South Carolina's Natural Wildflower Communities
adapted from A Guide to the Wildflowers of South Carolina by Richard D. Porcher and Douglas A. Rayner. Used by permission.

THE MOUNTAINS:

The granitic dome community
The spray cliffs community
The seepage communities
The rocky streamside community
The deciduous forest communities
The evergreen forest communities

THE PIEDMONT:

The granitic flatrocks community
The rocky shoals community
The deciduous forest communities
The piedmont springhead seepage forest community
The bottomland forest communities

THE FALL-LINE SANDHILLS:

The xeric communities
The sandhill seepage communities

THE COASTAL PLAIN:

The pine communities
The sandy, dry, open woodlands community
The calcareous forest communities
The bottomland forest communities
The peatland community
The pond cypress communities
The freshwater marsh communities
The freshwater floating aquatics community
The depression meadow community

THE MARITIME STRAND:

The maritime communities

 

Classification of the Natural Communities of North Carolina,
third approximation, by Michael P. Schafale and Alan S. Weakley (1990) (PDF)

The Natural Communities of South Carolina,
initial classification and description, by John B. Nelson (1986) (PDF)