August 7, 2026
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we’re picking up hitchhikers from the Tick-trefoils (Desmodium spp.). Here is South Carolina we have roughly eighteen species...
July 31, 2026
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we're trying to catch a glimpse of the booming bullbat, the Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor). The Common Nighthawk...
July 24, 2026
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we’re going snow-blind staring at the radiant blooms of Beach Morning-Glory (Ipomoea imperati). Beach Morning-Glory can be found...
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...
