September 10, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a secretly parasitic plant with a conspicuous flower and often under attack by butterflies: Purple False-Foxglove...
September 3, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a tiny long-leaping woodland amphibian: the Southern Cricket Frog (Acris gryllus). The Southern Cricket Frog is...
August 27, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a hardy, high-climbing liana with a much celebrated southern fruit: Muscadine (Vitis rotundifolia). Muscadine is a...
August 20, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s a large fiery dragonfly found all along our coastal waters, the Needham’s Skimmer (Libellula needhami). The Needham’s...
August 13, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a wildflower that’s as resilient as it is short: Frogfruit (Phyla nodiflora). Frogfruit is a member...
August 6, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have the sandhill silo-makers with their sand grain granaries, the Florida Harvester Ant (Pogonomyrmex badius). The Florida...
July 30, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s the hummingbird’s horn-of-plenty, Trumpet-vine (Campsis radicans). Trumpet-vine is found throughout the Eastern United States and the plant...
July 23, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a staple seashore sailor, the Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis). The breeze flows off the surf as...
July 16, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a lush lavender brush of aquatic wildflowers, Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata). Pickerelweed is a large perennial wetland...
