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...
March 25, 2022
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s the mighty Pine that dominated the pre-colonial Southeast, the Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris). The Longleaf Pine is...
March 18, 2022
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have our one and only flying mammals, the Micro-Bats of superfamily Vespertilionoidea. I’ll be the first to...
March 11, 2022
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a small evergreen tree with a bit of an identity crisis, the Carolina Laurel-Cherry (Prunus caroliniana)....
