Sunday, September 27, 2009

CONGAREE NATIONAL PARK...SOUTH CAROLINA

Congaree National Park is actually a swamp, consisting of many varieties of tree, beech, Tupelo, Bald Cypress, American Beech,HUGE Loblolly pine, Pawpaw,Palmetto, which is the state tree, and many many more.

This hallow tree was one of many in the swamp. Bats normally live inside its trunk, one bat can consume 600 mosquitoes per hour.



American Beech tree, Native Americans and early settlers ground the beech nuts up into a flour for bread and meal cakes.

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