Local Plants
Chestnut tree
These things are really prickly
Live Oak trees
Magnolia Blossom
Spanish Moss This stuff hangs off everything here
These Pine trees are not indigenous
They use the needles like we use bark mulch under shrubs and in gardens that they don't want to have to weed. They call it pine straw, and they harvest it by the bale.
This bug is called a Walking Stick
There are lots of very colorful mushrooms here
Here are a few pictures of the state plant the Palmetto. That's pronounced pal-metto (pal like your friend). South Carolina is called the palmetto state.
They start off looking like small house plants
Here are some bigger ones in the foreground and a few more in the background.
Here they are at the local garden center.
I came onto a flowering cactus a few days ago
