![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3199/jpeg/05t.jpg) Old tree trunks at low water level at lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 31, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3187/jpeg/08t.jpg) Texture of buttonbush root at low water level on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3187/jpeg/25t.jpg) Roots of buttonbush in receding water on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3432/jpeg/11t.jpg) Old oak stump at low water level on a shore of Lake Somerville in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 23, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3328/jpeg/04t.jpg) Low water level on the lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3432/jpeg/09t.jpg) Low water level exposing sandy beach on a shore of Lake Somerville in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 23, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3194/jpeg/15t.jpg) Buttonbush roots on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 21, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3187/jpeg/03t.jpg) Roots of buttonbush on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3187/jpeg/01t.jpg) Exposed roots of some tree on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3187/jpeg/05t.jpg) Fish attractor from buttonbush roots on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3199/jpeg/09t.jpg) Foamy water at lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 31, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3198/jpeg/26t.jpg) Receded water and the lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 31, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3187/jpeg/27t.jpg) Receding water on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3187/jpeg/15t.jpg) Vegetation of shallow water on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3187/jpeg/26t.jpg) Shoots of buttonbush in receding water on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3187/jpeg/16t.jpg) Seedlings of rattlebush (Sesbania drummondii) in area of recently receded water on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3187/jpeg/17t.jpg) Green carpet of seedlings of rattlebush (Sesbania drummondii) in area of recently receded water on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3328/jpeg/08t.jpg) Curly dock growing in the lake at low water level near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3191/jpeg/12t.jpg) Mat of water-hyssop (Bacopa monnieri) on a shore of Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 15, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3194/jpeg/14t.jpg) Dry buttonbush on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 21, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3187/jpeg/20t.jpg) Weathered log on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3187/jpeg/11t.jpg) Dry oak tree on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3199/jpeg/02t.jpg) Armadillo at lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 31, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3187/jpeg/02t.jpg) Dry buttonbush on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3187/jpeg/14t.jpg) Shallow part of a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3194/jpeg/17t.jpg) Clay and sand on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 21, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3199/jpeg/03t.jpg) Weathered oak trunk at lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 31, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3199/jpeg/08t.jpg) Dirty foam at lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 31, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3187/jpeg/24t.jpg) Old dead oak tree on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3187/jpeg/21t.jpg) Erosion of oak logs on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3187/jpeg/10t.jpg) Dead buttonbush on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3199/jpeg/07t.jpg) Bubbles (foam) at lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 31, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3199/jpeg/11t.jpg) Floating foam at lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 31, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3199/jpeg/01t.jpg) Clam shell at lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 31, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3187/jpeg/12t.jpg) Weathered wood of a dry oak on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3194/jpeg/16t.jpg) Weathered fallen oak on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 21, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3194/jpeg/19t.jpg) Dead oaks on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 21, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3187/jpeg/23t.jpg) Fish bones on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3194/jpeg/20t.jpg) Turkey vultures on a dead oak on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 21, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3199/jpeg/06t.jpg) Exposed old tree trunk at lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 31, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3187/jpeg/19t.jpg) Trunk of a dead tree on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3187/jpeg/18t.jpg) Alligator gar fish skeleton on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3187/jpeg/13t.jpg) Drying shallow extension of a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3194/jpeg/18t.jpg) Rustweed and weathered oak wood on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 21, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3199/jpeg/10t.jpg) Dirty air bubbles accumulated at lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 31, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3187/jpeg/06t.jpg) Texture of weathered buttonbush root on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3199/jpeg/04t.jpg) Tiger beetles (Cicindela) on sand at lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 31, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3194/jpeg/13t.jpg) Sandy shore of the lake with some small underground critters near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 21, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3187/jpeg/22t.jpg) Skeleton of a fish eaten by a bird on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3254/jpeg/17t.jpg) Dead oak roots on shores of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3254/jpeg/15t.jpg) Oak stump and roots on shores of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3254/jpeg/16t.jpg) Remains of oak stump and roots on shores of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3187/jpeg/09t.jpg) Fish attractors from piles of dead buttonbush on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3187/jpeg/04t.jpg) Fish attractors from buttonbush brush piles on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3135/jpeg/26t.jpg) Dry oak trees on a lake shore at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 20, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3328/jpeg/07t.jpg) Old oak stump emerged after water receded, on the lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/788/jpeg/26t.jpg) Small species of Water-primrose (Ludwigia) at a cattle drinking pond near a road along north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2235/jpeg/28t.jpg) Dry tree on the lake shore near a road along north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2235/jpeg/26t.jpg) Dead forest after a flooding on a shore of the lake near a road along north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2235/jpeg/27t.jpg) The lake shore near a road along north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3093/jpeg/12t.jpg) Flat green liverwort Riccia huebeneriana on edge of Flag Ponf after its water level fell on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 30, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3093/jpeg/15t.jpg) Close-up of flat green liverwort Riccia huebeneriana on edge of Flag Ponf after its water level fell on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 30, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3255/jpeg/30t.jpg) Shoot of water-primrose (Ludwigia) on shores of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3093/jpeg/16t.jpg) Violet crystalwort (Riccia huebeneriana) on nutrient-poor muds on edge of Flag Ponf after its water level fell on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 30, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2899/jpeg/18t.jpg) Brookweed (water cabbage, Samolus valerandi) on wet soil with seeping water on a shore of Flag Pond at Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3255/jpeg/31t.jpg) Glossy leaves of water-primrose (Ludwigia) on shores of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3093/jpeg/08t.jpg) Aguatic plants and Texas balloonwort on edge of Flag Ponf after its water level fell on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 30, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3093/jpeg/13t.jpg) Texas balloonwort (Sphaerocarpos texanus) on edge of Flag Ponf after its water level fell on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 30, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3093/jpeg/14t.jpg) Close-up of Texas balloonwort (Sphaerocarpos texanus) on edge of Flag Ponf after its water level fell on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 30, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3191/jpeg/11t.jpg) Dead tree on a shore of Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 15, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3234/jpeg/06t.jpg) Tiny white grass oysterling mushrooms Crepidotus epibryus(?) on grass roots in a sandy pit dug by animals, in red cedar forest at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 8, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3191/jpeg/13t.jpg) Marsh fleabane (Pluchea) on a shore of Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 15, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3093/jpeg/07t.jpg) Flat green liverwort Riccia huebeneriana together with Texas balloonwort on edge of Flag Ponf after its water level fell on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 30, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3234/jpeg/07t.jpg) Underside of tiny white grass oysterling mushrooms Crepidotus epibryus(?) on grass roots in a sandy pit dug by animals, in red cedar forest at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 8, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3234/jpeg/09t.jpg) Close-up of tiny white grass oysterling mushrooms Crepidotus epibryus(?) on grass roots in a sandy pit dug by animals, in red cedar forest at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 8, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3234/jpeg/08t.jpg) Details of tiny white grass oysterling mushrooms Crepidotus epibryus(?) on grass roots in a sandy pit dug by animals, in red cedar forest at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 8, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2321/jpeg/08t.jpg) Flower of buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) on a shore of the lake in Birch Creek Unit of Lake Somerville State Park, Texas, July 22, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3093/jpeg/09t.jpg) Flat green liverwort Riccia huebeneriana together with Texas balloonwort and aquatic plants on edge of Flag Ponf after its water level fell on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 30, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2321/jpeg/10t.jpg) Globular flower of buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) on a shore of the lake in Birch Creek Unit of Lake Somerville State Park, Texas, July 22, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2463/jpeg/13t.jpg) Shore of the lake at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2573/jpeg/05t.jpg) Lake shore at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 6, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3191/jpeg/16t.jpg) Dead tree on a shore and yellow lotus (Nelumbo lutea) in Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 15, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2761/jpeg/23t.jpg) Some small sedge on a dry lake bottom on a shore of Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3371/jpeg/09t.jpg) Tiny leaves of terrestrial water-starwort (Callitriche terrestris) on a shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 26, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3371/jpeg/08t.jpg) Prostrate plant with tiny leaves of terrestrial water-starwort (Callitriche terrestris) on a shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 26, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2899/jpeg/12t.jpg) Carpet of leaves of water-primrose (Ludwigia) on a shore of Flag Pond at Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2899/jpeg/05t.jpg) Green shoots of water-primrose (Ludwigia) on a shore of Flag Pond at Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2899/jpeg/07t.jpg) Green leaves of water-primrose (Ludwigia) on a shore of Flag Pond at Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3199/jpeg/19t.jpg) Dead oak skeleton at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 31, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3198/jpeg/22t.jpg) Antlion pit traps at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 31, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3198/jpeg/23t.jpg) Drying vegetation at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 31, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2256/jpeg/14t.jpg) A road on north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 6, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3451/jpeg/09t.jpg) Elm(?) trees on a shore of Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3451/jpeg/06t.jpg) Trees on a shore of Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3199/jpeg/13t.jpg) Dried leaves of box elder(?) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 31, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3198/jpeg/18t.jpg) Path with dried grass at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 31, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3199/jpeg/25t.jpg) Drying leaves of elm on the ground at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 31, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3199/jpeg/24t.jpg) Various dry brown leaves on the ground at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 31, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3198/jpeg/17t.jpg) Scorched bush of beautyberry at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 31, 2022
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