August 23, 2024
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we’re dredging up an aquatic, carnivorous wildflower, Humped Bladderwort (Utricularia gibba). Here is South Carolina we have about...
August 16, 2024
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, it’s the original beachcomber, the Sanderling (Calidris alba). A trip to a Lowcountry beach isn’t complete unless you...
August 9, 2024
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s the towering flower of the coastline, Seashore Mallow (Kosteletzkya pentacarpos). Seashore Mallow (AKA Saltmarsh Mallow) is found...
August 2, 2024
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we have a beetle like none other, the Palmetto Weevil (Rhynchophorus cruentatus). The Palmetto Weevil is a hard...
July 26, 2024
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s a smothering covering of parasitic vines, the Dodders of genus Cuscuta. Here in South Carolina we have...
July 19, 2024
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we have an odd duck making its way up from down south, the Black-bellied Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)....
July 12, 2024
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we have a western wildflower with a love of wastelands, Bitter Sneezeweed (Helenium amarum). Bitter Sneezeweed is a...
July 5, 2024
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a two-stage, bi-colored insect that’s doubly easy to recognize, the Giant Leopard Moth (Hypercompe scribonia). The...
June 28, 2024
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we’ve got a genus of wet-footed wetland shrubs, our Willows (Salix spp.). Here in South Carolina we have...
Pollinator Week 2024: How Land Conservation Benefits Pollinators
June 23, 2024
This year for Pollinator Week (6/17 – 6/23) we’re doing a 7-part series about native pollinators on Edisto Island! We, as a civilization, need pollinators....
