September 20, 2024
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we have a pair of native plants gone ornamental, Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) and Goldsturm (R. fulgida). Black-eyed...
September 13, 2024
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have lean, mean, green, tree climbing machine, the Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus). The Rough Green Snake...
September 6, 2024
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have the subtropical supplement to Lowcountry backroads, Snow Squarestem (Melanthera nivea). Cruising through a secluded dirt road...
August 30, 2024
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we have a tropical butterfly that’s making itself a home here on Edisto Island, the Great Southern White...
August 23, 2024
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we’re dredging up an aquatic, carnivorous wildflower, Humped Bladderwort (Utricularia gibba). Here is South Carolina we have about...
August 16, 2024
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, it’s the original beachcomber, the Sanderling (Calidris alba). A trip to a Lowcountry beach isn’t complete unless you...
August 9, 2024
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s the towering flower of the coastline, Seashore Mallow (Kosteletzkya pentacarpos). Seashore Mallow (AKA Saltmarsh Mallow) is found...
August 2, 2024
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we have a beetle like none other, the Palmetto Weevil (Rhynchophorus cruentatus). The Palmetto Weevil is a hard...
July 26, 2024
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s a smothering covering of parasitic vines, the Dodders of genus Cuscuta. Here in South Carolina we have...