Additional Resources
References
Need help selecting the right plant for your landscape? Visit
the Clemson Extension Carolina Yards plant database to
select plants based on region, soil, sun, application, and more
at clemson.edu/cy/plants.
Learn more about gardening with native plants and
creating tidal creek buffers by visiting the Clemson Extension
SC Waterways fact sheet series at clemson.edu/extension/
hgic/water.
The SC Native Plant Society is a statewide organization
with active chapters throughout the state. Find out about
native plant sales, field trips, or other native plant events;
learn more at www.scnps.org.
Mellichamp, Larry. 2014. Native Plants of the Southeast.
London, UK: Timber Press, Inc.
SC Native Plant Society Native Plant List for Coastal
South, http://scnps.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/
CoastalNativePlantList.pdf
Pollinator Partnership Selecting Plants for Pollinators A
Regional Guide for Farmers, Land Manager and Gardeners in
the Outer Coastal Plain Mixed Province, http://pollinator.org/
PDFs/Guides/OuterCoastalrx7FINAL.pdf
Porcher, Richard Dwight and Douglas Alan Rayner. 2001.
A Guide to the Wildflowers of South Carolina. Columbia:
University of South Carolina Press.
The Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center, wildflower.org
USDA Natural Resource Conservation Center Plants
Database, http://plants.usda.gov NK
About the Authors
Amy Dabbs
Amy Dabbs is the Clemson University Consumer Horticulture Extension and Master
Gardener Coordinator for Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester counties. Amy spent 10
years as a garden educator at the South Carolina Botanical Garden prior to relocating
to the Lowcountry. Her primary gardening interests are youth and children’s gardening,
native plants, and plants that support pollinators, as well as vegetable and herb
gardening. She says being able to encourage people of all ages to try gardening is
the best part of her job.
Kim Counts Morganello
Kim Counts Morganello works for Clemson’s Carolina Clear Program as a Water
Resources Agent alongside Guinn Garrett Wallover. She co-coordinates the Ashley
Cooper Stormwater Education Consortium (ACSEC). Kim comes to the Extension
from the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, bringing with her a
background in community outreach and environmental and outdoor education. Kim
has experience in managing and monitoring invasive plant species as well as promoting
the use of native plants, gardening for wildlife, and general stewardship practices in the
home landscape. Kim serves on the local board for the South Carolina Native Plant
Society as well as the Charleston Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation.
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