January 28, 2022
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a much maligned and often misidentified member of the mighty oaks, Darlington Oak (Quercus hemisphaerica). Darlington...
January 21, 2022
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s a one of our winter waterfowl, the Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola). Buoying between the breakwaters and burying itself...
January 14, 2022
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s a blossoming beach winter wildflower, Beach Evening-Primrose (Oenothera drummondii). Winter weather leaves us wishing to welcome warm...
January 7, 2022
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a clade of clingy calcareous crustaceans, Acorn Barnacles (Subclass Cirripedia, clade Sessilia). You read me right,...
December 31, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s a curious coastal shrub that’s as good at inflicting pain as it is at killing pain, Southern...
December 24, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday is a big alabaster bird we’re all familiar with, the Great Egret (Ardea alba). The Great Egret is...
December 17, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a showy shrub of the Southeast, Hearts-a-Bustin’ (Euonymus americanus), AKA American Strawberry Bush. Hearts-a-Bustin’ is a...
December 10, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s a bunch of black and yellow insects with bad attitudes, Yellowjackets (Vespula spp.) or colloquially referred to...
December 3, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday is a simple spindly shrub of scrublands and shaded woods, Winged Sumac (Rhus copallinum). Winged Sumac, AKA Shining...
