Pocosin Xeric Environment Adaptation Lab



 
Species
Adaptations
Poison Oak
Toxicodendron toxicarium

Sand Cactus
Opuntia humifusa

Sand Pine
Pinus clausa

Hawthorne
Crataegus flava

Turkey Oak
Quercus laevis

Warea
Warea sessilifolia

Stylisma
Stylisma humistrata

Gerardia
Agalinis fasciculata

Blue Jack Oak
Quercus incana

Blazing Star
Liatris tenuifolia

Farewell to Summer
Petalostemon pinnatum

Arkansas Oak
Quercus arkansana

Stinging Nettle
Cnidoscolus stimulosus

Pine Weed
Hypericum gentianoides

Nodding Nixie
Apteria aphylla
 
Gopher Tortoise
Gopherus polyphemus

Eastern Six-lined Racerunner
Cnemidophorus sexlineatus

Big Headed Sandhill Harvester Ant
Pogonomyrmex badius

Reindeer moss
Cladina rangiferina
Cladina evansii
Cladina subtenuis
Cladonia leporina

Fungus Gardening Ant
Trachymyrmex septentrionalis


Links:

THE VASCULAR FLORA OF THE PIKE COUNTY POCOSIN NATURE PRESERVE
Lichens
Gopher Tortise Council
Integrated Taxonomic Information System