Grateful Acknowledgements
This website attempts to package what some great "plant people" have shared, and to pass it along to a wider audience.

I'm grateful to Patrick McMillan of Clemson University, for monitoring the site's taxonomic integrity and for the contribution of his extensive collection of botanical photography; and to Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's herbarium, for her ongoing review...

to folks who shared knowledge, passion, inspiration, or encouragement, even before there was a NameThatPlant.net, especially:
Ron Lance, author, Woody Plants of the Southeastern United States, A Winter Guide
John Nelson, AC Moore Herbarium, University of South Carolina
Bill Stringer, SC Native Plant Society & Clemson University

to those who have added their talents and knowledge:
Kevin Adams, author, North Carolina's Best Wildflower Hikes: The Mountains
Christi Bruner, Carolina Wild Native Plant Nursery
Jim Fowler, author, Wild Orchids of South Carolina
Judy Gordon, Augusta State University
Jan Haldeman, Erskine College
Joe Pollard, Furman University
Richard Porcher, The Citadel, author, A Guide to the Wildflowers of South Carolina
Doug Rayner, Wofford College, author, A Guide to the Wildflowers of South Carolina
Lisa Wagner, SC Botanical Garden

to those listed on Voices or Photographers, Plant Communities or Botanical Terms.

and to others who have shared knowledge, passion, inspiration, or encouragement:
Wayne Bateman, Scotts Lawn Service
Marie Burgess, Furman University Learning In Retirement Program (FULIR)
Amanda Howard, Hunting Island State Park
Rick Huffman, SC Native Plant Society & EarthDesign
Janet Manning, Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Bob Polomski, Clemson University Extension Service & State Master Gardener Coordinator
Claude Smith, Clemson University Extension Service & Greenville County Master Gardener Coordinator
Jane Thomas, Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Mike Walker, Huntington Beach State Park
Ann Wilson, Myrtle Beach State Park

Many of the photographs were taken at places such as Chimney Rock Park, Corneille Bryan Native Garden, and other public parks, forests, preserves, and gardens. These are invaluable resources: Please protect and support them.

The primary reference for plant descriptions is the Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas, by Albert E. Radford, Harry E. Ahles, and C. Ritchie Bell.

Much of the information on plant origin was obtained from the PLANTS National Database: USDA, NRCS. 2003. The PLANTS Database. Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, & Georgia by Alan S. Weakley (working drafts) has been the major source of descriptions of additional species, taxonomic clarification and revisions, updated nomenclature, expanded information on native status, and synonymy.

Anyone who knows Charles R. Thompson, RainCloud Studios, will understand that there is no way I can thank him enough for shining a light through the fog of cyberspace.

I am forever grateful that there were unfenced woods behind our house when I was growing up (where my brother strung a network of old army field telephones). This woods will always be part of who I am.
... I'm glad that my mom taught me to see each leaf as a work of art.
... And I'm grateful for the patience of my husband, Steve. — Janie Marlow