September 22, 2023
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s a wiry, weedy, winding vine, Tievine (Ipomoea cordatotriloba). Tievine is a native species of Morning-Glory found throughout...
Mason, Potter, & Mud-dauber Wasps
September 15, 2023
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we’ve got a veritable grab-bag of mud-molding insects to appraise, the Mason Wasps, Potter Wasps, and Mud-daubers of...
September 8, 2023
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we have an upland weed that fills a pollinator need, Poor-joe (Hexasepalum teres). Poor-joe, also called Rough Buttonweed,...
September 1, 2023
Our biggest, boldest, and most “beautimous” Gossamer-Wing butterfly, the Great Purple Hairstreak (Atlides halesus). The Great Purple Hairstreak is an interesting member of the Hairstreak...
August 25, 2023
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have one of our most widespread and easily identifiable edible mushrooms, the Chanterelles (Cantharellus spp.). Here in...
August 18, 2023
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we have our common compact wader, the Green Heron (Butorides virescens). Buried between the buckling branches and broken...
August 11, 2023
This week for flora and fauna Friday we have a common cosmopolitan colony fern, Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum). Bracken, also called Eagle Fern, is a widespread...
August 4, 2023
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we’ve got a long-legged leopard-printed night-goer, the Southern Leopard Frog (Lithobates sphenocephalus). The Southern Leopard Frog can be...
July 28, 2023
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have an overlooked but very common wildflower, St. Andrew’s-cross (Hypericum hypericoides). St. Andrew’s-cross is found throughout the...
