May 27, 2022
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have our most abundant aquatic reptile, the Yellow-bellied Slider (Trachemys scripta scripta). The Yellow-bellied Slider is by...
May 20, 2022
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s none other than our towering titans of the swamp, the Cypresses (Taxodium spp.). Here in the Lowcountry...
May 13, 2022
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s our pale-plumaged beach-combing shorebird, the Willet (Tringa semipalmata). The Willet is a large shorebird found on beaches...
May 6, 2022
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s the golden glow of a sandy mid-spring road, Goldenmane Tickseed (Coreopsis basilis). A small sea of rich...
April 29, 2022
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s our most common slithering friend, the Southern Black Racer (Coluber constrictor priapus). The Southern Black Racer is...
April 22, 2022
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a two-toned forest flower found in the freshwater floodplains of the Edisto, Indian Pink (Spigelia marilandica)....
April 15, 2022
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we’re taking in the sight of the big, bold, lumbering Eastern Lubber Grasshopper (Romalea guttata). Each spring, wellsprings...
April 8, 2022
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday is a drought tolerant bush with an edible fruit, the Chickasaw Plum (Prunus angustifolia). The Chickasaw Plum is...
April 1, 2022
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s a widespread, weird looking waterbird, the Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum). The Double-crested Cormorant is a bird unlike...
