BULLETIN 



OF 



THE CHARLESTON MUSEUM 



Vol. 8 CHARLESTON, S. C, NOVEMBER. 1912 No. 7 



NOTES ON THE FLORA ABOUT CLEMSON COLLEGE 



Clemson College is located in the foot hills of the Blue Ridge 

 Mountains in the eastern corner of Oconee county and the 

 southern corner of Pickens county. The soil is largely clay and 

 to some extent ' ' Cecil sandy loam. " Our woodlands are mixed 

 broad leaved and coniferous trees. In a few places one finds a 

 small almost pure stand of beech, Fagus americana Sweet; also 

 small stands of pine, Pinus taeda Linn. 



In the low grounds along the streams are to be found the tulip 

 tree, Liriodendron tulipifera Linn. ; hackberry, Celtis occidentalis 

 Linn.; red maple. Acer rubrum Linn.; sweet gum, Liquidamher 

 styraciflua Linn.; willow oak, Quercus phellos Linn.; American 

 hornbeam, Carpinus caroliniana Walt.; American holly, Ilex 

 opaca Ait. ; deciduous holly, Ilex decidua Walt, ; birch, Betula sp. ; 

 willow, Salix sp. 



On the higher grounds and hills there are scattered, here and 

 there, specimens of white oak, Quercus alba Linn.; red oak, 

 Q. rubra Linn.; post oak, Q. stellaia Wand.; scarlet oak, Q. coccinea 

 Wand. ; black jack, Q. nigra Linn. ; black oak, Q. velutina Lam. ; hick» 

 ory, Carya sp.; black gum, Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.; flowering 

 dogwood, Cornus florida Linn. ; sour wood, Oxydendron arboreum 

 DeC; persimmon, Diospyros virginiana Linn.; box elder, Acer 

 negundo Linn.; and a few specimens of silver bell tree, Hal&sia 

 teiraptera Linn.; and ash, Fraxinus sp. 



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