South Carolina , the " palmetto commonwealth , " is home to at least 3,000 vascular plant . From the coastal region to the Blue Ridge Mountains in the interior , a wide variety of industrial plant life exists , from grasses to prominent pine Tree to the state tree , the chou palmetto . However , many native plants in South Carolina have become endangered due to clearing and commercial development of wild area .
Aquatic Plants
Many invasive aquatic plant threaten South Carolina ’s coastal regions . They often cause the native species to die because of their speedy spread . Native aquatic plants include the fearless water lily , aboriginal piddle canna , pond cypress tree , bald cypress and water tupelo .
Coastal Plants
South Carolina ’s coastal regions are nursing home to many mintage of plant . However , the roadblock island have fewer native species because of the high winds , which cause Strategic Arms Limitation Talks to blow onto the nation from the sea , preventing the growth of many plant . Some of the native coastal flora include : ocean oats , gaillardia , dashed horsemint , the herbaceous plant St. John ’s wort , the bush yaupon , loblolly bay , swamp mallow and chickenhearted jessamine , the body politic blossom .
Trees
South Carolina host many species of aboriginal tree , both deciduous and evergreen . Deciduous Tree let in : pond cypress tree , bald cypress tree , Florida maple , mellifluous birch , American hornbeam , flowering dogwood , unwashed persimmon , several species of oak tree , several type of hickory , bigleaf magnolia , cherry mulberry , several ash varieties , and three elms , admit the medicative slippery elm tree . Evergreen trees admit Southern red cedar , spruce , trounce and longleaf pine , American holly , live oak tree , red bay , southerly magnolia and the cabbage or " sabal " palmetto , which is a medium - sized palm tree that serves as the state tree diagram .
Landscape Plants
A good number of South Carolina ’s native plants are appropriate for usance in residential and commercial landscape . Trees include the chase : paw paw , Eastern Cercis canadensis , fringetree , Pagoda dogwood , persimmon , Carolina silverbell , common with Hazel , American holly , red cedar , red maple , yellowed buckeye , angelical birch , beech , tulip tree , sycamore fig , white oak , American linden , Carolina hemlock tree . Herbaceous perennials let in : gamey star , greenish dragon , wild indigo , dim cohosh , bleeding heart , trout lily , Joe - Pye weed , wild geranium , alumroot , lobelia , key flower , bee balm , phlox , black - eyed Susan , blue - eyed gage , and many more .
