April 23, 2021
This Week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have the crown jewel of the swamp, Virginia Iris (Iris virginica). Through the columns of Gums and...
April 16, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have the unkillable Killifish and the fodder of fishermen, the Mummichog or Mud Minnow (Fundulus heteroclitus). The...
April 9, 2021
This Flora and Fauna Friday it’s an understory florally whorlly pendulous tubular wildflower, Woodbine or Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens). Up the Wax-myrtle, over the Yaupon,...
April 2, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we’re bob-bob-bobbing along with the American Robin (Turdus migratorius). The American Robin is our largest member of the...
March 26, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s another subterranean parasitic plant, Bearcorn (Conopholis americana). Bearcorn, AKA Squawroot or American Cancer-Root, is a non-photosynthetic, parasitic,...
March 19, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have the high-flying harbinger of spring, the Purple Martin (Progne subis). The Purple Martin is found throughout...
March 12, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a widespread spreading shrub that’s all the rage this time of year, Blueberries, genus Vaccinium. Blueberries...
March 5, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a spindly spidery critter with a superstitious reputation, the Harvestmen of order Opiliones. Harvestmen are arthropods...
February 26, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have an almost evergreen understory addition to our upland woodlands, Sweetleaf (Symplocos tinctoria). Sweetleaf, also called Horsesugar,...
