Coastal Plain Dwarf Salamander
January 31, 2025
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s our smallest salamander, the Coastal Plain Dwarf Salamander (Eurycea quadridigitata). The Coastal Plain Dwarf Salamander is our...
January 24, 2025
Southeastern Slimspike Threeawn (Aristida longespica) Southeastern Slimspike Threeawn (Aristida longespica) Arrowfeather Threeawn (Aristida purpurascens) Southern Wiregrass (Aristida beyrichiana) Carolina Wiregrass (Aristida stricta) This week for...
January 17, 2025
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a cryptic mammal with some crazy physiology, the Southern Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina carolinensis). The Southern Short-tailed...
January 10, 2025
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have the pine of the high hills, Shortleaf Pine (Pinus echinata). Shortleaf Pine is found throughout the...
January 3, 2025
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we’re glancing up at our ever present warbler of the evergreens, the Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus). From year...
December 27, 2024
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a festive forest fern, Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides). Christmas Fern is a species of evergreen fern...
December 20, 2024
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we’re looking and listening for a pair of wonderfully weird water birds, our Loons (Gavia spp.). Here on...
Saltmeadow and Sand Cordgrasses
December 13, 2024
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we’ve got a pair of native clumping grasses, Saltmeadow Cordgrass (Sporobolus pumilus) and Sand Cordgrass (Sporobolus bakeri). Both...
MacGillivray’s Seaside Sparrow
December 6, 2024
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s the Lowcountry’s local marsh sparrow, the MacGillivray’s Seaside Sparrow (Ammospiza maritima macgillivraii). Within the winter’s salt marsh...
