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Charleston, South Carolina, is considered to be the “Jewel of the South” by vacationers and, of course, its lucky inhabitants. The city was founded in 1670 and the Preservation Society registers more than 2,000 structures in the old downtown as historic landmarks.
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Dufault, R.J. (2013). Introduction. In: Stalking the Wild Sweetgrass. SpringerBriefs in Plant Science. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5903-3_1
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