![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/11t.jpg) Flowers of elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2756/jpeg/26t.jpg) Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 21, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3028/jpeg/01t.jpg) Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 23, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3622/jpeg/15t.jpg) Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 17, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3615/jpeg/04t.jpg) Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 6, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3615/jpeg/06t.jpg) Blooming elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 6, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3615/jpeg/05t.jpg) Flowers of elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 6, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3622/jpeg/13t.jpg) Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 17, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2366/jpeg/04t.jpg) Flowers of elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 23, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3622/jpeg/14t.jpg) Flowers of elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 17, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2366/jpeg/05t.jpg) Flower spike of elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 23, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3615/jpeg/09t.jpg) Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 6, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3253/jpeg/24t.jpg) Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 1, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3008/jpeg/06t.jpg) Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 15, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3015/jpeg/27t.jpg) Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3002/jpeg/10t.jpg) Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3262/jpeg/04t.jpg) Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 18, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3262/jpeg/06t.jpg) Flowers of elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 18, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3002/jpeg/11t.jpg) Flowers of elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3002/jpeg/12t.jpg) Close-up of elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3002/jpeg/13t.jpg) Inflorescence of elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3253/jpeg/26t.jpg) Flowers of elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 1, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3253/jpeg/25t.jpg) Green lynx spider on elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 1, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3607/jpeg/28t.jpg) Elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) 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/2024/3607/jpeg/27t.jpg) Flowers of elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) 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/2020/2769/jpeg/25t.jpg) Gayfeather (Liatris) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/27t.jpg) Flowers of gayfeather (Liatris) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/26t.jpg) Blooming gayfeather (Liatris) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1104/jpeg/15t.jpg) Gayfeather (Liatris) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 15, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1105/jpeg/16t.jpg) Blooming gayfeather (Liatris) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 15, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/15t.jpg) Flower of Palafoxia hookeriana in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/23t.jpg) Red lovegrass (Eragrostis secundiflora) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/35t.jpg) Snake cotton (Froelichia) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/31t.jpg) Water primrose (Ludwigia) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/29t.jpg) Sandburs (Cenchrus spinifex) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/21t.jpg) Smutgrass (Sporobolus indicus) on old road bed in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/34t.jpg) Slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca(?) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/28t.jpg) Sandburs spikelet (Cenchrus spinifex) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/16t.jpg) Dry grass curly threeawn (Aristida desmantha) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/30t.jpg) Shoot of bushy bluestem (Andropogon glomeratus) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/12t.jpg) Curly threeawn grass (Aristida desmantha) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/03t.jpg) Cap of some gilled mushroom in burnt pine forest in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/24t.jpg) Flower spike of red lovegrass (Eragrostis secundiflora) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/22t.jpg) Flower spikes of smutgrass (Sporobolus indicus) on old road bed in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/19t.jpg) Wild buckwheat (Yerba colorado, Eriogonum annuum(?)) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/08t.jpg) Gills of common fieldcap mushrooms (Agrocybe pediades) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/09t.jpg) Caps of common fieldcap mushrooms (Agrocybe pediades) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/20t.jpg) Inflorescence of curly threeawn grass (Aristida desmantha) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/01t.jpg) Splitgill mushrooms (Schizophyllum commune) on thin dry bushes in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/02t.jpg) Underside of some gilled mushroom in burnt pine forest in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/33t.jpg) Scale-like rustgill mushrooms (Gymnopilus lepidotus) on Lost Pines Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/32t.jpg) Scale-like rustgill mushrooms (Gymnopilus lepidotus) growing on a pine stick in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/07t.jpg) Common fieldcap mushrooms (Agrocybe pediades) in a burnt pine forest in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/06t.jpg) Underside of a mushroom Polyporus arcularius (Lentinus arcularius) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/17t.jpg) Large clammyweed Polanisia erosa subsp. erosa in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/05t.jpg) Close-up of mushrooms Polyporus arcularius (Lentinus arcularius) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/18t.jpg) Blooming large clammyweed Polanisia erosa subsp. erosa in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/13t.jpg) Mushrooms Polyporus arcularius (Lentinus arcularius) among burnt wood in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/14t.jpg) Mushrooms Polyporus arcularius (Lentinus arcularius) on burnt wood chips in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2769/jpeg/04t.jpg) Mushrooms Polyporus arcularius (Lentinus arcularius) on a small piece of wood in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2651/jpeg/01t.jpg) Brittlestem (Psathyrella) mushrooms in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/16t.jpg) Brown gills of Agaricus mushroom in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/05t.jpg) Fuligo cinerea slime mold on a log in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2651/jpeg/02t.jpg) Underside of brittlestem (Psathyrella) mushrooms in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2650/jpeg/15t.jpg) Brittlestem mushrooms Psathyrella pennata in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2651/jpeg/03t.jpg) Prairie snoutbean rhynchosia latifolia(?) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/01t.jpg) Slime mold Arcyria ferruginea on burnt oak in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/06t.jpg) Close-up of Fuligo cinerea slime mold on a log in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/18t.jpg) Pyronema omphalodes mushrooms on burnt ground in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2650/jpeg/03t.jpg) White lichen with black apothecia Aspicilia(?) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/24t.jpg) Peeling puffball mushroom (Lycoperdon marginatum) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2651/jpeg/15t.jpg) Leaves of stemless spiderwort (Tradescantia subacaulis) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2673/jpeg/24t.jpg) Scaly sawgill mushrooms (Neolentinus lepideus) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2651/jpeg/04t.jpg) Winter rosette of oldplainsman (Hymenopappus artemisiifolius) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2651/jpeg/13t.jpg) Oyster rollrim mushrooms (Tapinella panuoides) on a pine log in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2650/jpeg/02t.jpg) Aspicilia(?) lichen on a sandstone rock at an overlook point in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2673/jpeg/09t.jpg) Mature scaly sawgill mushrooms (Neolentinus lepideus) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/04t.jpg) Close-up of slime mold Arcyria ferruginea on burnt oak in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/02t.jpg) Texture of slime mold Arcyria ferruginea on burnt oak in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2650/jpeg/16t.jpg) Underside of a Melanoleuca mushroom in a semi-open area in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/23t.jpg) Young peeling puffball mushroom (Lycoperdon marginatum) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2651/jpeg/18t.jpg) Young leaves of prairie snoutbean rhynchosia latifolia(?) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2651/jpeg/16t.jpg) Rosette of leaves of little Indian breadroot (Pediomelum hypogaeum) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2650/jpeg/26t.jpg) Melanoleuca subpulverulenta(?) mushrooms in a semi-open area in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2650/jpeg/19t.jpg) Cup fungus Ascobolus carbonarius on a site of a recent burn in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2651/jpeg/17t.jpg) Young leaves of little Indian breadroot (Pediomelum hypogaeum) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1104/jpeg/16t.jpg) Hollow tree in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 15, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1104/jpeg/13t.jpg) Some sparse vegetation in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 15, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1105/jpeg/10t.jpg) Brown dragonfly in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 15, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1104/jpeg/09t.jpg) Tree stumps in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 15, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1105/jpeg/05t.jpg) Thistle (Cirsium) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 15, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1104/jpeg/07t.jpg) Barren hills in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 15, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1104/jpeg/05t.jpg) Exposed sand in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 15, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1104/jpeg/12t.jpg) Fire ant mound in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 15, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/15t.jpg) Some large Agaricus mushrooms in area of a recent prescribed burn in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2673/jpeg/23t.jpg) Scaly caps of sawgill mushrooms (Neolentinus lepideus) on an oak stump in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2672/jpeg/17t.jpg) Dog vomit slime mold (Fuligo septica) on burnt wood in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2673/jpeg/05t.jpg) Cup fungus Anthracobia melaloma in area of a recent prescribed burn in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, March 24, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2650/jpeg/04t.jpg) Rosette lichen (Physcia) on sandstone of Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
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