 Young leaf of a trailing plant prostrate tick trefoil (dollarleaf, Desmodium rotundifolium) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 15, 2021
 Hairy shoot of a trailing plant prostrate tick trefoil (dollarleaf, Desmodium rotundifolium) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 15, 2021
 Hairy leaves of a trailing plant prostrate tick trefoil (dollarleaf, Desmodium rotundifolium) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, April 9, 2020
 Young leaves of a trailing plant prostrate tick trefoil (dollarleaf, Desmodium rotundifolium) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, April 9, 2020
 Close up of a trailing plant prostrate tick trefoil (dollarleaf, Desmodium rotundifolium) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 11, 2019
 Leaves of a trailing plant prostrate tick trefoil (dollarleaf, Desmodium rotundifolium) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 11, 2019
 Green carpet of a trailing plant prostrate tick trefoil (dollarleaf, Desmodium rotundifolium) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 11, 2019
 Back lit leaves of paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 15, 2021
 Ascomycete mushrooms Phaeohelotium epiphyllum (Hymenoscyphus epiphyllus) on an oak leaf near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 15, 2021
 Small cup fungus Phaeohelotium epiphyllum (Hymenoscyphus epiphyllus) on underside of an oak leaf near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 15, 2021
 Blooming round-leaved thoroughwort (Eupatorium rotundifolium) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 6, 2022
 Flowers of round-leaved thoroughwort (Eupatorium rotundifolium) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 6, 2022
 Shoot of round-leaved thoroughwort (Eupatorium rotundifolium) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 6, 2022
 Tiny cups of fungus Phaeohelotium epiphyllum (Hymenoscyphus epiphyllus) on underside of an oak leaf near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 15, 2021
 Fresh leaves of round-leaved thoroughwort (Eupatorium rotundifolium) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 6, 2022
 Leaves of leaf-flower plant Phyllanthus niruri when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2024
 Young leaf-flower plant Phyllanthus niruri when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2024
 Close-up of leaves of leaf-flower plant Phyllanthus niruri when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2024
 Young leaves of leaf-flower plant Phyllanthus niruri when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 31, 2024
 Back lit young oak leaves near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 11, 2023
 Back lit young muscadine grape leaves near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 11, 2023
 Shoot of red maple near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 15, 2021
 Tick clover (tick-trefoil, beggar lice, Desmodium) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 26, 2012
 Young leaves of hickory near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 15, 2021
 Katidid nymph on spiderwort (Tradescantia) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 15, 2021
 Blue flowers of spiderwort (Tradescantia) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 15, 2021
 Shoot of mustang grape (Vitis mustangensis) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 15, 2021
 Young leaves of Muscadine Grape (Vitis rotundifolia) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 15, 2021
 Flower buds of partridge berry (Mitchella repens) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 15, 2021
 Trilobed leaves of paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 15, 2021
 White flowers of partridge berry (Mitchella repens) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 15, 2021
 Partridge berry (Mitchella repens) flowers with 4 petals in twin-like union near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 15, 2021
 Prostrate form of woolly oyster mushrooms (Hohenbuehelia mastrucata) on underside of a fallen oak on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 13, 2021
 Spider on seed heads of elephant foot plant near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 6, 2022
 Tick clover (tick-trefoil, beggar lice, Desmodium) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 8, 2021
 Rust fungus Coleosporium elephantopodis on leaves of elephant foot plant near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 18, 2022
 Fruits of tick clover (tick-trefoil, beggar lice, Desmodium) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 23, 2021
 Close-up of rust fungus Coleosporium elephantopodis on leaves of elephant foot plant near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 18, 2022
 Mushrooms Ripartitella brasiliensis in the creek bed near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 11, 2021
 Cup mushroom Peziza near a bonfire site near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 11, 2021
 Milkcap mushroom Lactarius subplinthogalus near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 11, 2021
 Resupinate polypore mushroom on a fallen oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 15, 2021
 Button stage of some mushrooms under pines near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 11, 2021
 Jelly rot fungus (Phlebia tremellosa) on an oak log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 15, 2021
 Milkcap mushrooms Lactarius paradoxus near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 13, 2021
 Mushrooms Clitocybe truncicola(?) near a fallen oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 13, 2021
 Bolete mushrooms Suillus hirtellus near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 15, 2021
 Fallen catkins of elm(?) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 14, 2023
 Mushrooms Ripartitella brasiliensis on a sandy slope of the creek near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 11, 2021
 Goat s rue (Tephrosia virginiana) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 25, 2024
 Texture of resupinate polypore mushroom on a fallen oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 15, 2021
 Some blue fussy lichen on bark of a fallen oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 15, 2021
 Mushrooms Clitocybe truncicola(?) on rotting oak wood near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 13, 2021
 Mushrooms Clitocybe truncicola(?) on a mossy fallen oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 13, 2021
 Jelly rot fungus (Phlebia tremellosa) on a fallen oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 15, 2021
 Small earthstar (Geastrum) mushrooms under pines near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Close-up of zoned bracket polypore mushroom near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Pores of zoned bracket polypore mushroom near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Cross section of a mushroom Xylaria cubensis near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Mushrooms Xylaria cubensis on a fallen oak(?) tree near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Smooth chanterelle mushrooms (Cantharellus lateritius) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Cap of pineapple bolete mushroom (Boletellus ananas) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 11, 2021
 Mature Ascomycete mushrooms Peziza under pines near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Blackening brittlegill mushrooms (Russula eccentrica)(?) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 11, 2021
 Close-up of corticioid mushroom Phlebiopsis crassa near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 21, 2021
 Close-up of corticioid mushroom Hymenochaete on an oak branch near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 21, 2021
 Dissected bolete mushroom Gyroporus phaeocyanescens near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 11, 2021
 Close-up of a bolete mushroom Gyroporus phaeocyanescens near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 11, 2021
 Maze polypore mushrooms Cerrena unicolor on an oak fallen across the creek near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 21, 2021
 Earthfan mushrooms (Thelephora terrestris) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 25, 2024
 Neohygrocybe or may be Gamundia or Fayodia mushrooms near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 25, 2024
 Caterpillar with yellow and brown stripes under a log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 25, 2024
 Indian plantain (Cacalia plantaginea) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 25, 2024
 White milkweed (Asclepias variegata) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 14, 2023
 Flowers of Goat s rue (Tephrosia virginiana) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 25, 2024
 Close-up of some blue fussy lichen on bark of a fallen oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 15, 2021
 Bolete mushrooms Suillus hirtellus with a cross section near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 15, 2021
 Rusty porecrust fungus (Fuscoporia ferruginosa)(?) on a fallen oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 15, 2021
 Some soft green lichen or may be fungus on bark of a fallen oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Tree stipplescale lichen (Placidium arboreum) on a fallen oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 15, 2021
 Side view of mushrooms Clitocybe truncicola(?) near a fallen oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 13, 2021
 Young Southern copperhead snake (Agkistrodon contortrix) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Cross section of milkcap mushroom Lactarius subplinthogalus near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 11, 2021
 Slime mold Tubifera dimorphotheca on a partially burned log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Texture of some blue fussy lichen on bark of a fallen oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 15, 2021
 Pore surface of a bolete mushroom Gyroporus phaeocyanescens near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, July 11, 2021
 Close-up of urchin earthfan fungus (Thelephora penicillata) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Close-up view of mushrooms Clitocybe truncicola(?) near a fallen oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 13, 2021
 Cross section of milkcap mushrooms Lactarius paradoxus near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 13, 2021
 White resupinate polypore mushroom Trechispora mollusca on an oak log near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 21, 2021
 Dirty southern waxcap mushroom (Hygrophorus subsordidus) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 13, 2021
 Terracotta hedgehog mushrooms (Hydnum rufescens) under pines near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Zoned bracket polypore mushroom growing from oak(?) wood near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Cloud ear jelly mushrooms (Auricularia nigricans) on a fallen oak near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 21, 2021
 Cross section of zoned bracket polypore mushroom near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Corticioid mushroom Phlebiopsis crassa together with Hymenochaete on an oak branch near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 21, 2021
 Upper view of oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 13, 2021
 Mushrooms Xylaria cubensis on a fallen mossy tree near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 8, 2021
 Crust fungi Phlebiopsis crassa together with Hymenochaete on an oak branch near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 21, 2021
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