Lowcountry Chapter Field Trips and Activities

Lowcountry Chapter Meetings

The Lowcountry Chapter meets monthly in Charleston September through May (except December) on the third Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.  MEETING PLACE: 101 Duckett Hall, Biology Auditorium on The Citadel campus. Free parking is available along the west and south sides of Summerall field directly across the street from Duckett and Bond Hall. There is also free parking after 5pm in faculty lots directly behind Bond Hall. For more information view a campus map

• May 20, 2008 - 6:30 p.m. (Tuesday) - Threats to Biodiversity: Coastal Plain Carolina Bays and Piedmont Forest Reservoir Islands - Danielle C. Zoellner
  Danielle is a PhD student at Clemson University and will discuss her current research involving the plant community composition and invasibility of reservoir islands located in the Strom Thurmond and Richard B. Russell reservoirs. In addition, she will present her master’s work from Coastal Carolina about factors influencing species composition of Carolina Bays in northeastern South Carolina.

Lowcountry Chapter Field Trips and Activities

May 24, 2008 (Saturday) - Peachtree Rock Heritage Preserve

We’ll take a drive up to Peachtree Rock Preserve near Columbia for a look at a unique assemblage of species including sandhill rosemary, sand myrtle, galax, and the rare Raynor’s blueberry among the xeric longleaf and swamp tupelo-evergreen shrub bog communities. There are also remnants of a moonshine still along the trail and amazing geological rock formations carved by the sea millions of years ago. Peachtree Rock is currently co-managed by The Nature Conservancy and the SC Department of Natural Resources. For more information on Peachtree Rock visit http://www.dnr.sc.gov/managed/heritage/peachtree/description.html

Meet in the Wal-Mart parking lot behind the Hardee’s in Summerville, at the 17-A exit, at 8:15 am for an 8:30 departure. Wear field clothes and boots. Bring lunch and plenty of water. We’ll plan to be back before 4:00pm.