Rough Green Snake

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...

Snow Squarestem

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...

Great Southern White

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...

Bladderworts

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...

Sanderling

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...

Seashore Mallow

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...

Palmetto Weevil

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...

Dodders

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...

Black-bellied Whistling Duck

July 19, 2024

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we have an odd duck making its way up from down south, the Black-bellied Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)....

Bitter Sneezeweed

July 12, 2024

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we have a western wildflower with a love of wastelands, Bitter Sneezeweed (Helenium amarum). Bitter Sneezeweed is a...

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