Articles
One of the most important aspects of the Society’s mission is education. Whether you are an SCNPS member looking to learn more about a particular species, a homeowner needing information on landscaping with native plants, or an educator looking for help with a lesson plan, we hope the articles provided here will be of help. If you know of an article that would be informative to others and have the author’s permission to use it, please contact the webmaster. Also, don’t forget to check our links page for native plant information available elsewhere on the web.
Native Plants in the Landscape
Native Shrubs: Continuing our Landscape Heritage by Rick Huffman
Fall is for Prairie Grasses by Rick Huffman
Changing Paradigms through the Lens of Ecology by Rick Huffman
Pause for Plants – Seasonal
These articles written and submitted by Jan Haldeman haldeman@erskine.edu
January:
Deck the Halls – American Holly
February:
Winged Elm – A Bloomin’ Tree
Pining for You (to read online, click here; to download a PDF, click here)
March:
Shamrock
Who let the pears out?
April:
Judas Tree
Carolina Mallow
May:
Roadside Rags
Commoner with a Regal Name – Queen Anne’s Lace
June:
Elderberry
July:
Trumpet Creeper
August
Pause for evening primrose
September:
Goldenrod
Sumac
Indian Grass
October:
Why turn red?
Dog Fennel
You are my sunshine
December:
Under the Mistletoe
O Tannenbaum – Eastern Red Cedar