November 19, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna we have a culturally significant coastal grass to discuss: Sweetgrass (Muhlenbergia filipes). Sweetgrass goes by many names but Sweetgrass...
November 12, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a contentious critter of the Canid kind, the Coyote (Canis latrans). The Coyote is a medium-sized...
November 5, 2021
This week it’s a genus containing some of our most widespread weedy wildflowers: the Vervains of genus Verbena. We have seven species of Vervain found...
October 29, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a trio of catawampus crustaceans and their four-cornered cousin: the Fiddler Crabs (Genera Minuca and Leptuca)...
October 22, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s a tall frost-fractured fall flower found along forest fringes, Frostweed (Verbesina virginica). Frostweed is a common fall...
October 15, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s a theocratic trio of insects native to our state, the Carolina Mantis (Stagmomantis carolina), Brunner’s Mantis (Brunneria...
October 8, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday blooms a winding purple pendant hung upon the nape of the forest, Spurred Butterfly Pea (Centrosema virginianum). Spurred...
October 1, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a minute mosquito munching minnow, the Eastern Mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki). The Eastern Mosquitofish is native to...
September 24, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s another pollinator approved native wetland wildflower, Clustered Bushmint (Hyptis alata). Clustered Bushmint is a perennial wildflower found...
