![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1049/jpeg/16t.jpg) Black Eyed Susan flowers near Road FM 60 near Lake Somerville. Texas, May 5, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1049/jpeg/19t.jpg) Black Eyed Susan and mesquite trees near Road FM 60 near Lake Somerville. Texas, May 5, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1049/jpeg/17t.jpg) Field of Black Eyed Susan flowers near Road FM 60 near Lake Somerville. Texas, May 5, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1062/jpeg/15t.jpg) Black eyed susan flower in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 26, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1063/jpeg/06t.jpg) Black eyed susan flower (Rudbeckia hirta) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 26, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1047/jpeg/21t.jpg) Annual blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium rosulatum) in Birch Creek Unit of Lake Somerville State Park, Texas, April 29, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1063/jpeg/01t.jpg) Jewel beetles (Buprestidae, Acmaeodera amplicollis(?)) on black eyed susan flower in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 26, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1060/jpeg/23t.jpg) Flower of black-eyed susan in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1053/jpeg/02t.jpg) Mature black eyed susan flowers in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 10, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1058/jpeg/18t.jpg) Black-eyed susan and meadow pink in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 18, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1069/jpeg/16t.jpg) Dry black eyed susan flower in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 14, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1051/jpeg/16t.jpg) Black eyed susan near Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 7, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1052/jpeg/21t.jpg) Black eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 10, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1060/jpeg/22t.jpg) Mature flower of black-eyed susan in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1058/jpeg/19t.jpg) Black-eyed susan near equestrian entrance in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 18, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1051/jpeg/06t.jpg) Flowers of Black eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 7, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1058/jpeg/23t.jpg) Black-eyed susan flowers at equestrian entrance in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 18, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1058/jpeg/25t.jpg) Black-eyed susan flowers at Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 18, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1060/jpeg/26t.jpg) Flower of black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1074/jpeg/07t.jpg) Dry seed head of black eyed susan in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 30, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1048/jpeg/26t.jpg) Black Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) flowers in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 3, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1051/jpeg/17t.jpg) Field of Black eyed susan near Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 7, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1071/jpeg/20t.jpg) Dry head of black eyed susan flower in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 20, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1050/jpeg/19t.jpg) Black-eyed susan and Mock Bishop s Weed in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 7, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1052/jpeg/01t.jpg) Black eyed susan flowers at equestrian entrance in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 7, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1048/jpeg/11t.jpg) Field of Black eyed susan flowers in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 30, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1050/jpeg/22t.jpg) Black-eyed susan, Mock Bishop s Weed, and plantain in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 7, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1058/jpeg/15t.jpg) Field of black eyed susan flowers near equestrian entrance in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 18, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1061/jpeg/03t.jpg) Back lit flower of black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1052/jpeg/03t.jpg) Yellow flowers of Black eyed susan at equestrian entrance in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 7, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1061/jpeg/01t.jpg) Mature flower of black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1061/jpeg/13t.jpg) Orange flower of black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1061/jpeg/02t.jpg) Odd shaped flower of black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 22, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1071/jpeg/19t.jpg) Mature head of black eyed susan flower in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 20, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1051/jpeg/25t.jpg) Yellow flowers of Black eyed susan near equestrian entrance in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 7, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1050/jpeg/23t.jpg) Black-eyed susan and Mock Bishop s Weed flowers in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 7, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1067/jpeg/17t.jpg) Black eyed susan and mock bishop s weed in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 6, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1048/jpeg/17t.jpg) Dense stand of Black Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 3, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1071/jpeg/26t.jpg) Drying head of black eyed susan flower in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 20, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1051/jpeg/24t.jpg) Black eyed susan and Meadow Pink near equestrian entrance in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 7, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1064/jpeg/12t.jpg) Field of black eyed susan flowers from Road 159 near Millican. Texas, May 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1050/jpeg/14t.jpg) Black eyed susan flowers on roadside near Highway 105. Brenham, Texas, May 6, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1048/jpeg/19t.jpg) Black Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) and soft golden aster in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 3, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1050/jpeg/18t.jpg) Black-eyed susan, Mock Bishop s Weed, and Curly Dock in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 7, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1051/jpeg/19t.jpg) Black eyed susan and Spring Ladies Tresses near equestrian entrance in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 7, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1048/jpeg/24t.jpg) Black Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) and curly dock (Rumex) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 3, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1051/jpeg/26t.jpg) Field of yellow flowers of Black eyed susan near equestrian entrance in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 7, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1058/jpeg/22t.jpg) Black-eyed susan and Mock Bishop s Weed near Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 18, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1058/jpeg/21t.jpg) Black-eyed susan and spring ladies tresses flowers near equestrian entrance in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 18, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1050/jpeg/16t.jpg) Black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta) and Mock Bishop s Weed (Ptilimnium nuttali) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 7, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1114/jpeg/22t.jpg) Dry seed heads of Black eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta) in dew from Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 30, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1048/jpeg/21t.jpg) Black Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) and Mock Bishop s Weed (Ptilimnium nuttali) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 3, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1048/jpeg/10t.jpg) Black Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) and Mock Bishop s Weed (Ptilimnium nuttali) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 30, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1051/jpeg/18t.jpg) Field of Black eyed susan and Mock bishop s weed (Ptilimnium nuttallii) near Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 7, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1050/jpeg/17t.jpg) Field of black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta) and Mock Bishop s Weed (Ptilimnium nuttali) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 7, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1058/jpeg/24t.jpg) Black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta) and Mock Bishop s Weed (Ptilimnium nuttali) at Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 18, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1058/jpeg/26t.jpg) Black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta) and Mock Bishop s Weed (Ptilimnium nuttali) near Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 18, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1059/jpeg/01t.jpg) Black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta) and Mock Bishop s Weed (Ptilimnium nuttali) near Post Oak Trail at sunrise in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 18, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1058/jpeg/16t.jpg) Field of Black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta) and Mock Bishop s Weed (Ptilimnium nuttali) near equestrian entrance in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 18, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1410/jpeg/24t.jpg) Black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2895/jpeg/02t.jpg) Some black moth at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3164/jpeg/30t.jpg) Black aphids on a stalk of lettuce (Lactuca)(?) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 31, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2483/jpeg/19t.jpg) Black hoverfly (Diptera, Syrphidae) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 19, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1049/jpeg/05t.jpg) Black eyed susan with tachinid fly in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 4, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2529/jpeg/17t.jpg) Black eyed susan flower (Rudbeckia hirta) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 15, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2528/jpeg/15t.jpg) Black eyed susan flower (Rudbeckia hirta) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 15, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2529/jpeg/25t.jpg) Blooming black eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 15, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2680/jpeg/05t.jpg) Small sedge (Carex) with a red bug with black dots in wet area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 5, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1049/jpeg/04t.jpg) Black eyed susan and blue phlox in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 4, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2811/jpeg/04t.jpg) Black berries of upland swamp-privet (Forestiera ligustrina) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 6, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2664/jpeg/13t.jpg) Young leaves of blackjack oak (Quercus marilandica, black oak group) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2852/jpeg/04t.jpg) Stalked puffball mushrooms Tulostoma rufum on black background at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 18, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2664/jpeg/14t.jpg) Fresh red leaves of blackjack oak (Quercus marilandica, black oak group) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3468/jpeg/27t.jpg) Winter stalkball mushrooms (Tulostoma fimbriatum) on black background at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1044/jpeg/07t.jpg) Black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 19, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1046/jpeg/16t.jpg) Insects on petals of black-eyed susan in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 24, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1049/jpeg/11t.jpg) Black Eyed Susan and beebalm near Loop Trail in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 4, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2483/jpeg/23t.jpg) Black flower fly (Diptera, Syrphidae) on woolly-white (Hymenopappus artemisiaefolius) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 19, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2664/jpeg/19t.jpg) Flowers of vetch (Vicia)(?) with a dotted black skipper butterfy (Hesperiidae) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3468/jpeg/28t.jpg) Close-up of winter stalkball mushrooms (Tulostoma fimbriatum) on black background at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1049/jpeg/13t.jpg) Dense field of Black Eyed Susan near Loop Trail in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 4, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1049/jpeg/10t.jpg) Black Eyed Susan and field parsley near Loop Trail in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 4, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2435/jpeg/04t.jpg) Black dotted lichen Buellia or may be Lecidella on sandstone outcrops in an oak and red cedar forest at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 25, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2435/jpeg/08t.jpg) Black dots of a lichen Buellia or may be Lecidella on sandstone outcrops in an oak and red cedar forest at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 25, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2483/jpeg/26t.jpg) Metallic black flower fly (Diptera, Syrphidae) on woolly-white (Hymenopappus artemisiaefolius) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 19, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1049/jpeg/09t.jpg) Field of Black Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) on Loop Trail in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, May 4, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3533/jpeg/07t.jpg) Fruits (purple-black, olive-like berries) of swamp privet (Forestiera acuminata) on black background on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 11, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2664/jpeg/20t.jpg) Baby blue eyes (Nemophila phacelioides) with a dotted black skipper butterfy (Hesperiidae) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3135/jpeg/22t.jpg) A nest of leaf-cutting ants with green and black fruits of evening primrose (Oenothera)(?) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 20, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3135/jpeg/21t.jpg) Unripe green and black fruits of evening primrose (Oenothera)(?) collected by leaf-cutting ants at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 20, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1103/jpeg/04t.jpg) Climbing hempvine (Mikania scandens) on a shore of Lake Somerville in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 8, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1102/jpeg/23t.jpg) Globular flower of buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) on a shore of Lake Somerville in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 8, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1102/jpeg/22t.jpg) Staminate flowers of cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium) on a shore of Lake Somerville in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 8, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1103/jpeg/01t.jpg) Green flowers of cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium) on a shore of Lake Somerville in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 8, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2800/jpeg/22t.jpg) Black ergot fungus Claviceps paspali on brownseed Paspalum grass (Paspalum plicatulum) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2761/jpeg/03t.jpg) Brownseed Paspalum grass (Paspalum plicatulum) with black ergot fungus Claviceps paspali on a shore of Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3259/jpeg/19t.jpg) Black willow on shores of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1103/jpeg/05t.jpg) Close up of staminate flowers of cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium) on a shore of Lake Somerville in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 8, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/652/jpeg/03t.jpg) Dry black eyed susan flower in Lick Creek Park. College Station, June 15, 2008
|