October 23, 2020
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we have an overgrown bushy-tailed grain-like wetland grass: Giant Bristlegrass (Setaria magna). Giant Bristlegrass is a member of...
October 16, 2020
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we’re hearing the inane and insane babbling of the Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major). The Boat-tailed Grackle is a...
October 9, 2020
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have an inhalable aromatic herb that’s a host for butterflies, Rabbit Tobacco (Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium). Rabbit Tobacco is...
October 2, 2020
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we have a tottering tropical butterfly that vacations on our Island every fall: the Zebra Longwing (Heliconius charithonia)....
September 25, 2020
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a pink and prolific poisonous weed found throughout our state, Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana). Pokeweed is a...
September 18, 2020
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, ubiquitous and unmistakable we have an energetic little insect: the Two-lined Spittlebug (Prosapia bicincta). The Two-lined Spittlebug is...
September 11, 2020
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, I have a hearty, hardwood-hungry, multi-layered mushroom for us to discover: Chicken-of-the-woods, Genus Laetiporus spp. We have a...
September 4, 2020
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it a towering purple pinnacled plant: Ironweed, genus Vernonia. Ironweeds are herbaceous perennial members of the Aster family....
August 28, 2020
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s an often overlooked cryptic critter, the Eastern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus). The Eastern Fence Lizard is a...
