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...
October 15, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s a theocratic trio of insects native to our state, the Carolina Mantis (Stagmomantis carolina), Brunner’s Mantis (Brunneria...
October 8, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday blooms a winding purple pendant hung upon the nape of the forest, Spurred Butterfly Pea (Centrosema virginianum). Spurred...
October 1, 2021
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a minute mosquito munching minnow, the Eastern Mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki). The Eastern Mosquitofish is native to...
