FRANCIS BEIDLER FOREST
IN FOUR HOLES SWAMP

Resources & Research

Research and study of the natural environment at Beidler Forest has been a vital and much encouraged part of our Sanctuary Protection Program. We have been able, in the past, to advance these research studies in several ways:

1. By acquiring funds for studies through connection with the National Audubon Society for projects that benefit management goals.

2. By providing housing for temporary residence of researchers wishing to conduct on-site field studies.

3. By giving assistance in the acquisition of project funding from various agencies other than the National Audubon Society.

Currently, there is a desire that additional research be conducted and negotiate for terms as to how to forward such work would be welcome.

• Mammalian Research (population dynamics, densities and distribution of resident species).
• Icthyological Surveys (or anything dealing with our resident species).
• Avian Studies to supplement the Breeding Bird Survey data.
• Plant species population dynamics as it relates to subtle swamp elevation changes.
• "Movements" of swamp edge species (species that complete only part of their life cycle in the swamp).

If you wish to pursue studies at Beidler Forest, please do not hesitate to call. Please provide information as to your aims and qualifications for our assessment so to allow your interests to be matched with needs, and, hopefully, a project could be facilitated.

The Vascular Flora of the Francis Beidler Forest
in Four Holes Swamp, Berkeley and Dorchester Counties, South Carolina

by: RICHARD D, PORCHER
Reprinted from Castanea 46:248-280. 1981.

ABSTRACT
A survey of the vascular plants of The Francis Beidler Forest, A National Audubon Sanctuary in Four Holes Swamp in the Coastal Plain of South Carolina, is presented. Included are a description of major plant communities including an original growth bald cypress-tupelo gum swamp forest community, an annotated checklist of the vascular plants that includes ecological notes on rare and endangered species, and an historical account of Four Holes Swamp and Beidler Forest. Three hundred twelve species from 218 genera and 99 families are reported.

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Sanctuary Staff doing a botanical survey