June 30, 2023
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have a large and leafy pollinator plant, Hairy Leafcup (Smallanthus uvedalia). Hairy Leafcup, also called Bear’s-Foot, is...
June 23, 2023
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, it’s our once prolific, pint-sized partridge, the Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus). The Bobwhite is our resident species of...
June 21, 2023
It’s Pollinator Week, a time to think about, appreciate, and help out the pollinators who keep agriculture and ecosystems going behind the scenes! We all...
June 16, 2023
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, it’s another large lanky legume of ecological significance, the Partridge Peas (Chamaecrista spp.). Partridge Pea (C. fasciculata), and...
June 9, 2023
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we have our resident red-necked feeder frequenter, the Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus). Red-bellied Woodpeckers are residents of the...
June 2, 2023
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we have not so much a species but an assorted collection of fascinating parasites, plant galls. Plant galls...
May 26, 2023
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday we have an irritating but interesting insect, the Tussock Moths (Genus Orygia). Here in the Lowcountry we have...
May 19, 2023
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, we have our compact coastal chestnut, the American Chinquapin (Castanea pumila). Chinquapin, also spelled Chinkapin, is a large...
May 12, 2023
This week for Flora and Fauna Friday, it’s our shellfish shucking cinnabar-snouted shorebird, the American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus). The American Oystercatcher is common all along...
