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Images

Butterfly Weed
http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/plant-finder/plant-details/kc/b490/asclepias-tuberosa.aspx 

Blue false indigo
http://www.wildflower.org/image_archive/640x480/BGNP/BGNP_0048.JPG 

Carolina Allspice
http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/plant-finder/plant-details/kc/b820/calycanthus-floridus.aspx 

Blue Wood Sedge
http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/plant-finder/plant-details/kc/b239/carex-flaccosperma.aspx 

Shagbark Hickory
http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/plant-finder/plant-details/kc/b820/calycanthus-floridus.aspx

Fringetree
http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/dbpages/309.html 

White Flowering Dogwood 
http://www.herrinhs.org/Teachers/EricJohns/CHA07/Noah%20Quinton/Flowering%20Dogwood/Flowering%20dogwood%20site.htm 

Smooth Purple Coneflower
http://plants.usda.gov/java/nameSearch?keywordquery=echinacea+laevigata&mode=sciname&submit.x=0&submit.y=0 

‘Kim’s Knee-High’ Purple Coneflower
http://www.wildflower.org/image_archive/640x480/SAW/SAW_01215.JPG 

Fothergilla ‘Mount Airy’
http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/plant-finder/plant-details/kc/b705/fothergilla-mount-airy.aspx 

Spotted Joe-Pye Weed
http://www.wildflower.org/image_archive/640x480/PCD1285/PCD1285_IMG0061.JPG 

Dwarf Fothergilla
http://www.naturallandscapesnursery.com/fothergilla.html 

Willow-leaved sunflower ‘First Light’
http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/Portals/0/PlantFinder/low/X980-0901020.jpg 

Scarlet Rosemallow
Larry Allain @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database (13)

Pink Muhly Grass
http://www.northcreeknurseries.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/news.detail/recID/33/index.htm 

White Muhly Grass
http://myfolia.com/retailers/854-park-seed/catalogue_items/73797-muhly-grass-white-cloud 

Passion Vine
http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/plant-finder/plant-details/kc/q280/passiflora-incarnata.aspx 

Blue-eyed Grass
http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/plant-finder/plant-details/kc/i870/sisyrinchium-angustifolium.aspx 

Late Purple Aster
http://naturenarratives.com/tag/aspen-trees 

Burgundy Wild Lowbush Blueberry
http://www.cumauriceriver.org/botany/vaan.html 

Highbush Blueberry ‘Misty’
http://www.naturallandscapesnursery.com/vaccinium.html 

Highbush Blueberry ‘Jubilee’
http://plants.squakmtnursery.com/Content/Images/Photos/F620-21.jpg 

Woodland Sunflower
http://www.wildflower.org/image_archive/640x480/PCD2414/PCD2414_IMG0016.JPG 

Bushy Bluestern
http://www.catnapin.com/WildFlowers/Grass/Bushy%20Bluestem,%20Andropogon%20glomeratus%20-%20Coleman_small.jpg 

Eastern Blue Star
https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=AMTA2

*Soil pH is determined using a professional soil test. Contact your Clemson University County Extension service for assistance www.clemson.edu/extension/. Click on “local offices”.

**2012 Plant Wetland Indicator categories (quantitative derived) http://plants.usda.gov/wetinfo.html

Categories
Indicator Code Indicator Status Comment
OBL Obligate Wetland Almost always is a hydrophyte, rarely in uplands
FACW Facultative Wetland Usually is a hydrophyte but occasionally found in uplands
FAC Facultative Commonly occurs as either a hydrophyte or non-hydrophyte
FACU Facultative Upland Occasionally is a hydrophyte but usually occurs in uplands
UPL Obligate Upland Rarely is a hydrophyte, almost always in uplands