Flora & Fauna

Tall Goldenrod

October 21, 2022

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s an aureate autumn field flower, Tall Goldenrod (Solidago altissima). Tall Goldenrod is a large, late blooming wildflower...

Blue Jay

October 14, 2022

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a boisterous and brilliantly blue bird, the Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata). The Blue Jay is found...

Hairy Clustervine

October 7, 2022

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a twiney vine found in fallow fields and brushy thickets, Hairy Clustervine (Jacquemontia tamnifolia). Hairy Clustervine...

Oyster Toadfish

September 30, 2022

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we’ve dredged up a peculiar fish from our estuarine waterways, the Oyster Toadfish (Opsanus tau). The Oyster Toadfish...

Obedient Plant

September 23, 2022

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have yet another noticeable wetland wildflower, Obedient Plant (Physostegia virginiana). Obedient Plant is found sporadically within the...

Tricolored Heron

September 16, 2022

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we’re scoping out the Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor). The Tricolored Heron is a large bird and a medium-large...

Water-Primroses

September 9, 2022

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we have a common denizen of ditches and pond edges, the Primrose-Willows of genus Ludwigia. Primrose-Willows, AKA Water-Primroses,...

Southern Black Widow

September 2, 2022

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s the most feared arthropod in all the south, the Southern Black Widow (Latrodectus mactans). The Southern Black...

Sundews

August 26, 2022

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, it’s a small, sticky, bug-eating set of plants: the Sundews of genus Drosera. Sundews are one of our...

True Frogs

August 19, 2022

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday were listening in for the long-legged locals of genus Lithobates, the True Frogs. The members of the genus...