"They don’t confront us like mountains, comfort us like oceans, or envelop us like forests; they don’t seem to want to have anything to do with us at all. Swamps hide. Swamps demur." —Ashley Stimpson on why swamps deserve our love.
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Limenitis arthemis, the red-spotted purple or white admiral butterfly, in Congaree National Park in South Carolina. A shout out to "circle to search" which makes identification so much easier.
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In Congaree National Park in South Carolina
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From signage in Congaree National Park:
• No place in eastern North America has a larger contiguous area of 130-foot to over 160-foot tall trees.
• This old-growth forest is among the tallest broad-leaved forests in the world.
Tangled up in Congaree National Park in South Carolina.
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An abundance of riches in Congaree National Park in South Carolina.
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Among the bald cypress in Congaree National Park in South Carolina.
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The boardwalk trail in Congaree National Park in South Carolina.
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The Eastern Tent Caterpillar was in abundance in Congaree National Park in South Carolina.
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Dawn Armfield