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...
February 28, 2025
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, it’s our sulfur throated spring songster, the Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica). On the threshold of spring, a monochrome...
February 14, 2025
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we’re keeping an eye out for a radiant pair of fruit-loving birds, the Orioles, genus Icterus. Here in...
February 7, 2025
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a relict plant of our wild past, Heartleaf Ginger, AKA Little-Brown-Jugs (Asarum arifolium). Heartleaf Ginger is...
Coastal Plain Dwarf Salamander
January 31, 2025
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s our smallest salamander, the Coastal Plain Dwarf Salamander (Eurycea quadridigitata). The Coastal Plain Dwarf Salamander is our...
January 24, 2025
Southeastern Slimspike Threeawn (Aristida longespica) Southeastern Slimspike Threeawn (Aristida longespica) Arrowfeather Threeawn (Aristida purpurascens) Southern Wiregrass (Aristida beyrichiana) Carolina Wiregrass (Aristida stricta) This week for...
January 17, 2025
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a cryptic mammal with some crazy physiology, the Southern Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina carolinensis). The Southern Short-tailed...
January 10, 2025
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have the pine of the high hills, Shortleaf Pine (Pinus echinata). Shortleaf Pine is found throughout the...
January 3, 2025
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we’re glancing up at our ever present warbler of the evergreens, the Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus). From year...
