![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2674/jpeg/27t.jpg) Blooming downy phlox (Phlox pilosa) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2674/jpeg/30t.jpg) Downy phlox (Phlox pilosa) in bloom on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2674/jpeg/28t.jpg) Pink flower of downy phlox (Phlox pilosa) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3502/jpeg/18t.jpg) Downy phlox (Phlox pilosa) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 30, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3503/jpeg/20t.jpg) Downy phlox (Phlox pilosa) on Road FS 203 near on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 30, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3502/jpeg/19t.jpg) Flowers of downy phlox (Phlox pilosa) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 30, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3503/jpeg/21t.jpg) Flowers of downy phlox (Phlox pilosa) on Road FS 203 near on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 30, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3510/jpeg/32t.jpg) Downy phlox (Phlox pilosa) blooming over young oak on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 13, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3510/jpeg/34t.jpg) Downy phlox (Phlox pilosa) blooming over young pine on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 13, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3510/jpeg/29t.jpg) Downy phlox (Phlox pilosa) blooming over bracken fern on road FS203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 13, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3496/jpeg/15t.jpg) Downy phlox (Phlox pilosa) on Wilderness Trail south from Triangle in Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary. Cleveland, Texas, March 23, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3370/jpeg/21t.jpg) Pink flowers downy phlox (Phlox pilosa) in Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary. Cleveland, Texas, March 25, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3370/jpeg/20t.jpg) Blooming downy phlox (Phlox pilosa) on old logging road in Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary. Cleveland, Texas, March 25, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/727/jpeg/08t.jpg) Phlox flowers on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 29, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1410/jpeg/03t.jpg) Pink phlox in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3128/jpeg/12t.jpg) Pink phlox flower on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2473/jpeg/03t.jpg) Pointed phlox (Phlox cuspidata) on Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 26, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3500/jpeg/07t.jpg) Pointed phlox (Phlox cuspidata) on Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 28, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1410/jpeg/09t.jpg) Pink phlox flowers in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/623/jpeg/07t.jpg) Pink flowers of pointed phlox (Phlox cuspidata) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 27, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3509/jpeg/15t.jpg) Pointed phlox (Phlox cuspidata) on Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 12, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3114/jpeg/01t.jpg) Annual phlox (Phlox drummondii) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 6, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2888/jpeg/04t.jpg) Close-up of annual phlox (Phlox drummondii) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 22, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2888/jpeg/01t.jpg) Field of annual phlox (Phlox drummondii) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 22, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2888/jpeg/05t.jpg) Pink flowers of annual phlox (Phlox drummondii) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 22, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2239/jpeg/21t.jpg) Pink flowers of pointed phlox (Phlox cuspidata) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2235/jpeg/04t.jpg) Beginning of bloom of pointed phlox (Phlox cuspidata) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 11, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2480/jpeg/07t.jpg) Pink phlox on Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest west from Richards. Texas, April 9, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2241/jpeg/20t.jpg) Pink flowers of pointed phlox (Phlox cuspidata) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 5, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2898/jpeg/13t.jpg) Annual phlox (Phlox drummondii) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2898/jpeg/14t.jpg) Field of annual phlox (Phlox drummondii) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2898/jpeg/15t.jpg) Blooming annual phlox (Phlox drummondii) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 3, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2669/jpeg/20t.jpg) Downy conecap mushrooms (Conocybe subpubescens) under pines on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 22, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3130/jpeg/34t.jpg) Blooming phlox on North Wilderness Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 14, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2669/jpeg/22t.jpg) Side view of downy conecap mushrooms (Conocybe subpubescens) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 22, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2669/jpeg/23t.jpg) Downy conecap mushrooms (Conocybe subpubescens) collected under pines on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 22, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3130/jpeg/33t.jpg) Pink phlox flowers on North Wilderness Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 14, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2669/jpeg/21t.jpg) Downy conecap mushrooms (Conocybe subpubescens) on pine needles on a terrace over the creek on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 22, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3518/jpeg/03t.jpg) Downy conecap mushroom (Conocybe subpubescens(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3518/jpeg/05t.jpg) Underside of a downy conecap mushroom (Conocybe subpubescens(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3518/jpeg/04t.jpg) Side view of a downy conecap mushroom (Conocybe subpubescens(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2675/jpeg/39t.jpg) Pink phlox in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 28, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2675/jpeg/38t.jpg) Phlox flowers in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 28, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3607/jpeg/18t.jpg) Downy lobelia (Purple dewdrop, Lobelia puberula) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 24, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3518/jpeg/26t.jpg) Spores (in KOH) of downy conecap mushroom (Conocybe subpubescens(?)) (spore print brown), collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/664/jpeg/27t.jpg) Blue flower of downy lobelia (Purple dewdrop, Lobelia puberula) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2666/jpeg/05t.jpg) Red shoot of oak on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3607/jpeg/29t.jpg) Downy lobelia (Purple dewdrop, Lobelia puberula) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 24, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2667/jpeg/08t.jpg) Blooming hawthorn on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2666/jpeg/14t.jpg) Young oak leaves on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2666/jpeg/11t.jpg) Young red leaves of an oak on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2667/jpeg/13t.jpg) Flower of blackberry on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2666/jpeg/26t.jpg) Shoot of sumac on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2667/jpeg/23t.jpg) Blooming blackberry on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2666/jpeg/15t.jpg) Orange shoot of an oak on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2674/jpeg/22t.jpg) Rush (Juncus) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2667/jpeg/19t.jpg) Shoot of sweetgum on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2667/jpeg/10t.jpg) Shoot with glossy leaves on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2667/jpeg/11t.jpg) Young leaves of sweetgum on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2666/jpeg/25t.jpg) Shoot of Virginia creeper on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2667/jpeg/09t.jpg) Some young glossy leaves on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2667/jpeg/05t.jpg) Young leaves of sumac(?) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2667/jpeg/03t.jpg) White flowers of blackberry on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2666/jpeg/06t.jpg) Young leaves of sassafras on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2666/jpeg/20t.jpg) Venation of a sassafras leaf on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2666/jpeg/13t.jpg) Young leaves of sumac(?) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2674/jpeg/23t.jpg) Flowers of rush (Juncus) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/794/jpeg/21t.jpg) Green lynx spider preying on a skipper butterfly on Purple dewdrop (downy lobelia, Lobelia puberula) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 26, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2666/jpeg/04t.jpg) Rose vervain (Glandularia canadensis) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2666/jpeg/03t.jpg) Young leaves of Virginia creeper on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2667/jpeg/21t.jpg) Rock-rose (Helianthemum carolinianum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2674/jpeg/15t.jpg) Nodding beardtongue (Penstemon laxiflorus) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2667/jpeg/24t.jpg) Blue eyed grass (Sisyrinchium) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2666/jpeg/17t.jpg) Celestial lily (Nemastylis geminiflora) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2666/jpeg/19t.jpg) Fresh leaves of Virginia creeper on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2674/jpeg/24t.jpg) Lyreleaf sage (Salvia lyrata) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2658/jpeg/03t.jpg) Shoot of blackjack oak on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 8, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2674/jpeg/25t.jpg) Racemed milkwort (Polygala polygama) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2667/jpeg/12t.jpg) Rose vervain (Glandularia canadensis) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2666/jpeg/16t.jpg) Lyreleaf sage (Salvia lyrata) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2658/jpeg/10t.jpg) Young leaves of elm on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 8, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2667/jpeg/25t.jpg) Shoot of Chinese tallow (Sapium sebiferum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2666/jpeg/10t.jpg) Red shoot of mustang grape (Vitis mustangensis) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2666/jpeg/18t.jpg) Flowers of lyreleaf sage (Salvia lyrata) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2667/jpeg/06t.jpg) Cap of scaly sawgill mushroom (Neolentinus lepideus) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2667/jpeg/27t.jpg) Flowers of blue eyed grass (Sisyrinchium) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2666/jpeg/12t.jpg) Young leaves of blackjack oak (Quercus marilandica) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2658/jpeg/04t.jpg) Fresh leaves of blackjack oak on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 8, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2674/jpeg/31t.jpg) Peeling puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon marginatum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2674/jpeg/12t.jpg) Some brown cup Ascomycete fungus on a site of old bonfire on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2666/jpeg/07t.jpg) Shoot of paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2674/jpeg/26t.jpg) Yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2667/jpeg/20t.jpg) Yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2667/jpeg/01t.jpg) Blackseed speargrass (oats needle grass, Piptochaetium avenaceum) in a pine forest on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2658/jpeg/09t.jpg) Missouri violet (Viola missouriensis) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 8, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2658/jpeg/01t.jpg) Rose vervain (Glandularia canadensis) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 8, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2674/jpeg/29t.jpg) Violet wood sorrel (shamrock, Oxalis violacea) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2666/jpeg/23t.jpg) Pine needles with rust fungus Coleosporium asterum on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2658/jpeg/05t.jpg) Fragrant sumac (Rhus aromatica) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 8, 2020
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