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Shortia Galacifolia Kay Wade NEWSLETTER OF THE UPSTATE CHAPTER OF THE SC NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY April 2019 www.scnps.org ALL HANDS ON DECK!... New observation platform at Parks Mill takes shape on recent Upcoming Society Programs, workday. (See page 3.) (in Bold) Events & Field Trips ± Approximate time(s) P R E S E N T I N G . Saturday, March 23, 8:00am - 2:00pm, Field Trip: Station Cove Falls (Oconee Co) Shortia galacifolia and Nine Times Preserve (Pickens Co) Leaders: Rick Huffman and Dan Whitten Join us on this 3/4 mi. easy trek into Sum- ost friends of the SCNPS are familiar with the story of our ter National Forest. Oconee Station is the Mrare and elusive native wildflower known as Oconee bells premier cove forest habitat to see Spring ephemerals such as trilliums and more in M . On Tuesday, April 16th, Kay Wade will (Shortia galacifolia) the Upstate. Mshare with us an in-depth look at the history of the discovery, and re- Station Cove Falls (also called Oconee Station Falls) is an ancient, timeless place discovery, of Shortia. where geology and plate tectonics have Those who know the story of the Oconee bells are already shaped and formed this land into what acquainted with Asa Gray, the famous American botanist who we see today. Each year the pilgrimage begins early in February and March to see became nearly obsessed with finding this plant from the Southern the promise of a rich bounty of botani- Appalachians after seeing a specimen in Paris collected by Andre cal treasures. Few realize how botanically Michaux in the late 1700s . And you might also know the role of old this place is or understand the role seventeen-year-old of amphibolite (mineral) in making this a people in the world botanical wonderland. Some have said it’s George McQueen have successfully the best Cove Forest habitat on the Eastern Hyams in finally propagated Oconee Seaboard. Some in authority have claimed locating Shortia in this place to be the most ancient place for bells. One such plants on the planet. From blood root, the wild. But who person is SCNPS trilliums, mayapple, violets, rue anemone, were these people member Joe hepatica and wood betony, we find our- behind the story? selves in reverence of this place. We find Townsend of Pickens salvation from our urban hectic lives and And what exactly who will have some we feel at home. I have called this place happened in those plants available at “The Church.” It’s where I go to find that 40 years that the annual Plant peace, the serenity and sense of promise transpired while and renewal. SCNPS has long held this Sale on April 13th at place sacred. We go on March 23rd to botanists searched Conestee Park. experience the wonders of creation and of in vain for Shortia? time and place. Kay will focus on Kay Wade is a Join us as we make the journey back the human interest Master Naturalist and in time to find our peace today. A grand co-owner of Jocassee reward at trail’s end is Station Cove Falls! stories that are an The trip will include an excursion along integral part of the Lake Tours. She the Eastatoe at Nine Times Nature Preserve writes columns in The to view many Spring wildflowers. history of Shortia. Very little is Seneca Journal and Meet at 8am at Holly Springs Grocery at the Friends of Lake corner of SC Hwy 11 and SC 178. Contact known about the Rick Huffman at <rick_huffman@earthde- reproduction of Keowee Society’s The signsc.com> or call (864) 901-7583 to sign Shortia from seed, Sentinel. up. Please include your phone number, — Jessica Harwood bring water, lunch, and wear appropriate and only a few clothing and footwear. ____________________________________ Of Interest... Tuesday, March 26, 10:30am & 1:30pm SPRING WALKS AT PEARSON’S FALLS Leader: Dan Whitten $15 fee for non-members of the Tryon Garden Club Kay Wade Pearson’s Falls is a wildlife and bird sanctuary with a Co-owner of Jocassee Lake Tours • Master Naturalist moderate 1/4 mile trail to the 90-foot waterfall! For a map and more information, visit http://www.scnps.org Register by calling (828) 749-3031 Tryon Garden Club Tues., April 16, 7:00 pm ** 2748 Pearson Falls Rd, Saluda, NC 28773 **Landrum Depot THERE ARE FIVE WALKS PLANNED! 211 North Trade Ave See pearsonsfalls.org for more information Landrum, SC 29356 ... continued on page 4 SCNPS: Working to preserve, protect & restore native plant communities in South Carolina Free Propagation Workshop Saturday Feb. 20th, 9am to noon “Plant some- thing good for The 2019 us this year!” SPRING hether you are new to PLANT Wnative plants or a bona fide nativeW enthusiast, you’re sure to find wonderful additions for your yard. SALE Here is the opportunity to create has something for a wildlife-friendly habitat in your garden with: • Bold, colorful native azaleas • Low-maintenance groundcovers Everyone! • Pollinator-attracting perennials • Colorful, fast-growing vines • A variety of sun and shade ferns • Year-round interest native grasses • Wildlife-attracting shrubs and trees Plus, see the additional plant vendors for other natives. Featured selections include endangered Oconee © Keith Bradley bells, and a variety of carnivorous species, including venus fly traps and terrestrial pitcher plants! Make sure your membership is current as paid members get in at 8:30 am to shop 30 minutes early! ******* SCNPS by the Numbers: Midlands 26 J Low Country 147 Piedmont 26 a downloadable copy South Coast 27 Plant Sale Upstate 179 of the plant sale poster 405 Volunteers which you can share with Needed friends. You can also go directly to the volunteer Published monthly by the Upstate Chapter of the SC Native Plant Society We still need volunteers for the plant form with this link: www.scnps.org sale, especially in the Holding and https://scnps.org/2019- Virginia Meador, President <[email protected]> Tally-up areas. Please go to the website, plant-sale-volunteer Steve Marlow, Editor www.scnps.org Click on Activities, and Call Judy Seeley Email articles, photos (with descriptions and/or captions) and general the calendar. Go to the April calendar at (864) 855-6396 announcements to th <[email protected]> and click on April 13 . You will find with questions about May issue deadline is Wednesday, 3 April 2019 a link to the volunteer form and also volunteering. 2 WHITESIDE MOUNTAIN Workdays for April early blooming Thursday, the 4th 2 Tuesday, the 9th pest plants Wednesday, the 10th Bradford Pears (Pyrus calleryana) Thursday, the 11th are in bloom right now, not only in neighborhoods throughout the South, Greenhouse workdays in April but also in the idle fields nearby. go from 8am to Noon each day. This month the South Carolina This is the last push before the Forestry Commission has come out publicly, asking people who own April 13 plant sale and there will vacant wooded land to cut down be lots to do. The greenhouse every Bradford Pear on their property, is at 180 Lakewood Drive, and asking townfolk to stop planting Greenville. them. “We are saying cut them down Call Miller Putnam with when possible,” Forestry Commission questions (864) 325 9700. spokesman Doug Wood said. “It is just ««««« generally a nuisance tree.” Bradford Pear trees break easily during storms, leaving cities littered with debris. More importantly, they are spreading — Friday, March 15, 2019 into natural areas, creating dense thorny thickets and crowding out native trees. PARKS MILL Also blooming now is Fig Buttercup P L U M B R A N C H S C (Ficaria verna), a more serious but In preparation for the lesser known pest plant. Parks Mill Society-wide Both are invasive, meaning they have field day and Celebration a tendency to spread aggressively, on May 18th, a new invade natural areas, and displace observation platform is naturally occurring plants. underway on the two A tiny percentage of invasive plants additional acres acquired are deemed to be so economically or by SCNPS in 2018. environmentally harmful that they are The new deck will “regulated”, that is, illegal within a provide a spectacular hillside view of Stevens geographic area. Creek when the Rocky Fig Buttercup is one of those plants, Shoals Spider Lilies are and it is a regulated species in in bloom! South Carolina, Maryland, Ohio, WORKDAY Connecticut, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, and parts of Oregon and Washington state. In some other states A major difference between Find out more by watching this it has already spread beyond the ability Bradford pear and Fig Buttercup is that 10-minute video: of regulatory agencies to curtail it. Bradford Pear has already naturalized https://scnps.org/education/citizen- Fig Buttercup thrives in moist extensively throughout the state. science-invasive-fig-buttercup environments: a garden, a drainage The SC Forestry Commission’s plea is After watching the video, if you ditch, or the streamside bottomlands admirable, but sadly “too little, too suspect that you have or have found that are home to some of the state’s late”. In contrast, we know of major Fig Buttercup, please most prized native wildflowers. Its Fig Buttercup infestations in only contact Clemson or tuberous roots and/or bulblets break two counties. This is a pest plant we at (864) 646-2140 invasives@ off easily, allowing rain events to have a chance of stopping. We can clemson.edu.Friday, February 8, 2019 carry them downstream, where they do our darndest to eradicate it, or If you’re willing to help spray, email are adept at colonizing new territory.
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