Who Did This?
Tell-tale signs along the Nature Trail: girdling, a.k.a. ring-barking, complete removal of bark from around the entire circumference of a tree trunk, results in the death of the area above the girdle over time; when the main trunk of a tree is girdled, the entire tree will die if it cannot regrow from above to bridge the wound – animals, such as rodents, will girdle trees by feeding on outer bark often during winter under snow, and herbivorous mammals also feed on the bark, in addition to birds and insects, both of which can effectively girdle a tree by boring rows of adjacent holes
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Landsford Canal State Park, SC – 2019JUN04 – Shoals Spider Lily:
I've long wanted to see the largest known stand of the rocky shoals spider lily in peak bloom on the Catawba River, Number One on the Landsford Canal State Park's Top 5 Things To Do.
Today we drove into South Carolina just to see those spider lilies!
We also explored the Canal Trail and read the interpretive text along the path to understand the incredible work done on the trail by 1820s standards. "Next time" we want to paddle the shoals and appreciate the power of a piedmont, fall line river.
Hope you enjoy the 14% of 144 photos we took here this day!
Who Did This?
Tell-tale signs along the Nature Trail: girdling, a.k.a. ring-barking, complete removal of bark from around the entire circumference of a tree trunk, results in the death of the area above the girdle over time; when the main trunk of a tree is girdled, the entire tree will die if it cannot regrow from above to bridge the wound – animals, such as rodents, will girdle trees by feeding on outer bark often during winter under snow, and herbivorous mammals also feed on the bark, in addition to birds and insects, both of which can effectively girdle a tree by boring rows of adjacent holes
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Landsford Canal State Park, SC – 2019JUN04 – Shoals Spider Lily:
I've long wanted to see the largest known stand of the rocky shoals spider lily in peak bloom on the Catawba River, Number One on the Landsford Canal State Park's Top 5 Things To Do.
Today we drove into South Carolina just to see those spider lilies!
We also explored the Canal Trail and read the interpretive text along the path to understand the incredible work done on the trail by 1820s standards. "Next time" we want to paddle the shoals and appreciate the power of a piedmont, fall line river.
Hope you enjoy the 14% of 144 photos we took here this day!