December 15, 2023
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s another one of our salty shrubs, Marsh-Elder (Iva frutescens). Marsh Elder is a woody, perennial shrub found...
December 8, 2023
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have an elusive feline that’s long on legs and short on tails, the Bobcat (Lynx rufus). The...
December 1, 2023
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s a ubiquitous upland fern found from the foothills to our forested floodplains, Ebony Spleenwort (Asplenium platyneuron). Ebony...
November 24, 2023
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have our smallest raptor, the American Kestrel (Falco sparverius). The American Kestrel is the most petite of...
November 17, 2023
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we have a vigorous sub-tropical wildflower with late season staying power, White Beggarticks (Bidens alba). White Beggarticks is...
November 16, 2023
Howdy everyone! This is Tom Austin, your quasi-resident Island ecologist and the Land Protection Specialist for the Edisto Island Open Land Trust. As some of...
November 10, 2023
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have an orange tropical tourist, the Gulf Fritillary (Dione vanillae). A cinnamon-orange sheet glides upon a flower...
November 3, 2023
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a wildflower with a mild identity crisis, Climbing Aster (Ampelaster carolinianus). Climbing Aster is an aster...
October 27, 2023
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday is everyone’s favorite group of scaly, maraca-wielding sausages: the Rattlesnakes of genera Crotalus and Sistrurus. Here in the...
