Cut-leaf Evening-Primrose

May 7, 2021

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a common wildflower of spring, Cut-leaf Evening-Primrose (Oenothera laciniata). Cut-leaf Evening-Primrose is a common herbaceous annual...

Satyr Butterfly Complex

April 30, 2021

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we have a pair of indistinguishable butterflies. A set of Satyrs so subtly distinct it took a genetic...

Virginia Iris

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...

Mummichog

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...

Woodbine

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,...

American Robin

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...

Bearcorn

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,...

Purple Martin

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...

Blueberries

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...

Harvestmen

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...

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