June 2, 2023
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we have not so much a species but an assorted collection of fascinating parasites, plant galls. Plant galls...
May 26, 2023
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have an irritating but interesting insect, the Tussock Moths (Genus Orygia). Here in the Lowcountry we have...
May 19, 2023
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we have our compact coastal chestnut, the American Chinquapin (Castanea pumila). Chinquapin, also spelled Chinkapin, is a large...
May 12, 2023
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, it’s our shellfish shucking cinnabar-snouted shorebird, the American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus). The American Oystercatcher is common all along...
May 5, 2023
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we have a salty, succulent, seaside shrub, American Searocket (Cakile edentula). Across the coast, over the dunes, and...
April 28, 2023
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have our weirdest and flattest turtle, the Florida Softshell (Apalone ferox). The Florida Softshell is found throughout...
April 21, 2023
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s our native Easter-time lily, the Rain Lily (Zephyranthes atamasca). Also known as the Atamasco or Zephyr Lily,...
April 14, 2023
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s the saffron-soaked, sweet-singing songbird of the southern swamps, the Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea). The sounds of summer...
April 7, 2023
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have the bluish beacons of spring fields, Toadflax (Nuttallanthus spp.). Blue Toadflax (N. canadensis) is found throughout...
