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Audubon Swamp Garden Charleston South Carolina The Audubon Swamp Garden at the Magnolia Plantation, is a unique world where trees grow from the water, islands float, and everywhere wild creatures go about their secret lives.<br />
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It boasts a diversity of living things almost unequaled anywhere else in America. Thousands of plant and animal species coexist amongst the cypress and tupelo gum trees, surrounded by blackwater. Each year, hundreds of egrets, herons, and other waterfowl nest within feet of the walking path. <br />
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You cannot walk on this area because it is swamp covered by duckweed, but there are footpaths and bridges to get around.<br />
<figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/23500/duckweed.html" title="Duckweed"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/1780/23500_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=cWTmKJsehJoWzflP0UOLHJ8mdc4%3D" width="104" height="152" alt="Duckweed Duckweeds (botanically, are extremely small (if not the smallest) flowering plants.  These plants grow floating in still or slow-moving fresh water around the globe, except in the coldest regions.  The growth of these high-protein plants can be extremely rapid.  Lemna is one of the best known of this group and has been the subject of much research.  Charleston,Geotagged,Magnolia Plantation and Gardens,United States" /></a></figure> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/23502/audubon_swamp_garden.html" title="Audubon Swamp Garden"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/1780/23502_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=vJH4SyeP6Rmxzm1tFgfeKPWoKQo%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Audubon Swamp Garden  Charleston,Geotagged,Magnolia Plantation and Gardens,United States" /></a></figure> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/23494/giant_banana_spider.html" title="Giant Banana Spider"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/1780/23494_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=ouM3gBpsabw449wlSyukS%2Fi43oM%3D" width="110" height="152" alt="Giant Banana Spider In the U.S southeastern states, the golden silk orb weaver spider, a large orange and brown spider with the feathery tufts on its legs, is well know to most native southerners. It is particularly despised by hikers and hunters, as during late summer and fall the large golden webs of this species make a sticky trap for the unwary. <br />
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During late summer, the ladies of this native spider grow bodies up to 2 inches long, not counting their legs, and weave webs as wide as 15 feet.<br />
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However, as is typical with most spiders, there is little real danger from an encounter with the golden silk spider. The spider will bite only if held or pinched, and the bite itself will produce only localized pain with a slight redness, which quickly goes away. On the whole, the bite is much less severe than a bee string. <br />
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Typically, the webs are made in open woods or edges of dense forest, usually attached to trees and low shrubs, although they may be in the tops of trees or between the wires of utility lines. <br />
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Prey consists of a wide variety of small to medium-sized flying insects, including flies, bees, wasps, and small moths and butterflies. They have also been seen feeding on small beetles and dragonflies. Charleston,Geotagged,Magnolia Plantation and Gardens,Nephila clavipes,United States,banana spider,golden silk orb weaver" /></a></figure><br />
<figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/23519/camellia.html" title="Camellia"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/1780/23519_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=VVC6pdauCkXrgG50gWYOn%2Bm8gbA%3D" width="200" height="146" alt="Camellia Ancient Camellias (pre-1900) are a specialty at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens. Not only did Magnolia introduce over 150 cultivars of Japonica to America from the 1840&#039;s to 1940&#039;s, but it has organized and implemented a world-wide search for Ancient Camellias which are in threat of extinction.<br />
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At Magnolia Plantation there are over 1,000 cultivars of Japonica, more than any garden in America.  Camellia,Camellia japonica,Charleston,Geotagged,Japanese Camellia,Magnolia Plantation and Gardens,United States" /></a></figure><br />
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Audubon Swamp Garden Charleston South Carolina

The Audubon Swamp Garden at the Magnolia Plantation, is a unique world where trees grow from the water, islands float, and everywhere wild creatures go about their secret lives.

It boasts a diversity of living things almost unequaled anywhere else in America. Thousands of plant and animal species coexist amongst the cypress and tupelo gum trees, surrounded by blackwater. Each year, hundreds of egrets, herons, and other waterfowl nest within feet of the walking path.

You cannot walk on this area because it is swamp covered by duckweed, but there are footpaths and bridges to get around.

Duckweed Duckweeds (botanically, are extremely small (if not the smallest) flowering plants.  These plants grow floating in still or slow-moving fresh water around the globe, except in the coldest regions.  The growth of these high-protein plants can be extremely rapid.  Lemna is one of the best known of this group and has been the subject of much research.  Charleston,Geotagged,Magnolia Plantation and Gardens,United States
Audubon Swamp Garden  Charleston,Geotagged,Magnolia Plantation and Gardens,United States
Giant Banana Spider In the U.S southeastern states, the golden silk orb weaver spider, a large orange and brown spider with the feathery tufts on its legs, is well know to most native southerners. It is particularly despised by hikers and hunters, as during late summer and fall the large golden webs of this species make a sticky trap for the unwary. <br />
<br />
During late summer, the ladies of this native spider grow bodies up to 2 inches long, not counting their legs, and weave webs as wide as 15 feet.<br />
<br />
However, as is typical with most spiders, there is little real danger from an encounter with the golden silk spider. The spider will bite only if held or pinched, and the bite itself will produce only localized pain with a slight redness, which quickly goes away. On the whole, the bite is much less severe than a bee string. <br />
<br />
Typically, the webs are made in open woods or edges of dense forest, usually attached to trees and low shrubs, although they may be in the tops of trees or between the wires of utility lines. <br />
<br />
Prey consists of a wide variety of small to medium-sized flying insects, including flies, bees, wasps, and small moths and butterflies. They have also been seen feeding on small beetles and dragonflies. Charleston,Geotagged,Magnolia Plantation and Gardens,Nephila clavipes,United States,banana spider,golden silk orb weaver

Camellia Ancient Camellias (pre-1900) are a specialty at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens. Not only did Magnolia introduce over 150 cultivars of Japonica to America from the 1840's to 1940's, but it has organized and implemented a world-wide search for Ancient Camellias which are in threat of extinction.<br />
<br />
At Magnolia Plantation there are over 1,000 cultivars of Japonica, more than any garden in America.  Camellia,Camellia japonica,Charleston,Geotagged,Japanese Camellia,Magnolia Plantation and Gardens,United States

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Uploaded Nov 20, 2014. Captured Sep 20, 2000 08:57 in 2401-2437 Magnolia Plantation Road, Charleston, SC 29414, USA.
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