Blog - Flora and Fauna

Wood-Sorrels

March 6, 2026

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s a three-leaved weed of spring, Wood-Sorrel (Oxalis spp.). Here in the Lowcountry we can expect to find...

Northern Parula

February 27, 2026

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have our skyward soprano songster of summer, the Northern Parula (Setophaga americana). The Northern Parula belongs to...

Widgeongrass

February 20, 2026

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we have the wild, wiry workhorse of waterfowl wetlands, Widgeongrass (Ruppia maritima). Widgeongrass is neither a grass, nor...

American White Pelican

February 13, 2026

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we're admiring the seiner of the shoreline and trawler of the tidewaters, the American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhychos)....

Largeleaf Pennywort

February 6, 2026

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we’re examining the verdant doubloon of the dunes, Largeleaf Pennywort (Hydrocotyle bonariensis). Largeleaf Pennywort is one of four...

White-eyed Vireo

January 30, 2026

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, it’s our pearly-eyed perching bird, the White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus). The White-eyed Vireo is a small songbird found...

Pond Pine

January 23, 2026

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we’re picking out the pH particular pitch-packed pyrrhic pyrophyte of the pocosin, the Pond Pine (Pinus serotina). Pond...

Eastern Mole

January 16, 2026

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have the tiller in the turf, the Eastern Mole (Scalopus aquaticus). The Eastern Mole is a small...

Tough Bully

January 9, 2026

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s a bronzed bush of the barrier islands, Tough Bully (Sideroxylon tenax). Tough Bully is found on the...

Piping Plover

January 2, 2026

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s a bird on the brink, the Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus). On the edge of the world lives...