September 15, 2023
Howdy everyone! This is Tom Austin, your quasi-resident Island ecologist and the Land Protection Specialist for the Edisto Island Open Land Trust. As some of...
December 29, 2017
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday were taking a look at a clade of seabirds that are best represented on Edisto in the Winter....
December 22, 2017
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, were looking at our third and final festive plant. This partial parasite is a common site dangling from...
December 15, 2017
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we’re looking at the second holiday plant in our 3 part series. This plant is one of dozens...
December 8, 2017
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we’re beginning a short 3 part series spotlighting some of our important Holiday plants! Today we’re starting with...
December 1, 2017
Today for Flora and Fauna Friday we’re examining another one of those ubiquitous Lowcountry plants. It’s a grass known commonly as Broomsedge, Bluestem, or Beard...
November 24, 2017
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we’re examining our most widespread winter warbler: they Myrtle Warbler (Setophaga coronata coronata). A bird affectionately referred to...
November 17, 2017
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we’re taking a look at a bird that’s a familiar sight this time of year, although usually not...
November 10, 2017
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we’re looking at a genus of flowering bushes known as Baccharis. Baccharis and the species within it are...