![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3089/jpeg/14t.jpg) Leaf cutter ants highway with berries and leaves of Yaupon holly in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2604/jpeg/24t.jpg) Yaupon berries cut by Texas leaf cutting ants (Atta texana) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2604/jpeg/25t.jpg) Masses of Yaupon berries collected by Texas leaf cutting ants (Atta texana) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2604/jpeg/21t.jpg) Texas leaf cutting ants (Atta texana) with yaupon leaves in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2604/jpeg/22t.jpg) Texas leaf cutting ants (Atta texana) carrying yaupon leaves in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1054/jpeg/17t.jpg) Sprout of yaupon holly(?) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, May 12, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3114/jpeg/14t.jpg) Texas leaf cutting ants (Atta texana) with leaves and berries of Yaupon holly in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 6, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3043/jpeg/05t.jpg) Small Leucoagaricus(?) mushrooms under braken fern, Yaupon, sparse oaks, among grass in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3043/jpeg/06t.jpg) Underside of small Leucoagaricus(?) mushrooms under braken fern, Yaupon, sparse oaks, among grass in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2604/jpeg/18t.jpg) Burrow of harvester ants on a sandy trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2604/jpeg/20t.jpg) Harvester ants with plant seeds on a sandy trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3043/jpeg/07t.jpg) Side view of small Leucoagaricus(?) mushrooms under braken fern, Yaupon, sparse oaks, among grass in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3343/jpeg/32t.jpg) Burrow of leaf cutter ants among leaves og Yaupon holly on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 15, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2604/jpeg/19t.jpg) Harvester ants carrying plant seeds on a sandy trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, November 28, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3385/jpeg/17t.jpg) Lace cactus (Echinocereus reichenbachii) with a mound of fire ants in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2577/jpeg/27t.jpg) Berries of sumac Rhus lanceolata in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 13, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2863/jpeg/27t.jpg) Green leaves of Yaupon holly collected by Texas leaf cutting ants (Atta texana) under oaks on Lake Somerville Trailway in area of Newman Bottom near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 2, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2577/jpeg/16t.jpg) Texas leaf cutting ants (Atta texana) with fruits of beautyberry in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 13, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2577/jpeg/17t.jpg) Texas leaf cutting ants (Atta texana) with fruits on a sandy path in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 13, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2577/jpeg/18t.jpg) Texas leaf cutting ants (Atta texana) carrying fruits of beautyberry in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 13, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3204/jpeg/24t.jpg) Leaves of Yaupon holly collected by leafcutter ants on the ground in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3199/jpeg/14t.jpg) Leaves of Yaupon holly on highway of leafcutting ants at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 31, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3089/jpeg/04t.jpg) Immature bracket polypore mushrooms Trametes lactinea on a burned oak in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3089/jpeg/05t.jpg) Underside of young bracket polypore mushrooms Trametes lactinea on a burned oak in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3089/jpeg/18t.jpg) Pyrophilous scalycap mushrooms Pholiota molesta(?) in a previously burned area in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3089/jpeg/01t.jpg) Yellow cobblestone lichen Acarospora socialis on sandstone of Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3359/jpeg/06t.jpg) Highway of leaf-cutting ants surrounded by cut leaves of Yaupon holly at Lake Somerville Trailway under oaks near Flag Pond, near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 8, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3089/jpeg/17t.jpg) Cross section of brown cup fungus Peziza ammophila in a roadside depression on sandy soil in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3359/jpeg/07t.jpg) Large highway of leaf-cutting ants surrounded by cut leaves of Yaupon holly at Lake Somerville Trailway under oaks near Flag Pond, near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 8, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3114/jpeg/17t.jpg) Texas leaf cutting ants (Atta texana) carrying leaves of Yaupon holly in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 6, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3114/jpeg/18t.jpg) Close-up of Texas leaf cutting ants (Atta texana) with leaves of Yaupon holly in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 6, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3089/jpeg/15t.jpg) Cup mushrooms Peziza ammophila in a roadside depression on sandy soil completely burned 1.5 years ago and now covered by dry plants in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3089/jpeg/16t.jpg) Side view of Ascomycete mushrooms Peziza ammophila in a roadside depression on sandy soil in area of a past fire in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1125/jpeg/13t.jpg) Berries of yaupon holly in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, December 8, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3089/jpeg/06t.jpg) Ascomycete fungus Lamprospora carbonicola(?) on purely sandy soil covered by green moss, in open area burned 1.5 years ago, in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3089/jpeg/09t.jpg) Ascomycete fungus Octospora excipulata(?) in a small depression with wet soil covered by thin moss, in area completely burned 1.5 years ago in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3089/jpeg/10t.jpg) Tiny cup fungus Octospora excipulata(?) in a small depression with wet soil covered by thin moss, in area completely burned 1.5 years ago in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3089/jpeg/02t.jpg) Lichen Squamulea squamosa (Caloplaca squamosa) on sandstone of Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3089/jpeg/03t.jpg) Firedot lichen Squamulea squamosa (Caloplaca squamosa) on sandstone of Lost Pines Overlook in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2021
![](../../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/2021/3089/jpeg/11t.jpg) Close-up of Ascomycete fungus Octospora excipulata(?) in a small depression with wet soil covered by thin moss, in area completely burned 1.5 years ago in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3089/jpeg/12t.jpg) Cluster of tiny cup mushrooms Octospora excipulata(?) in a small depression with wet soil covered by thin moss, in area completely burned 1.5 years ago in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3089/jpeg/07t.jpg) Close-up of Ascomycete fungus Lamprospora carbonicola(?) on purely sandy soil covered by green moss, in open area burned 1.5 years ago, in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3089/jpeg/08t.jpg) Orange Ascomycete fungus Lamprospora carbonicola(?) on purely sandy soil covered by green moss, in open area burned 1.5 years ago, in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2021
![](../../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/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/2018/2381/jpeg/21t.jpg) Cap of blue milkcap mushroom (Lactarius indigo) under dry oak leaves in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 14, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/902/jpeg/06t.jpg) Red berries of yaupon holly (Ilex vomitoria) with freeze in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 27, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2610/jpeg/27t.jpg) Berries of Possum-haw holly (deciduous yaupon, Ilex decidua) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, December 8, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2651/jpeg/14t.jpg) Hairy leaves of stemless spiderwort (Tradescantia subacaulis, Commelinaceae) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2651/jpeg/09t.jpg) Silvery leaves of oldplainsman (Hymenopappus artemisiifolius) on a sandstone rock at an overlook point in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2416/jpeg/11t.jpg) Young pines in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 21, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/994/jpeg/03t.jpg) Twisting tree in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/994/jpeg/02t.jpg) Small creek in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/993/jpeg/19t.jpg) Toad Pond in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/993/jpeg/15t.jpg) Burnt moonscape in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/993/jpeg/10t.jpg) Burnt forest in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/993/jpeg/25t.jpg) Re-sprouting oaks in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2416/jpeg/09t.jpg) Sandy creek in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 21, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/994/jpeg/04t.jpg) Sand mound in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/990/jpeg/07t.jpg) Tree damage in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/991/jpeg/13t.jpg) Burnt forest in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/991/jpeg/02t.jpg) Burnt bushes and ash pit in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/990/jpeg/05t.jpg) Small creek in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/990/jpeg/19t.jpg) Dry creek at sunrise in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/993/jpeg/09t.jpg) Burnt bushes in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/990/jpeg/12t.jpg) Burned moonscape in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2416/jpeg/16t.jpg) Gymnopilus mushrooms in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 21, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/990/jpeg/02t.jpg) Ash pit with bright red coloration in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/990/jpeg/14t.jpg) Burned creek in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/990/jpeg/10t.jpg) Re-sprouting oak tree in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2416/jpeg/31t.jpg) Hebeloma mushrooms in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 21, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/991/jpeg/09t.jpg) Rock split by fire in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/993/jpeg/21t.jpg) Reflections in Toad Pond in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/991/jpeg/14t.jpg) Burnt tree stumps in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/991/jpeg/03t.jpg) Stones cracked by fire in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/990/jpeg/17t.jpg) Stones damaged by heat in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/993/jpeg/18t.jpg) Burnt tree stumps in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/993/jpeg/17t.jpg) Burnt tree trunks in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/993/jpeg/16t.jpg) Red soil revealed by fire in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/990/jpeg/26t.jpg) Carbonized burnt pine in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/990/jpeg/18t.jpg) Rocks cracked from heat in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/990/jpeg/20t.jpg) Small burnt creek in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/993/jpeg/23t.jpg) A trail around Toad Pond in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/991/jpeg/10t.jpg) Forest damaged by fire in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2416/jpeg/10t.jpg) Lost Pines Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 21, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/990/jpeg/03t.jpg) Scenic Overlook Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/991/jpeg/12t.jpg) Oak sprouts trimmed by animals in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/991/jpeg/08t.jpg) Soil discolored by fire in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/994/jpeg/23t.jpg) Ash pit near Scenic Overlook Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/990/jpeg/06t.jpg) Burned pine roots in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/994/jpeg/01t.jpg) Brown sandy soil in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/993/jpeg/26t.jpg) Roosevelt s Cutoff Trail in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/994/jpeg/13t.jpg) Charred remains of trees in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 25, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/990/jpeg/13t.jpg) Texture of a burned tree in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/991/jpeg/11t.jpg) Rocks crumbled by fire in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/990/jpeg/11t.jpg) Burned tree stump in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, December 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2651/jpeg/24t.jpg) Rosette of leaves of milk thistle (Silybum marianum, Carduus marianus) on a site of a recent burn in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, February 23, 2020
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