Flora & Fauna

American White Pelican

February 13, 2026

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we're admiring the seiner of the shoreline and trawler of the tidewaters, the American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhychos)....

Largeleaf Pennywort

February 6, 2026

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we’re examining the verdant doubloon of the dunes, Largeleaf Pennywort (Hydrocotyle bonariensis). Largeleaf Pennywort is one of four...

White-eyed Vireo

January 30, 2026

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, it’s our pearly-eyed perching bird, the White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus). The White-eyed Vireo is a small songbird found...

Pond Pine

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...

Eastern Mole

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...

Tough Bully

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...

Piping Plover

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...

Christmas Lichen

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...

Winter Wren

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...

Saltwort

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...