Rainbow Snake

March 6, 2020

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s a secretive spectral serpent of southern swamps: the Rainbow Snake (Farancia erytrogramma). The Rainbow Snake is a...

Blackberries

February 28, 2020

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday our secret ingredient is a mean, tart, tangle of a plant: the Blackberries of genus Rubus. Blackberries are...

White Ibis

February 21, 2020

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s a snowy crook-billed critter who’s not afraid to get its feet wet: the White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)....

Southern Wax-Myrtle

February 14, 2020

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday the subject is a flammable, fragrant foliage: the Southern Wax-Myrtle (Morella cerifera). The Southern Wax-Myrtle is one of...

Cannonball Jelly

February 7, 2020

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a gelatinous, spherical, planktonic animal who gets eaten in interesting ways: Cannonball Jelly (Stromolophus meleagris). The...

Mosquito Fern

January 31, 2020

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a miniature, multicolored, floating fern: Eastern Mosquito Fern (Azolla caroliniana). Mosquito Fern is much like Duckweed....

Hooded Merganser

January 24, 2020

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s our whistling, crested, creek duck: Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus). Beneath the rushes a flash signals a distant...

Sweetgum

January 17, 2020

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday is the strangler of drainage, fallower of fields, and perforator of heels: American Sweetgum, Liquidambar styraciflua. Sweetgum is...

Regal Jumper

January 10, 2020

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a precocious and handsome arachnid: the Regal Jumper (Phidippus regius). The Regal Jumper is a large...

Lion’s Mane

January 3, 2020

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s a flag-esque fungus flown in the frigid forests of Edisto: Lion’s Mane (Hericium erinaceus). Ivory icicles sparkle...

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