January 23, 2026
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we’re picking out the pH particular pitch-packed pyrrhic pyrophyte of the pocosin, the Pond Pine (Pinus serotina). Pond...
January 16, 2026
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have the tiller in the turf, the Eastern Mole (Scalopus aquaticus). The Eastern Mole is a small...
January 9, 2026
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s a bronzed bush of the barrier islands, Tough Bully (Sideroxylon tenax). Tough Bully is found on the...
January 2, 2026
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s a bird on the brink, the Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus). On the edge of the world lives...
December 26, 2025
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we’re getting to know a delightfully festive fungus, the Christmas Lichen (Cryptothecia rubrocincta). Christmas Lichen is found all...
December 19, 2025
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we’re training our eyes and ears to the wetland edges for the fleeting signs of the Winter Wren...
December 12, 2025
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s a subtropical, salt-loving, seaside, succulent shrub, Saltwort (Batis maritima). Saltwort can be sighted along the Gulf Coast...
December 5, 2025
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s the pincushion of the East Coast, the Atlantic Purple Sea Urchin (Arbacia puntulata). The Atlantic Purple Sea...
November 28, 2025
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s one hull of a hardwood, the Mockernut Hickory (Carya tomentosa). The Mockernut Hickory is a species of...
