Barnacles

January 7, 2022

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a clade of clingy calcareous crustaceans, Acorn Barnacles (Subclass Cirripedia, clade Sessilia). You read me right,...

Southern Prickly-Ash

December 31, 2021

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s a curious coastal shrub that’s as good at inflicting pain as it is at killing pain, Southern...

Great Egret

December 24, 2021

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday is a big alabaster bird we’re all familiar with, the Great Egret (Ardea alba). The Great Egret is...

Hearts-a-Bustin’

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...

Yellowjackets

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...

Winged Sumac

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...

Canada Goose

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...

Sweetgrass

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...

Coyote

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...

Vervains

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...

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