June 7, 2024
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s a long-necked, fowl-flavored, slow-moving slough citizen of the Southeast, the Chicken Turtle (Deirochelys reticularia). The Chicken Turtle...
May 31, 2024
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s a tough, lush, turf-grass that’s a possibly native to the Sea Islands, St. Augustine Grass (Stenotaphrum secundatum)....
May 24, 2024
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s our darling bird on Deveaux Bank, the Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus). Whimbrels are a cosmopolitan species, meaning they...
Invasive Species of the South Carolina Lowcountry
May 17, 2024
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, it’s a departure from the norm to talk more generally about an ecological concept, and to highlight some...
May 10, 2024
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s the balaclava’d bard of the bottomland, the Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina). Amidst the droning drill of cicadas...
May 3, 2024
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we’re on the lookout for our local Clover, Carolina Clover (Trifolium carolinianum). Carolina Clover is native to the...
April 26, 2024
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s the homecoming for an odd and ephemeral butterfly, the Yucca Giant-Skipper (Megathymus yuccae). The Yucca Giant-Skipper is...
April 19, 2024
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have an uncommon member of the maritime forest understory, Wild Olive, or Devilwood (Catrema americana). Wild Olive...
April 12, 2024
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s the colorful, colonial, and cacophonous Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus). With a bellowing and a banging this boisterous...
