The SC Plant Atlas is intended to provide users with information about the plants of South Carolina. We have included lichens, bryophytes, ferns and allies, gymnosperms, and angiosperms. All species included in the Atlas are supported by documented herbarium specimens or other evidence of occurrence. Our taxonomy follows The Flora of the Southeastern United States by Alan S. Weakley and the Southeastern Flora Team. Additional data are provided by the South Carolina Natural Heritage Trust Team.
Funding the Atlas
The development of the SC Plant Atlas was funded by a grant from Furman University to Dr. Ashley B. Morris (Curator of the Ives Herbarium, Department of Biology, Furman University).
Building the Atlas
The SC Atlas is the result of a true partnership between colleagues and dedicated botanists at Furman University (Dr. Ashley B. Morris), University of South Carolina (Dr. Herrick Brown, Curator of the A.C. Moore Herbarium), and the South Carolina Heritage Trust (Keith Bradley, Lead Botanist, and Csilla Czakó, Botany Data Specialist).
Perform a quick search to find plant species of interest by using the fields here. Or, you may perform more technical and advanced searches by clicking Advanced Species Search button, below.
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The Plant Atlas has been designed to allow external websites to dynamically link to individual species and issue URL-based searches. This method allows you to link to the Atlas without knowing individual unique species identifiers.
| Number of Native Species | 2,748 |
|---|---|
| Number of Non-Native Species | 1,173 |
| Number of Plant Images | 243 |
| Number of Plant Species | 3,921 |
| Number of Specimens Digitized | 1 |