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Oh, how we love our waterfalls at Jocassee, especially bigger waterfalls. We love to get close to them. Maybe you get under a waterfall and feel the ‘massage’ on your head or back. But beyond the waterfall, there are plants that love the spray from the waterfall on the rocks behind the waterfall. In the ecology world, there is a name for it: Spray-cliff plant community. The next time you get close up to a waterfall, take a look at these wet, ancient rocks and you might see “Branch lettuce” (Micranthes micranthidifolia), “Meadow Rue” (Thalictrum clavatum) as well as Mosses and Liverworts. Not too far from the waterfall in the cove is the beautiful “Gorge Rhododendron” (Rhododendron minus), with its beautiful pink to purple flower. I am grateful!!! ~David White, Ecologist and JLT Naturalist guide