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 15, 2026
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, it’s a pair of woodland vines on which Monarchs dine, the Milkvines (Matelea spp.). Here in the Lowcountry...
May 8, 2026
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we’re spying on the slightest of our shore nesting seabirds, the Least Tern (Sterna antillarum). The Least Tern...
May 1, 2026
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have the purple plumed imposter of the swamp, False Indigo-Bush (Amorpha fruticosa). False Indigo-Bush is found across...
