![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2420/jpeg/03t.jpg) Pigtail moss (Weissia controversa)(?) and yellow stonecrop (Sedum nuttallianum) in a wet spot in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2419/jpeg/24t.jpg) Brownish leather lichen Dermatocarpon luridum in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2419/jpeg/26t.jpg) Close up of leather lichen Dermatocarpon luridum in water seepage area on granite in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2418/jpeg/12t.jpg) Yellow stonecrop (Sedum nuttallianum) in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2418/jpeg/13t.jpg) Seedlings of yellow stonecrop (Sedum nuttallianum) in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2419/jpeg/23t.jpg) Leather lichen Dermatocarpon luridum (brownish foliose) on black granular lichen Pyrenopsis in seepage area on horizontal granite surface in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2419/jpeg/25t.jpg) Leather lichen Dermatocarpon luridum with water-crust lichen Pyrenopsis in water seepage area on granite in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2420/jpeg/01t.jpg) Leather lichen Dermatocarpon luridum on dark brown water lichen Pyrenopsis in water seepage area on granite in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2420/jpeg/07t.jpg) Dry leather lichen (Dermatocarpon) on a horizontal granite surface in shade in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2420/jpeg/15t.jpg) Flakes of leather lichen (Dermatocarpon) on a horizontal granite surface in shade in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2420/jpeg/08t.jpg) Dry flakes of leather lichen (Dermatocarpon) on a horizontal granite surface in shade in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2420/jpeg/16t.jpg) Masses of flakes of leather lichen (Dermatocarpon) on a horizontal granite surface in a shade of big rocks in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2419/jpeg/07t.jpg) Dark brown crustose lichen Caloplaca growing on a yellow dispersed lichen Acarospora (cobblestone, or cracked lichen) in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2420/jpeg/18t.jpg) Yellow cobblestone lichen Acarospora socialis on pink granite in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2419/jpeg/08t.jpg) Cobblestone, or cracked lichen Acarospora (yellow, dispersed) on pink granite in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2419/jpeg/14t.jpg) Yellow cobblestone lichen Acarospora socialis and brown Caloplaca on pink granite in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2418/jpeg/23t.jpg) Rock-shield lichen Xanthoparmelia in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2419/jpeg/10t.jpg) Rock-shield lichen (Xanthoparmelia) in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2419/jpeg/17t.jpg) Rock-shield lichen Xanthoparmelia in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2420/jpeg/09t.jpg) Cracked lichen Acarospora novomexicana (yellow) and firedot lichen Fulgogasparrea appressa (Caloplaca appressa)(?) (red) on granite in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2420/jpeg/22t.jpg) Rock-shield lichen Xanthoparmelia in shaded place in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2421/jpeg/02t.jpg) Rock-shield lichen (Xanthoparmelia) on Freshman Mountain in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2418/jpeg/09t.jpg) Echo Canyon and Little Rock from a slope of Enchanted Rock in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2418/jpeg/08t.jpg) Little Rock from a slope of Enchanted Rock in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2419/jpeg/16t.jpg) Mexican yolk lichen (Candelina submexicana) together with Aspicilia on a rock edge in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2421/jpeg/19t.jpg) Cracked lichen Acarospora novomexicana (yellow) and firedot lichen Fulgogasparrea appressa (Caloplaca appressa)(?) (red) on pink granite of Freshman Mountain in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2420/jpeg/17t.jpg) Firedot lichen (Caloplaca) in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2421/jpeg/06t.jpg) Rock-shield lichen (Xanthoparmelia) on cracked pink granite of Freshman Mountain in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2420/jpeg/05t.jpg) Buzzard s Roost from Enchanted Rock in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2421/jpeg/15t.jpg) Dome of Enchanted Rock from the top of Freshman Mountain. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2421/jpeg/22t.jpg) The dome of Enchanted Rock from Moss Lake. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2421/jpeg/23t.jpg) The dome of Enchanted Rock from Echo Canyon. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2421/jpeg/17t.jpg) View in direction of Enchanted Rock from the top of Freshman Mountain. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2420/jpeg/14t.jpg) Moonglow lichen (Dimelaena oreina)(?) in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2421/jpeg/09t.jpg) Base of the dome of Enchanted Rock, view from Freshman Mountain. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2421/jpeg/04t.jpg) Slope of the dome of Enchanted Rock, view from Freshman Mountain. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2421/jpeg/10t.jpg) Erosion of the dome of Enchanted Rock, view from Freshman Mountain. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2421/jpeg/21t.jpg) Large granite stone covered by cracked lichen Acarospora novomexicana (yellow) and firedot lichen Fulgogasparrea appressa (Caloplaca appressa)(?) (red) on Freshman Mountain in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2419/jpeg/11t.jpg) Grey crustose lichen Aspicilia with firedot lichen Caloplaca on granite in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2421/jpeg/11t.jpg) Exfoliation of slope of the dome of Enchanted Rock, view from Freshman Mountain. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2420/jpeg/25t.jpg) Rock-shield lichen Xanthoparmelia and a broken limb of Christmas cactus (Tasajillo, Cylindropuntia leptocaulis) in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2418/jpeg/10t.jpg) Moss Lake camping area from a slope of Enchanted Rock in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2421/jpeg/03t.jpg) Exfoliation of granite slabs from the dome of Enchanted Rock, view from Freshman Mountain. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2419/jpeg/12t.jpg) Grey crustose lichen Aspicilia with orange firedot lichen Caloplaca on granite in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2419/jpeg/05t.jpg) Common grey crustose lichen Aspicilia (sunken disk lichen) on granite in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2419/jpeg/09t.jpg) The most common grey crustose lichen Aspicilia in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2419/jpeg/06t.jpg) Sunken disk lichen Aspicilia (grey) in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2418/jpeg/14t.jpg) Firedot lichen Caloplaca on granite stone in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2421/jpeg/13t.jpg) Slope of the dome of Enchanted Rock in area of Turkey Pass, view from Freshman Mountain. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2421/jpeg/12t.jpg) Large slabs of granite at the base of the dome of Enchanted Rock, view from Freshman Mountain. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2420/jpeg/02t.jpg) Golden moonglow lichen (Dimelaena oreina, greenish grey) with some black granular lichen in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2419/jpeg/03t.jpg) Dark brown crustose lichen Caloplaca on granite in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2418/jpeg/17t.jpg) Blue-edged scale lichen (Psorula rufonigra) in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2419/jpeg/20t.jpg) Speckled shield lichen (Punctelia) in a shady place in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2418/jpeg/18t.jpg) Blue-edged scale lichen (Psorula rufonigra) (olivaceous) in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2420/jpeg/13t.jpg) Narrow lobes of granite rosette lichen (Physcia halei) in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2418/jpeg/22t.jpg) Slender rosette lichen (Physcia subtilis) on a granite surface in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2419/jpeg/04t.jpg) Dark brown crustose lichen Caloplaca on pink granite in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2420/jpeg/12t.jpg) Mexican yolk lichen (Candelina submexicana) on pink granite in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2419/jpeg/13t.jpg) Brown lichen Caloplaca with other crustose lichens on pink granite in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2420/jpeg/19t.jpg) Tiny yellow flower of aster family on pink granite in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2421/jpeg/07t.jpg) Blue-edged scale lichen (Psorula rufonigra) on Freshman Mountain in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2421/jpeg/20t.jpg) Moonglow lichen (Dimelaena oreina)(?) on pink granite of Freshman Mountain in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2420/jpeg/21t.jpg) Dry squamulous lichen Cladonia growing on moss Grimmia with hyaline hairpoints in shady area in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2420/jpeg/10t.jpg) Gold cobblestone lichen Pleopsidium flavum (Pleopsidium oxytonum)(?) mixed with a grey crustose lichen on granite in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2418/jpeg/06t.jpg) Rock abrasion made by visiting tourists in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2419/jpeg/01t.jpg) Red firedot lichen Fulgogasparrea appressa (Caloplaca appressa)(?) on granite in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2418/jpeg/15t.jpg) Firedot lichen Fulgogasparrea brouardii (Caloplaca brouardii)(?) with isidia in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2420/jpeg/11t.jpg) Mexican yolk lichen (Candelina submexicana) together with granite rosette lichen (Physcia halei) at the edge of a granite stone in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2419/jpeg/18t.jpg) Golden moonglow lichen (Dimelaena oreina, greenish grey) and firedot lichen Fulgogasparrea appressa (Caloplaca appressa)(?) in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2419/jpeg/22t.jpg) Isidious lichen Fulgogasparrea brouardii (Caloplaca brouardii)(?) on a granite stone in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2419/jpeg/02t.jpg) Orange firedot lichen Fulgogasparrea appressa (Caloplaca appressa)(?) on granite in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2418/jpeg/16t.jpg) Firedot lichen Fulgogasparrea brouardii (Caloplaca brouardii)(?) on granite stone in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2418/jpeg/21t.jpg) Blue-edged scale lichen (Psorula rufonigra) (olivaceous) on a filamentous cyanolichen Spilonema revertens (black) in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2419/jpeg/21t.jpg) Isidious firedot lichen Fulgogasparrea brouardii (Caloplaca brouardii)(?) together with other crustose lichens in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2418/jpeg/07t.jpg) Dry trees in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2418/jpeg/25t.jpg) Lichens covering granite in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2418/jpeg/24t.jpg) Various lichens on a granite stone in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2421/jpeg/25t.jpg) Area of Echo Canyon in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2419/jpeg/15t.jpg) Sunken button lichen (Buellia spuria, ashy grey with black dots) and Aspicilia (grey) crustose lichens in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2421/jpeg/18t.jpg) Buzzard s Roost from the top of Freshman Mountain. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2420/jpeg/23t.jpg) Green moss in area of water seepage in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2421/jpeg/24t.jpg) View of the granite dome from Echo Canyon. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2420/jpeg/24t.jpg) Peruvian spike-moss (Selaginella peruviana) in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2420/jpeg/26t.jpg) Blooming dwarf vervain (Glandularia pumila) in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2421/jpeg/14t.jpg) Weathered pedestal rocks at the top of Freshman Mountain. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2421/jpeg/05t.jpg) Lace cactus (Echinocereus reichenbachii) on Freshman Mountain in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2419/jpeg/19t.jpg) Pigtail moss (Weissia controversa) in a shady place in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/602/jpeg/06t.jpg) View to the north from Enchanted Rock in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, October 27, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/602/jpeg/07t.jpg) Weathered surface of Enchanted Rock in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, October 27, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/602/jpeg/05t.jpg) Crass (product of weathering) on Enchanted Rock in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, October 27, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/602/jpeg/08t.jpg) Standing on a granite dome of Enchanted Rock in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, October 27, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2418/jpeg/20t.jpg) Riddell s spike-moss (Selaginella corallina) in a stone depression in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2421/jpeg/16t.jpg) Hedgehog, or claret cup cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus) on the top of Freshman Mountain. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2420/jpeg/20t.jpg) Zigzag cliff-brake fern (Pellaea ovata) on slope of the dome in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2420/jpeg/06t.jpg) Orange and dark brown crustose lichens Caloplaca on pink granite in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2418/jpeg/11t.jpg) Soaptree yucca (Yucca elata) in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2421/jpeg/01t.jpg) Thorny cluster of hedgehog, or claret cup cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus) on Freshman Mountain in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2421/jpeg/08t.jpg) Zigzag cliff-brake fern (Pellaea ovata) in shade of big rocks on Freshman Mountain in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
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