Flora & Fauna

Green June Beetle

June 19, 2026

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, from beneath our feet and behind the fruits of spring appears an iridescent messenger of summer, the Green...

Southern Dawnflower

June 12, 2026

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday is the Earth’s veil ennewed on each morning dew, the Southern Dawnflower (Stylisma humistrata). Here in South Carolina...

Eastern Kingbird

June 5, 2026

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we stand before the monochrome majesty of the meadow hawk, the Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus). The Eastern Kingbird...

Orange Milkwort

May 29, 2026

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s the venerable Bog Cheeto: Orange Milkwort (Senega lutea) [Syn. Polygala lutea]. All told, we have about 15...

Isometric Sand Dollar

May 22, 2026

This week for Floral and Fauna Friday it’s the doubloon of the dunes, the Isometric Sand Dollar (Mellita isometra). Combing the beach, roaming the shore,...

Milkvines

May 15, 2026

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, it’s a pair of woodland vines on which Monarchs dine, the Milkvines (Matelea spp.). Here in the Lowcountry...

Least Tern

May 8, 2026

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we’re spying on the slightest of our shore nesting seabirds, the Least Tern (Sterna antillarum). The Least Tern...

False Indigo-Bush

May 1, 2026

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have the purple plumed imposter of the swamp, False Indigo-Bush (Amorpha fruticosa). False Indigo-Bush is found across...

Eastern Ribbon Snake

April 24, 2026

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we’re tracing out the finely lined Eastern Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis sauritus). The Eastern Ribbon Snake is found throughout...

Chain Ferns & Sensitive Fern

April 17, 2026

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we have three ferns of a feather that fringe wetlands together, Virginia Chain Fern (Anchistea virginica), Netted Chain...