{"id":2227,"date":"2017-10-17T05:09:26","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T12:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.deleteapathy.com\/?p=2227"},"modified":"2017-10-17T05:25:42","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T12:25:42","slug":"lowcountry-botanists-celie-dailey-and-richard-porcher-give-a-talk-tonight-for-native-plant-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deleteapathy.com\/?p=2227","title":{"rendered":"Lowcountry botanists Celie Dailey and Richard Porcher give a talk tonight for Native Plant Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday October 17, 6:30 pm<br \/>\nFounder&#8217;s Hall at Charles Towne Landing<br \/>\nLecture: Rediscovering the Lowcountry Landscape<br \/>\nDr. Richard Porcher and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.celiedailey.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cecelia Dailey<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Man and nature have shaped the Lowcountry landscape ever since Native Americans arrived eleven thousand years ago. Native Americans created calcium-rich shell middens, where a rare community, the maritime shell forest, developed. Beginning in the late 1700s, enslaved Africans banked, then cleared, 150,000 acres of tidal freshwater swamp where rice was planted. The abandoned fields today are mostly marsh communities, supporting a plethora of flora and fauna. Many acres of uplands that were cleared for agriculture today support diverse secondary forests, a community unknown before first contact, but nonetheless rich in wildlife. Coastal rivers and uplands were mined for phosphate, leaving the landscape not unlike a bomb-scarred battlefield. Introduced invasive species, like Chinese tallow tree, signal the past footsteps of man. Prescribed fires maintain the longleaf forests, our most biodiverse plant community on the coast. Today\u2019s Lowcountry is a complex and varied landscape that offers unending investigation for the naturalist to enjoy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2230\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.deleteapathy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/blue-spring1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2230\" src=\"http:\/\/www.deleteapathy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/blue-spring1.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Spring, photograph by Cecelia Dailey\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.deleteapathy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/blue-spring1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.deleteapathy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/blue-spring1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2230\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blue Spring, photograph by Cecelia Dailey<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Additional activities this week are:<\/p>\n<p>Friday October 20, 5:00-9:00 pm<br \/>\nNative Plant Celebration at Holy City Brewing <\/p>\n<p>Saturday October 21, 9:00am &#8211; noon (members can shop at 8:30!)<br \/>\nFall Native Plant Sale at Charles Towne Landing<br \/>\nNative plant list and prices are available here: <a href=\"http:\/\/scnps.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/FinalPlantListWPrices-10.14.17.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/scnps.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/FinalPlantListWPrices-10.14.17.pdf<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>More information for each event can be found on our Activity Calendar: <a href=\"http:\/\/scnps.org\/events\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/scnps.org\/events\/<\/a><br \/>\nand on our Facebook Page, under &#8220;Events&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SCNPS\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SCNPS<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday October 17, 6:30 pm Founder&#8217;s Hall at Charles Towne Landing Lecture: Rediscovering the Lowcountry Landscape Dr. Richard Porcher and Cecelia Dailey Man and nature have shaped the Lowcountry landscape ever since Native Americans arrived eleven thousand years ago. Native Americans created calcium-rich shell middens, where a rare community, the maritime shell forest, developed. 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