February 8, 2019
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have our largest arboreal rodent, the Southern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger niger). Fox Squirrels are the largest...
February 1, 2019
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we have our state tree to discuss. This week we’re talking about Palmettos, genus Sabal. Here on Edisto...
January 25, 2019
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have an onomatopoeia-ic shorebird who’s forsaken the shore in favor of green pastures, the Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)....
January 18, 2019
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we have a wetland tree that produces some of our first flowers of the new year. This week...
January 11, 2019
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we have a fragrant fungus found from fall to February, the Column Stinkhorn (Clathrus columnatus) also called Buzzard’s-Nose...
January 4, 2019
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we have a genus of edible evergreen vines that’re every bit as stubborn as they are thorny. This...
December 28, 2018
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have the unmistakable, unavoidable, scarlet songbird known throughout the eastern US. A bird that needs no introduction...
December 21, 2018
‘Tis the season for Flora and Fauna Friday because I have our native relatives of the crimson tropical trimming on display this holiday. This week...
December 14, 2018
For Flora and Fauna Friday this week we have the banded bandit of the woods in our custody. No, that’s not Santa coming down the...
