottii
elliottii / Sporobolus floridanus - Styrax pulverulentus Woodland
-
sinks with Nyssa ogeche
Return to US-321, north to
Garnett, Co-20 ca 2 miles to access road on left to Webb Center. Plan to arrive
ca 1:30 and depart ca 2:45.
; Webb
Center (Brighton, Shirley Quadrangles)
State
of SC
-
Moist Pinus palustris / Aristida beyrichiana flatwoods)
TNC = Pinus palustris / Quercus pumila - Vaccinium
tenellum / Aristida beyrichiana - Schizachyrium scoparium Woodlands
-
Alluvial forest; Quercus laurifolia, Nyssa aquatica, Planera aquatica,
Robinia aquatica
-
Mesic Magnolia grandiflora, Fagus grandifolia (possibly)
Return to Ridgeland (Co-20
to US-321 to SC-336 to Ridgeland). From
Ridgeland take US-278 east toward Hilton Head.
Pinckney Island is between the two bridges that you cross to Hilton
Head, and is on the left. In theory the
gate will be left open for us.
Ž 12 Pinckney
Island (Blulffton, Spring Island Quadrangles) --Becky Brown
USF&W
-
Shell mounds with Bumelia tenax, Sageretia minutiflora, Tilia caroliniana,
Rhamnus
caroliniana and other
calciphiles)
- Spartina
alterniflora marsh
- Salicornia
marsh
-
Quercus austrina - Carya glabra forest
- Quercus
virginiana / Sabal palmetto, Serenoa repens maritime forest
After returning to US-321,
turn right and drive ca 2 miles to Victoria Bluffs preserve on the right. Park on the road verge.
Ž 13 Victoria
Bluffs (Bluffton Quadrangle) -- Phil Coulling
SC
Heritage Trust
-
Shrubby, spodosolic flatwoods with Pinus palustris, Pinus elliottii, Serenoa
repens,
Lyonia ferruginea, Vaccinium myrsinites,
Kalmia hirsuta
TNC = Pinus palustris / Serenoa repens -
Vaccinium myrsinites / Aristida beyrichiana - Sporobolis curtissii Woodland
Continue on US-278 until
it joins with SC-170. Keep on 170 to
Beaufort. At US-21 turn left. The Howard Johnson Motel (803-524-6020) is
about a hallf mile on the right. Join
Randy and Pam Cross for dinner and go to their home afterward for a bit of
relaxation.
Sunday
- Beaufort, Dorchester & Calhoun Counties
Depart motel 7:30 for
breakfast, depart for field 8:15, arrive at site about 8:45. Return half mile east on US-21 to SC-170. Right (south) on 170 to Co-790 and signs for
Chechessee. Follow 790 to the gatehouse
where we pick up a pass. Further
instructions to follow.
Ž 14 Spring
Island (Spring Island Quadrangle) -- Phil Coulling
Private
-
Shelly maritime forest of Carya glabra, Tilia caroliniana & Ostrya
virginiana
-
Shelly wet-mesic maritime forest; Magnolia grandiflora, Pinus glabra &
Nyssa biflora
-
Quercus virginiana, Sabal palmetto maritime forests
-
Sabal palmetto, Junus roemerianus, Spartinia spp marsh
SC-170 left (west) to
US-278; Right (north) to SC-462, continue north on 462 to I-95. I-95 north to I-26; right (se) on I-26 9
miles to exit 177. Exit here and follow
signs to site.).
Ž 15 Frances
Beidler Forest (Pringletown Quadrangle) --Pete Avis
Audobon
Society Preserve
-
Blackwater river swamp; old-growth Taxodium distichum and
mixed-hardwoods
-
Calcareous bluff above Mallard Lake.
Retrace route to I-26;
Right (nw) to I-95, Right (north) 13 miles to SC-6 (exit 98); left (west) 1.5
iles to Co-105, right to Santee State Park.
; Santee
State Park (St. Paul, Vance Quadrangles) -- Rickie White
SC
State Park
-
Mesic hardwood forest over calcareous soils
-
Lime sinks
Retrace route to I-95. I-95 north to I-40 west to Chapel Hill