August 2018 Hello Everyone.

Our July trip was to Little White Oak Mountain near Hendersonville, North Carolina. In attendance was Dave Schuetrum, David Graley, Sarah and Lyle Campbell, David Campbell, Timothy Campbell, Eva and Sam Pratt, Greg Ross, Marsha and Bob Hamlin, Kim McManus, James Wilson, Kathy Boyle, Terry and Hugh Martin, Jan Ciegler, Mary Douglass, Tom Jones, and Gordon Murphy.

Once again we had a good turnout for our outing. White Oak Mountain is an interesting place. As Rita indicated in her trip write-up, there are logging roads on the property that provide a relatively easy walk. It was hot that day and there wasn’t much shade on the roads. We did see/hear some birds, some plants were in bloom, and we saw a couple of lizards including six- line race runners, fence lizard, and a ground skink. As we walked higher up the mountain, the edges of the logging road are dominated by invasive species including kudzu, tree of heaven, and princess tree. It appeared that there were less invasives further off the roads. Just before we turned to start the hike back down the mountain, we saw bear tracks in the road.

Seeing the invasives was a disappointment, but we all had a good day socializing as we walked. When we got to Larkin’s Carolina Grill for dinner, we were surprised by a visit from Lydia and Charlie Williams!

This month we are heading to Sassafras Mountain in Pickens County. I hope you all can join us there!

Group photo courtesy of Kim McManus.

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Sassafras Mountain The highest peak in South Carolina August 25, 2018 Saturday 10:30

Come to the coolness of Sassafras Mountain, located in northern Pickens County! We will visit the Jim Timmerman Natural Resource Area, part of the Jocassee Gorges and

Franklin Gravely Wildlife Management Area, managed by SCDNR. This Blue Ridge

Mountain peak straddles the SC/NC border.

Sassafras’s elevation is 3,553’. This new recording is shorter due to grading of the summit. The new observation tower and viewing platforms offers us the opportunity to see TN, GA, NC and SC, the Lakes of Jocassee, Hartwell and Keowee, the continental divide and 6,000’ plus highlands.

Hopefully the new tower, a 1.1 million dollar project , will be completed. It will be 40- foot diameter circular tower 16 feet high.

We will meet in the gravel parking lot on the left at the end of the road. SCAN will claim the summit and walk along the Foothills Trail. The trail heads east towards White Oak Mountain, South Carolina’s 6th highest peak.

Directions: From the intersection of Hwy 11 and 178, proceed north on Hwy178. There is a convenience store at this intersection for your last pit stop. Your next 11.7 miles will be curvy. From intersection, go 7 miles to Rocky Bottom. Turn right onto F Van Clayton Hwy, following signs to Sassafras. Go 4.7 miles to parking lot on top.

Address: 1399 F. Van Clayton Hwy Sunset, SC 29685

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/34.9894674,- 82.7571219/1399+F+Van+Clayton+Memorial+Highway,+Sunset,+SC/@35.0295977,- 82.8194783,13z/data=!4m9!4m8!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x8859ac4ac4d5a665:0xe9f6f26f714 21ff7!2m2!1d-82.7780666!2d35.0638531!3e0

Dinner: Pumpkintown General Store - 3837 Pumpkintown Hwy Pickens, South Carolina 29671

This location is only 1 mile longer for those traveling East via Hwy 11.

Leader: Rita Zollinger 864 706 6548

Little White Oak Mountain Polk Co., NC July 28, 2018

This list was produced by SCAN from Scarlet Oak Eastern Sensitive-briar sightings produced by SCAN members and Quercus coccinea Mimosa microphylla is subject to revision as needed. An Southern Red Oak Kudzu asterisk (*) indicates a new sighting for Quercus falcata Pueraria montana lobata SCAN. Send any changes or corrections to Rock Chestnut Oak Black Locust Tom Jones at [email protected]. Please indicate exactly to which flora/fauna Quercus montana Robinia pseudoacacia list you are referring. Thank you. Willow Oak Flowering Dogwood Quercus phellos Cornus florida Red Oak Blackgum FLORA Quercus rubra Nyssa sylvatica Post Oak Eastern Flowering Spurge Common Running-cedar Quercus stellata Euphorbia corollata Diphasiastrum digitatum Black Oak Virginia-creeper Bracken Quercus velutina Parthenocissus quinquefolia Pteridium aquilinum Tag Alder Muscadine Ebony Spleenwort Alnus serrulata Vitis rotundifolia rotundifolia Asplenium platyneuron American Hornbeam Eastern Red Maple Christmas Fern Carpinus caroliniana Acer rubrum rubrum Polystichum acrostichoides Pineweed Winged Sumac Eastern White Pine Hypericum gentianoides Rhus copallinum Pinus strobus St. Andrew's Cross Smooth Sumac Loblolly Pine Hypericum hypericoides Rhus glabra Pinus taeda St.-John's-wort Eastern Poison Ivy Virginia Pine Hypericum stragulum Toxicodendron radicans radicans Pinus virginiana Bird's-foot Violet Tree-of-Heaven Eastern Red Cedar Viola pedata Ailanthus altissima Juniperus virginiana virginiana Passionflower Spotted Touch-me-not Flexible Sasa-grass Passiflora incarnata Impatiens capensis Microstegium vimineum Spotted Wintergreen Queen-Anne's-lace Beaked Panic Grass Chimaphila maculata Daucus carota Panicum anceps Mountain Laurel Butterfly-weed Whiteleaf Greenbrier Kalmia latifolia Asclepias tuberosa Smilax glauca Sourwood Horse-nettle Cranefly Orchid Oxydendrum arboreum Solanum carolinense carolinense Tipularia discolor Azalea Compact Dodder Tulip-tree Rhododendron sp. Cuscuta compacta compacta Liriodendron tulipifera Hillside Blueberry Self-heal Fraser Magnolia Vaccinium pallidum Prunella vulgaris Magnolia fraseri Galax Mountain-mint Sweet-shrub Galax urceolata Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides Calycanthus floridus American Persimmon White Ash Sassafras Diospyros virginiana Fraxinus americana Sassafras albidum Horsesugar Trumpet-creeper Virginia Snakeroot Symplocos tinctoria Campsis radicans Endodeca serpentaria Mountain Indian-physic Princess Tree Meadow-rue Gillenia trifoliata Paulownia tomentosa Thalictrum sp. Black Cherry Indian-tobacco Sycamore Prunus serotina serotina Lobelia inflata Platanus occidentalis occidentalis Bradford Pear Poorjoe Sweet Gum Pyrus calleryana Diodia teres Liquidambar styraciflua Mimosa Buttonweed Pignut Hickory Albizia julibrissin Diodia virginiana Carya glabra Partridge-pea Partridge-berry American Beech Chamaecrista sp. Mitchella repens Fagus grandifolia Sericea Japanese Honeysuckle White Oak Lespedeza cuneata Lonicera japonica Quercus alba Mapleleaf Viburnum Jumping Spider Red-spotted Purple (butterfly) Viburnum acerifolium Phidippus clarus Limenitis arthemis astyanax Common Ragweed Chigger Silver-spotted Skipper Ambrosia artemisiifolia Trombicula alfreddugesi Epargyreus clarus Pale Indian-plantain Red-headed Bush Cricket Sweetgum Leafminer Arnoglossum atriplicifolium Phyllopalpus pulchellus Phyllocnistis liquidambarisella Coreopsis Predatory Stink Bug Ailanthus Webworm Moth Coreopsis major * Perillus strigipes Atteva punctella Fireweed Leaf-footed Bug Regal Moth Erechtites hieraciifolius Acanthocephala terminalis Citheronia regalis Common Rough Fleabane Froghopper Luna Moth Erigeron strigosus strigosus Prosapia bicincta Actias luna Small-headed Sunflower Hedgehog Gall Wasp Fall Webworm Moth Helianthus microcephalus * Acraspis erinacei Hyphantria cunea American Wild Lettuce Common Eastern Velvet-ant Bullfrog Lactuca canadensis Dasymutilla occidentalis Lithobates catesbiana Common Wild Quinine occidentalis Green Frog Parthenium integrifolium Eastern Yellowjacket Lithobates clamitans melanota integrifolium Vespula maculifrons Pickerel Frog Rattlesnake-root Yellowjacket Hoverfly Lithobates palustris Prenanthes sp. Milesia virginiensis Eastern Fence Lizard Toothed White-topped Aster Widow Skimmer Dragonfly Sceloporus undulatus Sericocarpus asteroides Libellula luctuosa Six-lined Racerunner Rosinweed Wandering Glider Aspidoscelis sexlineata * Silphium reniforme Pantala flavescens Five-lined Skink Eastern Gray Goldenrod Common Whitetail Plestiodon fasciatus Solidago nemoralis nemoralis Plathemis lydia Ground Skink Licorice Goldenrod Variable Dancer (damselfly) Scincella lateralis Solidago odora odora Argia fumipennis Wild Turkey Split-skin Carbon Cushion Bluet (damselfly) Meleagris gallopavo * Peridoxylon petersii Enallagma sp. Yellow-billed Cuckoo Cinnabar-red Chanterelle Kudzu Bug Coccyzus americanus Cantharellus cinnabarinus Megacopta cribraria Blue Jay Black-trumpet Dung Roller Cyanocitta cristata Craterellus fallax Canthon vigilans American Crow Shaggy-stalked Bolete Japanese Beetle Corvus brachyrhynchos Boletellus betula Popillia japonica Carolina Chickadee Emetic Russula (mushroom) Seven-spotted Lady Beetle Parus carolinensis Russula emetica Coccinella septempunctata Carolina Wren Earthstar Tumbling Flower Beetle Thryothorus ludovicianus Geastrum sp. Mordella atrata Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Purple-spored Puffball Tumbling Flower Beetle Polioptila caerulea Calvatia cyathiformis Mordella marginata Red-Eyed Vireo Tumbling Flower Beetle Vireo olivaceus FAUNA Mordella melaena Worm-eating Warbler Oval Leaf Beetle Helmitheros vermivorus Keeled Ramshorn Snail Brachypnoea clypealis Northern Cardinal Helisoma anceps Leaf Beetle Cardinalis cardinalis Sprite Elimia * Colaspis recurva Indigo Bunting Pleurocera proxima Skeletonizing Leaf Beetle Passerina cyanea Paper Pondshell Ophraella communa Eastern Towhee Utterbackia imbecillis Eggplant Flea Beetle Pipilo erythrophthalmus Spiny-backed Spider Epitrix fuscula American Goldfinch Micrathena gracilis Zygopine Weevil Carduelis tristis White Micrathena (spider) * Cylindrocopturus nanulus Gray Squirrel Micrathena mitrata Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Sciurus carolinensis Writing Spider Papilio glaucus Black Bear (tracks) Argiope aurantia Pearl Crescent (butterfly) Ursus americanus Arrowhead Spider Phyciodes tharos White-tailed Deer (tracks) Verrucosa arenata Question Mark (butterfly) Odocoileus virginianus Jumping Spider Polygonia interrogationis Phidippus regius