February 20, 2026
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we have the wild, wiry workhorse of waterfowl wetlands, Widgeongrass (Ruppia maritima). Widgeongrass is neither a grass, nor...
February 13, 2026
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we're admiring the seiner of the shoreline and trawler of the tidewaters, the American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhychos)....
February 6, 2026
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we’re examining the verdant doubloon of the dunes, Largeleaf Pennywort (Hydrocotyle bonariensis). Largeleaf Pennywort is one of four...
January 30, 2026
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, it’s our pearly-eyed perching bird, the White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus). The White-eyed Vireo is a small songbird found...
January 23, 2026
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we’re picking out the pH particular pitch-packed pyrrhic pyrophyte of the pocosin, the Pond Pine (Pinus serotina). Pond...
January 16, 2026
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have the tiller in the turf, the Eastern Mole (Scalopus aquaticus). The Eastern Mole is a small...
January 9, 2026
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s a bronzed bush of the barrier islands, Tough Bully (Sideroxylon tenax). Tough Bully is found on the...
January 2, 2026
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s a bird on the brink, the Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus). On the edge of the world lives...
December 26, 2025
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we’re getting to know a delightfully festive fungus, the Christmas Lichen (Cryptothecia rubrocincta). Christmas Lichen is found all...
