Edible Wild Plants | Pee Dee Explorer

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Learn from a botanist about edible plants that are indigenous to the Pee Dee Region of South Carolina. Species include the Hawthorn Tree, Prickly Pear Cactus, Chestnut, River Birch, Wax-Myrtle, Loblolly Pine, Longleaf Pine, Water Oak, Poison Oak, and Virginia Creeper. Many of these plants had medicinal purposes.

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Switchgrass | Pee Dee Explorer
A look at how switchgrass replaced cotton and tobacco as one of South Carolina's best crops.

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