Flora & Fauna

MacGillivray’s Seaside Sparrow

December 6, 2024

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s the Lowcountry’s local marsh sparrow, the MacGillivray’s Seaside Sparrow (Ammospiza maritima macgillivraii). Within the winter’s salt marsh...

Bushy Beard Lichen

November 29, 2024

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s our most widespread Lichen in the Lowcountry, Bushy Beard Lichen (Usnea strigosa). Beard Lichens can be found...

Northern Harrier

November 22, 2024

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we have the bane of marsh birds, the wraith of the marsh, the Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius). The...

Purpletop Tridens

November 15, 2024

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s the field flown fuchsia floral flag of fall, Purpletop Tridens (Tridens flavus). Purpletop Tridens is a perennial...

Southern Two-striped Walkingstick

November 8, 2024

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, it’s a bean pole of an oversized odd ball bug, the Southern Two-striped Walkingstick (Anisomorpha buprestoides). Walkingsticks belong...

Black Gum

November 1, 2024

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s a little known midstory tree with flashy fall foliage, the Black Gum (Nyssa sylvatica). Black Gum is...

Common Gallinule

October 25, 2024

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s the maniac of the marsh, the hysterical hen of the moor, the Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata). The...

Common Ragweed

October 18, 2024

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday it’s the furtive forb, the secret sneeze-maker, Common Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia). Common Ragweed is a prolific annual herb...

Ornate Bella Moth

October 11, 2024

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we have a stunning diurnal moth of our southern grasslands, the Ornate Bella Moth (Utetheisa ornatrix). When out...

Southern Hackberry

October 4, 2024

This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a lumpy, bumpy tree of the lowlands and Sea Islands, Southern Hackberry (Celtis laevigata). Here in...