May 2, 2025
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we look longingly towards the bountiful boughs of Red Mulberry (Morus rubra). Red Mulberry is a small midstory...
April 25, 2025
All photos are of Banded Watersnakes (Nerodia fasciata) This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we’ve stumbled upon the mock moccasin, the Banded Watersnake (Nerodia...
April 18, 2025
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we find swaying in the sea breeze the blooms of Beach Sunflower (Helianthus debilis). Beach Sunflower, sometimes called...
April 11, 2025
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we find washed ashore a scribbled scroll of shell telling a tale from our natural history, the Lettered...
April 4, 2025
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have an imperiled tree that, like sand sliding off a bluff, is silently slipping away from our...
March 28, 2025
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s our other red bird, the Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra). Draw a line to a branched tine high...
March 21, 2025
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s an early to rise and always dry, wetland wildflower, Goldenclub (Orontium aquaticum). Goldenclub is found throughout the...
March 14, 2025
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s one of our earliest butterflies of the year, an oft hard to find hardwood flutter-by, the Henry’s...
March 7, 2025
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have nature’s shag carpet, Haircap Mosses (Polytrichum spp.). We have two fairly abundant species of Haircap Moss...
