Spanish Moss

December 6, 2019

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday were learning to appreciate Spanish Moss (Tillandsia usneoides). The sight of Live Oaks festooned in Spanish Moss, an...

Mourning Dove

November 29, 2019

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we’re sobered by the sound of the hollow grieving moans of the Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura). The Mourning...

River Cane

November 22, 2019

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have our native analogue of the iconic grass of the orient, River Cane (Arundinaria gigantea). River Cane...

Blue Crab & Stone Crab

November 15, 2019

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday everyone’s favorite, or maybe second favorite, crustacean is on the menu: Crabs. More specifically Atlantic Blue Crab (Callinectes...

Dogfennel

November 8, 2019

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a common fragrant weed of roadsides and fallow fields, Dogfennel (Eupatorium capillifolium). Despite what you may...

Orbweavers

November 1, 2019

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s a group of insect entangling arachnids, the Orbweavers of family Araneidae. The Orbweavers are a diverse group...

Slender Goldentop

October 25, 2019

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s a stringy coastal wildflower of the yellow variety known as Slender Goldentop (Euthamia caroliniana). Slender Goldentop is...

Yellow Rat Snake

October 18, 2019

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have the chicken’s bane, the Yellow Rat Snake (Pantherophis alleghaniensis). The Eastern Rat Snake is one of...

Elephant’s Foot

October 11, 2019

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have an easily over-looked wildflower, Wooly Elephant’s-Foot (Elephantopus tomentosus). We have four species of Elephant’s-Foot on Edisto...

Monarch

October 4, 2019

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday our guest needs no introduction, the Monarch (Danius plexippus). The Monarch is a large butterfly in the Brushfoot...

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