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...
July 9, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a compact reptile found around the state: the Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina). The Eastern...
July 2, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, it’s a large riparian wildflower found in our ditches and riversides: Crimson-eyed Rosemallow (Hibiscus moscheutos). Crimson-eyed Rosemallow is...
June 25, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we have one of our most iconic and largest butterflies: the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus). The Eastern...
June 18, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday is a lanky legume with a pigment pedigree, Carolina Indigo (Indigofera caroliniana). Carolina Indigo is a small, airy...
June 11, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a cobalt cousin of the Cardinal, the Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea). Along the ditch within the...
June 4, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a native fruit tree that’s scattered around the island just as it scatters its fruit below...
