July 17, 2026
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we’re dodging the shadowy approach of the buzzing bloodsucker of the bottomlands, the Black Horse Fly (Tabanus atratus)....
July 10, 2026
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we find a variegated vine that twines along shadowed wood lines, Yellow Passionflower (Passiflora lutea). Yellow Passionflower is...
July 3, 2026
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we’re watching the whirlings of a dashing little dragonfly, the Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis). The Blue Dasher is...
June 26, 2026
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we’ll behold a beautifully blooming briar of a bean, Littleleaf Sensitive-Briar (Mimosa microphylla). Littleleaf Sensitive-Briar is one of...
June 19, 2026
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, from beneath our feet and behind the fruits of spring appears an iridescent messenger of summer, the Green...
June 12, 2026
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday is the Earth’s veil ennewed on each morning dew, the Southern Dawnflower (Stylisma humistrata). Here in South Carolina...
June 5, 2026
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we stand before the monochrome majesty of the meadow hawk, the Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus). The Eastern Kingbird...
May 29, 2026
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s the venerable Bog Cheeto: Orange Milkwort (Senega lutea) [Syn. Polygala lutea]. All told, we have about 15...
May 22, 2026
This week for Floral and Fauna Friday it’s the doubloon of the dunes, the Isometric Sand Dollar (Mellita isometra). Combing the beach, roaming the shore,...
