Carolina Locust

May 28, 2021

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a locally named but widespread critter, the Carolina Locust (Dissosteira carolina). The Carolina Locust is found...

Dune Groundcherry

May 21, 2021

The week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s another often overlooked weed with some surprising culinary character, Dune Groundcherry (Physalis walteri). Dune Groundcherry, AKA Walter’s...

Diamondback Terrapin

May 14, 2021

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a secretive, jewel encrusted reptile on display; except it’s not the long and rattling one, it’s...

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,...

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