Grateful Acknowledgements

I am grateful to all the generous people who have contributed knowledge, passion, talents, or time!

• Kevin Adams, author of North Carolina's Best Wildflower Hikes: The Mountains
• Wayne Bateman, Scotts Lawn Service
• Keith Bradley, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
• Christi Bruner, Carolina Wild Native Plant Nursery
• Marie Burgess, Furman University Learning In Retirement Program
• Wesley Burnett, South Carolina Native Plant Society
• Dixie Damrel, Clemson University
• Jim Fowler, author of Wild Orchids of South Carolina
• Judy Gordon, Augusta State University
• Jan Haldeman, Erskine College
• Steven R. Hill, Illinois Natural History Survey
• Amanda Howard, Hunting Island State Park
• Rick Huffman, SC Native Plant Society
• Rosemarie Knoll, High Falls Publishing
• Ron Lance, author of Haws - A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern United States
• Janet Manning, Corneille Bryan Native Garden
• Patrick McMillan, Clemson University / SCETV Expeditions with Patrick McMillan
• Larry Mellichamp, University of North Carolina / UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens
• John Nelson, AC Moore Herbarium, University of South Carolina
• Gill Newberry, University of South Carolina, Upstate
• Glen Peterson, Organic Design
• Joe Pollard, Furman University
• Bob Polomski, Clemson University Extension Service / State Master Gardener Coordinator
• Richard Porcher, The Citadel / author of A Guide to the Wildflowers of South Carolina
• Eva Pratt, South Carolina Native Plant Society
• Doug Rayner, Wofford College / author of A Guide to the Wildflowers of South Carolina
• Claude Smith, Clemson University Extension Service / Greenville County Master Gardener Coordinator
• Bill Stringer, SC Native Plant Society / Clemson University
• Will Stuart, photographer for Native Plants of the Southeast
• Samantha Tessel, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
• Jane Thomas, Corneille Bryan Native Garden
• Charles R. Thompson, RainCloud Studios
• Lisa Wagner, SC Botanical Garden
• Mike Walker, Huntington Beach State Park
• Ann Wilson, Myrtle Beach State Park

and many more whose names are not listed here, including those who have shared their voices and/or their photographs!

Many of the photographs were taken at places such as Chimney Rock Park, Corneille Bryan Native Garden, and other public parks, forests, preserves, and gardens. These are invaluable resources: Please protect and support them.

Plant descriptions have been pulled from the Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas, by Albert E. Radford, Harry E. Ahles, and C. Ritchie Bell, and from Flora of the Southeastern States by Alan S. Weakley (working drafts), as well as from many of the books referenced and recommended throughout the site. Weakley's Flora has been the major source of taxonomic clarification and revisions, updated nomenclature, information on native status, and synonymy.

Information has also been obtained from the PLANTS National Database: USDA, NRCS. 2003. The PLANTS Database. Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.