December 17, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a showy shrub of the Southeast, Hearts-a-Bustin’ (Euonymus americanus), AKA American Strawberry Bush. Hearts-a-Bustin’ is a...
December 10, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s a bunch of black and yellow insects with bad attitudes, Yellowjackets (Vespula spp.) or colloquially referred to...
December 3, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday is a simple spindly shrub of scrublands and shaded woods, Winged Sumac (Rhus copallinum). Winged Sumac, AKA Shining...
November 26, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, it’s the haughty honkers who herald the holidays: the Canada Goose (Branta canadensis). Fall in the Lowcountry is...
November 19, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna we have a culturally significant coastal grass to discuss: Sweetgrass (Muhlenbergia filipes). Sweetgrass goes by many names but Sweetgrass...
November 12, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a contentious critter of the Canid kind, the Coyote (Canis latrans). The Coyote is a medium-sized...
November 5, 2021
This week it’s a genus containing some of our most widespread weedy wildflowers: the Vervains of genus Verbena. We have seven species of Vervain found...
October 29, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a trio of catawampus crustaceans and their four-cornered cousin: the Fiddler Crabs (Genera Minuca and Leptuca)...
October 22, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s a tall frost-fractured fall flower found along forest fringes, Frostweed (Verbesina virginica). Frostweed is a common fall...
