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0 0 Soft Greeneyes

Soft Greeneyes

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Tortoise

1 0 Blue Corporal Dragonfly

Blue Corporal Dragonfly

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Female blue corporals (like this spotting) are brown with "corporal stripes" on ...

0 0 Ornate Pennant Dragonfly

Ornate Pennant Dragonfly

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Females/imm males have yellowish markings on thorax.

19 7 Netleaf Leather Flower

Netleaf Leather Flower

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

The plant can be identified by its angled, vining stems, rounded leaflets, and ...

0 0 Fetterbush Lyonia

Fetterbush Lyonia

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Shinyleaf or fetterbush is a 3-5 ft. high suckering, open, arching evergreen ...

0 0 Variable Dancer Damselfly

Variable Dancer Damselfly

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

The variable dancer (Argia fumipennis) is a damselfly of the family ...

0 0 Bee Fly

Bee Fly

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

A large bee-fly that flies in late spring to summer, similar to Bombylius ...

2 0 Bird's Foot Violet

Bird's Foot Violet

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Herbaceous perennial violet that is lilac/purple in color. Bird's foot violet ...

0 2 Spotting

Spotting

by KenCheeksWindsor, South Carolina, USA

Wildflower with blue flowers on a long stalk. Leaves are oblong.

1 0 Gopher Tortoise Burrow

Gopher Tortoise Burrow

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

The gopher

1 0 Carolina Sandwort

Carolina Sandwort

by KenCheeksWindsor, South Carolina, USA

Cluster of these bright white blossoms decorate the longleaf pine forest floors ...

0 0 Sky-blue Lupine

Sky-blue Lupine

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

It is a perennial herbaceous plant growing to 30-50 cm tall. The leaves are ...

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

This deciduous vine was growing 15 feet up a tree near a beaver pond. It is ...

0 0 Brown-headed Nuthatch

Brown-headed Nuthatch

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

The Brown-headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla) is a small songbird found in pine ...

0 2 Apache Jumping Spider

Apache Jumping Spider

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Robust, black and reddish-orange spider that is likely a species of Jumping ...

2 0 Mantled Baskettail Dragonfly

Mantled Baskettail Dragonfly

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

This baskettail has the most color in the wing of all SC species. Smaller than ...

0 0 Sky-blue Lupine

Sky-blue Lupine

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Lupinus diffusus is a species of lupine native to the southeastern United ...

0 0 Clammy Locust

Clammy Locust

by KenCheeksWindsor, South Carolina, USA

Tree/shrub that grows to 40 feet in height with showy pink flowers.

1 0 Fringed Bluestar

Fringed Bluestar

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

The blue star plant grows 15–24 inches tall. The leaves are borne singly, but ...

1 0 Roseling

Roseling

by KenCheeksWindsor, South Carolina, USA

Clumps usually dense and tussock-like, about 30cm or more high. Leaves very ...

0 0 Yellow Poplar

Yellow Poplar

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Large deciduous tree. It can grow to more than 50 m (165 feet) in virgin cove ...

0 0 Catbells

Catbells

by KenCheeksWindsor, South Carolina, USA

Leaf color is light green to gray, and the leaves pass through the middle of ...

0 0 White Wild Indigo

White Wild Indigo

by KenCheeksWindsor, South Carolina, USA

This 2-4 ft., mound-shaped perennial holds its white, pea-like flowers in erect ...

0 0 Carolina Wild Indigo

Carolina Wild Indigo

by KenCheeksWindsor, South Carolina, USA

Carolina Wild Indigo is a showy native perennial rarely used in gardens. Plants ...

1 0 Tread Softly

Tread Softly

by KenCheeksAugusta, Georgia, USA

The green leaves of this plant are alternate, consisting of three to five ...

0 0 Ring-necked Duck

Ring-necked Duck

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Ring-necked Ducks are small to medium sized diving ducks. The adult male is ...

0 0 Eastern Prickly Pear

Eastern Prickly Pear

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Native cactus found in most of eastern North America. The green stems of this ...

0 0 Hazel Alder

Hazel Alder

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

A large shrub or small tree that may grow up to 2.5-4 m (8-12 ft) high and 15 ...

0 0 Longleaf Pine

Longleaf Pine

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

It reaches a height of 30–35 m (98–115 ft) and a diameter of 0.7 m (28 in). ...

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