Flora & Fauna

Tough Bully

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...

Piping Plover

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...

Christmas Lichen

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...

Winter Wren

December 19, 2025

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we’re training our eyes and ears to the wetland edges for the fleeting signs of the Winter Wren...

Saltwort

December 12, 2025

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s a subtropical, salt-loving, seaside, succulent shrub, Saltwort (Batis maritima). Saltwort can be sighted along the Gulf Coast...

Purple Sea Urchin

December 5, 2025

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s the pincushion of the East Coast, the Atlantic Purple Sea Urchin (Arbacia puntulata). The Atlantic Purple Sea...

Mockernut Hickory

November 28, 2025

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s one hull of a hardwood, the Mockernut Hickory (Carya tomentosa). The Mockernut Hickory is a species of...

Bobolink

November 21, 2025

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we watch for the descent of the infamous Rice Bird, the Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus). Bear with me a...

Carolina Snailseed

November 14, 2025

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s a tri-lobed twining vine with a twisted seed, Carolina Snailseed (Nephroia carolina). Carolina Snailseed is a perennial...

Black-crowned Night Heron

November 7, 2025

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday there’s a hunter in the dark, a wader in the shadows, the Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax). As...