![](../../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/2024/3510/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/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/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/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/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/2020/2674/jpeg/11t.jpg) 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/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/27t.jpg) Blooming downy phlox (Phlox pilosa) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 26, 2020
![](../../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/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/2024/3503/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/12t.jpg) Pink powderpuff flower (Mimosa strigillosa) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 13, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3128/jpeg/11t.jpg) Yellow Coreopsis flower on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3136/jpeg/11t.jpg) Blooming woolly-white (Hymenopappus) with a flower beetle on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 21, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3523/jpeg/20t.jpg) Pink powderpuff flower (Mimosa strigillosa) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 1, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3136/jpeg/01t.jpg) Flower buds of white-flowered milkweed (Asclepias variegata) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 21, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3523/jpeg/21t.jpg) Blooming pink powderpuff flower (Mimosa strigillosa) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 1, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2529/jpeg/09t.jpg) Pink flower of winecup (Callirhoe) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 15, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1410/jpeg/19t.jpg) Pink powderpuff flower (Mimosa strigillosa) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/794/jpeg/18t.jpg) Flower of Pink fuzzybean (Strophostyles umbellata) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 26, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1227/jpeg/17t.jpg) Pink powderpuff flower (Mimosa strigillosa) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 7, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3232/jpeg/20t.jpg) Large bolete mushroom with yellow pores and pink stem on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 7, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3232/jpeg/19t.jpg) Cap of a large bolete mushroom with yellow pores and pink stem on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 7, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3233/jpeg/28t.jpg) Spores of a large bolete with yellow pores, pink stem collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 7, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3232/jpeg/22t.jpg) Underside of a large bolete mushroom with yellow pores and pink stem on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 7, 2022
![](../../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/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/2022/3232/jpeg/23t.jpg) Cross section of a large bolete mushroom with yellow pores and pink stem on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 7, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3152/jpeg/23t.jpg) Flower spike of coralbean (Erythrina herbacea) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 14, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3232/jpeg/21t.jpg) Pores of a large bolete mushroom with yellow pores and pink stem on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 7, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3510/jpeg/28t.jpg) Pink flowers of woolly-white (Hymenopappus artemisiaefolius) on road FS203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 13, 2024
![](../../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/2022/3184/jpeg/14t.jpg) Drying flower of black eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 29, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3184/jpeg/13t.jpg) Dried flower of black eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 29, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3184/jpeg/29t.jpg) Flower spike of Little Ladies Tresses (Spiranthes tuberosa var. gracilis) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 29, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3128/jpeg/08t.jpg) Shoot of oak on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3127/jpeg/21t.jpg) Young leaves of oak on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3128/jpeg/10t.jpg) Blooming dewberry on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3128/jpeg/16t.jpg) Young leaves of an oak on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3136/jpeg/12t.jpg) Thistle (Cirsium) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 21, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3127/jpeg/24t.jpg) Blooming hawthorn on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3128/jpeg/05t.jpg) Blooming hawthorn on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3128/jpeg/14t.jpg) Shoot of beautyberry on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3127/jpeg/23t.jpg) Shoot of sweetgum on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3128/jpeg/09t.jpg) Back lit flowers of dewberry on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3128/jpeg/02t.jpg) Young leaves of hickory on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3128/jpeg/03t.jpg) Young leaves of beautyberry on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3128/jpeg/17t.jpg) Back lit young leaves of an oak on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3510/jpeg/35t.jpg) Flower buds of orange milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 13, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2695/jpeg/04t.jpg) Macartney rose (Rosa bracteata) with flower beetles on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 28, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3136/jpeg/05t.jpg) Woolly-white (Hymenopappus) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 21, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3128/jpeg/18t.jpg) Red hairy shoot of mustang grape on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3127/jpeg/22t.jpg) Rose vervain (Glandularia canadensis) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3127/jpeg/20t.jpg) Reddish shoots of some common bush on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3128/jpeg/07t.jpg) Reddish leaf of mustang grape on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3128/jpeg/19t.jpg) Blue eyed grass (Sisyrinchium) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3127/jpeg/25t.jpg) Reddish shoot of mustang grape on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3136/jpeg/04t.jpg) Green milkweed (Asclepias viridis) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 21, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3128/jpeg/01t.jpg) Paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)(?) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3136/jpeg/02t.jpg) Nodding beardtongue (Penstemon laxiflorus) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 21, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3136/jpeg/10t.jpg) Flowers of woolly-white (Hymenopappus) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 21, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3136/jpeg/13t.jpg) Blooming poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 21, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3128/jpeg/13t.jpg) Young leaf of mustang grape on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3128/jpeg/21t.jpg) Racemed milkwort (Polygala polygama) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3136/jpeg/07t.jpg) Blooming woolly-white (Hymenopappus) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 21, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3510/jpeg/09t.jpg) Flower buds of white-flowered milkweed (Asclepias variegata) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 13, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/847/jpeg/27t.jpg) Back-lit purple flower of wood sorrel in Sam Houston National Forest on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, April 4, 2010.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3136/jpeg/14t.jpg) Small plants of poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 21, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3127/jpeg/26t.jpg) Shoot of paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3136/jpeg/03t.jpg) Flowers of nodding beardtongue (Penstemon laxiflorus) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 21, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3128/jpeg/15t.jpg) Flowers of blue eyed grass (Sisyrinchium) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3128/jpeg/20t.jpg) Close-up of blue eyed grass (Sisyrinchium) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3127/jpeg/19t.jpg) Blooming bull thistle (Cirsium horridulum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3127/jpeg/18t.jpg) Top view of Bull thistle (Cirsium horridulum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3136/jpeg/08t.jpg) White-flowered milkweed (Asclepias variegata) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 21, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3136/jpeg/09t.jpg) Baptisia nuttalliana (Nuttall s wild indigo) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 21, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3142/jpeg/19t.jpg) Flower bud of soft greeneyes (Berlandiera pumila) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3142/jpeg/07t.jpg) Flower buds of coralbean (Erythrina herbacea) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3136/jpeg/06t.jpg) Rock-rose (frostweed, sunrose, Helianthemum carolinianum) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 21, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3128/jpeg/06t.jpg) Pleated leaves of Carolina buckthorn (Frangula caroliniana) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3127/jpeg/16t.jpg) Tiny cup fungus Hyaloscypha britannica on underside of a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3128/jpeg/04t.jpg) Dwarf sundew (Drosera brevifolia) on a sandy path on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2526/jpeg/30t.jpg) Pink powderpuff flower (Mimosa strigillosa) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 11, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3142/jpeg/11t.jpg) Flower bracts of soft greeneyes (Berlandiera pumila) on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, April 30, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3127/jpeg/15t.jpg) Swarming spine fungus (Mucronella calva) on underside of a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/847/jpeg/25t.jpg) Yellow flower of Rock-rose (frostweed, sunrose, Helianthemum carolinianum) in Sam Houston National Forest on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, April 4, 2010.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3127/jpeg/17t.jpg) Tiny cups of Ascomycete fungus Hyaloscypha britannica on underside of a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/893/jpeg/10t.jpg) Pink fuzzybean (Strophostyles umbellata) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 2, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2566/jpeg/16t.jpg) Pink fuzzybean (Strophostyles umbellata) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 21, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3137/jpeg/17t.jpg) Pink phlox flowers in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 24, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3125/jpeg/19t.jpg) Pink phlox flowers in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/659/jpeg/24t.jpg) Small yellow flower of pea family (Pencil flower, Stylosanthes biflora) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2566/jpeg/17t.jpg) Flowers of pink fuzzybean (Strophostyles umbellata) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 21, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2566/jpeg/24t.jpg) Close up of pink fuzzybean (Strophostyles umbellata) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 21, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2567/jpeg/01t.jpg) Close up of pink fuzzybean (Strophostyles umbellata) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 21, 2019
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