Dixie Plantation

On February 7th, 2019 at the Dixie Plantation in Hollywood, South Carolina, the weather was warm and partly cloudy. There was really no breeze and it was a bit humid. We wore waiters in order to walk through the swamps on the Plantation, retrieving traps for crawfish and any other possible specimens in the waters. We also walked through part of the woods and saw very many things. At the beginning of our walk, a single violet flower was spotted. I thought this was need seeing how we only one small violet flower through the whole trip and violets have a special meaning to me from my great grandmother so that was really neat to me. From the waters, we caught several crawfish from the Genus Procambarus. They were interesting in their claws and their abdomens. They kind of looked like mini lobsters to me. I also noticed that one claw seemed to be bigger. We also caught a Green Sunfish, a couple Pygmy Sunfishes, and a Southern Cricket Frog. The Green Sunfish was bigger than the Pygmy Sunfish and, unironically, had a more green hue to it. In the waters, a snake was spotted but we were unable to get a photo of it. It was most likely a Water Moccasin. Further down we observed more plants, the ones along a stream seemed to be a lot taller. I identified a Cane plant and Parrot's Feather. A little further down we found a Green Tree Frog, which I think was my favorite part of the trip. Walking through the woods I observed a mossy like plant on the ground and originally identified it as Star Moss because the leaves kind of form a star shape, but several other people correctly identified it as Atrichum. Through the woods we also spotted a trail of possible deer blood, which honestly made me concerned because just before we saw about eight deer run in that direction. A little further down were the bones of a deer. It had already been eaten likely by coyotes, but the skull was fully in tact and the ribs several other bones were still there, which was pretty neat to see. On the way back, there was a ton of Yaupon Holly which has a very interesting history.

Publicado el 01 de marzo de 2019 a las 07:32 PM por landsb