 Galls on an oak leaf near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 19, 2014
 Galls under an oak leaf in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 11, 2012
 Galls (hollow blisters) on leaves of common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 30, 2021
 Small dark aphids on a leaf near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 19, 2014
 Galls (numerous pale green warts) on leaves of common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) caused by eriophyid gall mites at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 30, 2021
 Close-up of a leaf of Ipomoea lacunosa with rust fungus Coleosporium ipomoeae at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 19, 2021
 Close-up of orange spots of rust fungus Coleosporium ipomoeae on a leaf of Ipomoea lacunosa at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 19, 2021
 Insect galls on fresh oak leaves at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
 Close up of a flower of prickly poppy (Argemone albiflora) near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 19, 2014
 Jewel beetles (Buprestidae, Agrilus) on a woolly croton leaf at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 30, 2021
 Jewel beetles (Buprestidae, genus Agrilus) on a leaf of Croton capitatus at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 30, 2021
 Galls caused by eriophyid mites on leaves of common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 3, 2021
 Leaves of common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) with galls caused by eriophyid mites at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 3, 2021
 Oak galls on a trail in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 11, 2012
 Distorted leaves of common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) with galls caused by eriophyid mites at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 3, 2021
 Accumulation of oak galls on a trail in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 11, 2012
 Close-up of a bolete mushroom Boletus luridellus at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 17, 2021
 Close-up of dodder (Cuscuta) on salt-marsh fleabane at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 19, 2020
 Close-up of a mature bolete mushroom Boletus luridellus at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 17, 2021
 Close-up of a green frog on summer spiderlily (Hymenocallis occidentalis) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 30, 2021
 Brown and greenish galls of lichenicolous fungus Tremella parmeliarum on powdered ruffle lichen (Parmotrema hypotropum) on a bush of upland swamp-privet in semi-open area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021
 Narrow-leaf false dragonhead (Physostegia angustifolia(?)) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 7, 2023
 Salt moth caterpillar on a leaf of giant ragweed at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 5, 2020
 Young leaf and flower buds of mustang grape at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
 Leaf of whitestar morning-glory (Ipomoea lacunosa) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 3, 2021
 Indigofera(?) flowers near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 19, 2014
 Sagittaria like flowers near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 19, 2014
 Both sides of a leaf of Ipomoea lacunosa with rust fungus Coleosporium ipomoeae at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 19, 2021
 Details of orange rust fungus Coleosporium ipomoeae on a leaf of Ipomoea lacunosa at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 19, 2021
 Texture of orange rust fungus Coleosporium ipomoeae on a leaf of Ipomoea lacunosa at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 19, 2021
 Leaf-cutting (sharp-tailed) cuckoo bee Coelioxys (female) taken from bluestem grass at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2021
 Pattern of orange rust fungus Coleosporium ipomoeae on a leaf of Ipomoea lacunosa at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 19, 2021
 Orange spots of rust fungus Coleosporium ipomoeae on a leaf of Ipomoea lacunosa at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 19, 2021
 Slender vervain (verbena) near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 19, 2014
 Flowers of a species of Indigofera near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 19, 2014
 Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 19, 2014
 Passion flower (Passiflora) near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 19, 2014
 Turk s cap (Malvaviscus drummondii) near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 19, 2014
 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
 Texture of orange spots of rust fungus Coleosporium ipomoeae on a leaf of Ipomoea lacunosa at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 19, 2021
 Kleptoparasitic leaf-cutting (sharp-tailed) cuckoo bee Coelioxys, female, on bluestem grass at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2021
 Orange spots of rust fungus Coleosporium ipomoeae on underside of a leaf of Ipomoea lacunosa at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 19, 2021
 Copper lily (Habranthus texanus) near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 19, 2014
 Hooker s eryngo (Eryngium hookeri) near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 19, 2014
 Red firewheel flower (Gaillardia amblyodon) near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 19, 2014
 Fruits of peppervine (Ampelopsis arborea) near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 19, 2014
 Blooming buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 19, 2014
 Spurge (Euphorbia heterophylla) on roadside near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 19, 2014
 Tiny Diodia like flower on roadside near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 19, 2014
 Flower of whitestar morning-glory (Ipomoea lacunosa) and a leaf with rust fungus Coleosporium ipomoeae at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 19, 2021
 Underside of a leaf of whitestar morning-glory (Ipomoea lacunosa) with rust fungus Coleosporium ipomoeae at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 19, 2021
 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
 Close-up of a little green frog on a shore of Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2020
 Close-up of beebalm (Monarda punctata) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, June 14, 2020
 Close-up of woolly-white (Hymenopappus) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 20, 2022
 Close-up of a grasshopper on bluestem grass at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 17, 2021
 Close-up of buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 17, 2021
 Underside of a leaf of spring scorpion grass (Myosotis macrosperma) with rust fungus Puccinia eatoniae var. myosotidis(?) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2022
 Sand mounds of Texas leaf cutting ants Atta texana at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 4, 2020
 Jew s ear mushroom (Auricularia auricula-judae complex) near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 19, 2014
 Ball rolling dung beetles (Scarabeus) near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 19, 2014
 Flower of Copper lily (Habranthus texanus) near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 19, 2014
 Fruits of spurge (Euphorbia heterophylla) on roadside near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 19, 2014
 Green berries of beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 19, 2014
 Flower of prickly poppy (Argemone albiflora) near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 19, 2014
 Close up of hemisphaeric liverwort (Reboulia hemisphaerica) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 17, 2019
 Close up of resupinate polypore mushroom under a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 21, 2019
 Close-up of resupinate polypore mushroom on a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
 Rust fungus Puccinia eatoniae var. myosotidis(?) on underside of a leaf of spring scorpion grass (Myosotis macrosperma, Boraginaceae) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
 Whitestar morning-glory (Ipomoea lacunosa) with a flower and a leaf with orange spots from rust fungus Coleosporium ipomoeae at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 19, 2021
 Close-up of passion flower (maypop, Passiflora foetida) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, June 14, 2020
 Close-up of flowers of wild buckwheat (Eriogonum annuum) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2020
 Close up of a common hydnoid fungus on a recently dried oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 21, 2019
 Close up of southern prairie aster (Eurybia hemispherica) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 17, 2019
 Close-up of winter stalkball mushrooms (Tulostoma fimbriatum) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024
 Close up of petticoat mottlegill mushrooms (Panaeolus papilionaceus) on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 6, 2018
 Close-up of common puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon perlatum) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 9, 2022
 Close-up of seed capsules of cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium) taken from Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 4, 2020
 Close-up of terrestrial moss Thelia lescurii(?) on roadside at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 5, 2020
 Close-up of western umbrella-sedge (Fuirena simplex) on a shore of Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2020
 Close-up of resupinate polypore fungus Ceriporia(?) under a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
 Close up of corticioid polypore mushroom Ceriporia(?) under a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 21, 2019
 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
 Green and white spurge (Euphorbia heterophylla) on roadside near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 19, 2014
 Katydid nymph on prickly poppy (Argemone albiflora) near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 19, 2014
 Close-up of corticioid (crust) fungus Dichostereum effuscatum on a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 18, 2021
 Close-up of turbin lichen (Cladonia peziziformis) on a side of a road at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021
 Close-up of white corticioid (crust) fungus under a fallen oak branch at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 29, 2020
 Close-up of speckled shield lichen (Punctelia) on a sandstone rock at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021
 Close up of green crust fungus Trichoderma viride under a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 21, 2019
 Close-up of a spike of a tall ladies-tresses (Spiranthes) in prairie at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 6, 2020
 Close-up of orange resupinate polypore mushrooms on underside of a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 29, 2020
 Close-up of white tubelet fungus (Henningsomyces candidus) on a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 13, 2022
 Close-up of white tubelet mushrooms (Henningsomyces candidus) on underside of an oak log at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Close-up of thin brown Tomentella on old Phellinus mushroom on a juniper log at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
 Close-up of Dog Vomit Slime Mold (Fuligo septica) on a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
 Close-up of hemisphaeric liverwort (Reboulia hemisphaerica) near crossing of a small creek at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 18, 2021
 Leaf cutting ant s highway on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
 Close-up of flowers of barnyard grass (cockspur, Echinochloa crus-galli) on a shore of Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2020
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