Pollinator Smorgasbord!

June 21, 2023

It’s Pollinator Week, a time to think about, appreciate, and help out the pollinators who keep agriculture and ecosystems going behind the scenes! We all...

Partridge Pea

June 16, 2023

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, it’s another large lanky legume of ecological significance, the Partridge Peas (Chamaecrista spp.). Partridge Pea (C. fasciculata), and...

Red-bellied Woodpecker

June 9, 2023

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we have our resident red-necked feeder frequenter, the Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus). Red-bellied Woodpeckers are residents of the...

Tree Galls

June 2, 2023

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we have not so much a species but an assorted collection of fascinating parasites, plant galls. Plant galls...

Tussock Moths

May 26, 2023

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have an irritating but interesting insect, the Tussock Moths (Genus Orygia). Here in the Lowcountry we have...

Chinquapin

May 19, 2023

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we have our compact coastal chestnut, the American Chinquapin (Castanea pumila). Chinquapin, also spelled Chinkapin, is a large...

American Oystercatcher

May 12, 2023

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, it’s our shellfish shucking cinnabar-snouted shorebird, the American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus). The American Oystercatcher is common all along...

American Searocket

May 5, 2023

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we have a salty, succulent, seaside shrub, American Searocket (Cakile edentula). Across the coast, over the dunes, and...

Florida Softshell

April 28, 2023

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have our weirdest and flattest turtle, the Florida Softshell (Apalone ferox). The Florida Softshell is found throughout...

Rain Lily

April 21, 2023

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s our native Easter-time lily, the Rain Lily (Zephyranthes atamasca). Also known as the Atamasco or Zephyr Lily,...

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