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Sumter National Forest (S.C.) Stop 7 7

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Sumter National Forest (S.C.) Stop 7
Episode 7
Rudy and Jim find an unusually large Devil’s Walking Stick, which is usually around one third the size of the one shown here! Horse Sugar, Yellow Bellwort, and Birdsfoot violets are more species of...
Savannah River Site (S.C.) Stop 1 2

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Savannah River Site (S.C.) Stop 1
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The pine forest is home to two species of woodpecker birds: the Red Cockaded woodpecker, and the Ladder-Backed woodpecker.
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Savannah River Site (S.C.) Stop 1
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Underneath the pine trees, another community of plants resides in the area: Yellow-ray flowers, Purple Vein milkweed, and Catbells.
Savannah River Site (S.C.) Stop 6 - Sphagnum Moss, Swamp Tupelo, Sweet Bay, And Virginia Chain Fern - Episode 8 Savannah River Site (S.C.) Stop 2 4

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Savannah River Site (S.C.) Stop 2
Episode 4
This bluff is one of 30 areas set aside from the University of Georgia’s Savannah River Ecology laboratory. This area is vastly different from the tall pine community Rudy and Jim visited previously...
Savannah River Site (S.C.) Stop 6 - Sphagnum Moss, Swamp Tupelo, Sweet Bay, And Virginia Chain Fern - Episode 8 Savannah River Site (S.C.) Stop 3 5

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Savannah River Site (S.C.) Stop 3
Episode 5
Ecology Laboratory Research Site: This area is a mixed hardwood forest, with Spanish moss dangling from the branches. Water oaks are the most prominent trees here. Other common plants in the area are...
Savannah River Site (S.C.) Stop 6 - Sphagnum Moss, Swamp Tupelo, Sweet Bay, And Virginia Chain Fern - Episode 8 Savannah River Site (S.C.) Stop 4 6

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Savannah River Site (S.C.) Stop 4
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A boardwalk takes Rudy and Jim from the hardwood area of the previous stop into a swamp forest. Here, Bald Cypress trees and Tupelo trees dominate. Lizard Tail, commonly found in this area, gets its...
Savannah River Site (S.C.) Stop 6 - Sphagnum Moss, Swamp Tupelo, Sweet Bay, And Virginia Chain Fern - Episode 8 Savannah River Site (S.C.) Stop 5 7

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Savannah River Site (S.C.) Stop 5
Episode 7
This area is known as a “dry wetland” Here, Button bush, and Red maple trees thrive here. Under a nearby wooden board, Rudy and Jim find a Mole salamander, and a Ring-Neck snake. And in a nearby tree...
Savannah River Site (S.C.) Stop 1 - Pine Forest - Episode 1 Savannah River Site (S.C.) Stop 6 8

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Savannah River Site (S.C.) Stop 6
Episode 8
Rudy and Jim stop by another wetland, filled with Sphagnum moss, Swamp Tupelo trees, Sweet Bay trees, and Virginia Chain fern. All these plants thrive in areas such as this one, with increased...
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Savannah River Site (S.C.) Stop 1
Episode 1
In this episode of NatureScene, Rudy and Jim visit the Savannah River Site, located along the southwestern border of South Carolina. The area is 200,000 acres of protected land. When one thinks of the...
Flowering Dogwood in Bloom | The Cove Forest

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Flowering Dogwood in Bloom | The Cove Forest
Episode 4
Flowering dogwood is an ecologically important understory tree in eastern forests. Today, large numbers of flowering dogwoods are dying due to an introduced parasitic fungus that causes dogwood...