July 18, 2025
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s the hovering hunter lurking on every wetland’s edge, the Common Green Darner (Anax junius). The Common Green...
July 11, 2025
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a wildflower that’s a feast for pollinators, Savanna Mountain-Mint (Pycnanthemum flexuosum). Here in the South Carolina...
July 4, 2025
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s the gray-green window hopper, the Squirrel Treefrog (Hyla squirella). The Squirrel Treefrog is found throughout the coastal...
June 27, 2025
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we spy a native grass just beyond the surf and rising above the turf, Pinewoods Fingergrass (Eustachys petraea)....
June 20, 2025
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we uncover a hidden gem, the sapphire pendant on the pineywoods, the Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea). In the...
June 13, 2025
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s the saffron signal of the summer solstice, Golden Canna (Canna flaccida). Golden Canna is a common plant...
June 6, 2025
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have the aerial ace roosting in your rafter space, the Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica). The Barn Swallow...
May 30, 2025
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have the cradle of Carolina’s Monarchs, Aquatic Milkweed (Asclepias perennis). Aquatic Milkweed is found throughout the Lowcountry,...
May 23, 2025
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a bejeweled beetle in a thatch hat, the Palmetto Tortoise Beetle (Hemisphaerota cyanea). The Palmetto Tortoise...