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The Mountains of South Carolina refers to the Blue Ridge Mountains, a province of the larger Appalachian Mountains, that stretches from Maine to Alabama. It is the smallest geographical region in the whole state. In South Carolina, this regions consists mostly of igneous and metamorphic rocks of Precambrian age.
The life zone concept was developed by C. Hart Merriam in 1889 as a means of describing areas with similar plant and animal communities. Merriam observed that the changes in these communities with an increase in latitude at a constant elevation are similar to the changes seen with an increase in elevation at a constant latitude.
List of South Carolina wildlife management areas. [1] Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve/Wildlife Management Area; Angelus WMA; Ashmore Heritage Preserve/Wildlife Management Area; Bear Island Wildlife Management Area; Belfast Wildlife Management Area; Bland Tract Dove Field, Manchester State Forest (MSF) WMA; Bonneau Ferry Wildlife ...
Plants and animals play a huge role in the health of our ecosystems. A delicate balance exists between relationships of plants and animals. If an animal is introduced to an ecosystem that is not native to the region that it could destroy plants or animals that should not have to protect itself from this particular threat.
South Carolina Nature Centers (Hover mouse over pog to popup clickable link) This is a list of nature centres and environmental education centres in the state of South Carolina . To use the sortable tables: click on the icons at the top of each column to sort that column in alphabetical order; click again for reverse alphabetical order.
Image credits: thootly #5 Orangutans Self-Medicate. A Sumatran Orangutan in Indonesia has been observed healing a nasty wound on its face by making a paste from a native plant known to locals as ...
Whittaker's distinction between biome and formation can be simplified: formation is used when applied to plant communities only, while biome is used when concerned with both plants and animals. Whittaker's convention of biome-type or formation-type is a broader method to categorize similar communities.
Here are five of the most dangerous animals that can be found in South Carolina.