![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3198/jpeg/16t.jpg) Dry curled leaves of beautyberry at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 31, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3164/jpeg/38t.jpg) Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 31, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2740/jpeg/04t.jpg) Leaves of false indigo bush (Amorpha fruticosa) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 19, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2573/jpeg/03t.jpg) Wilted beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 6, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2811/jpeg/06t.jpg) Slender orange-bush lichen (Teloschistes exilis) on a bush of upland swamp-privet at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 6, 2020
![](../../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/2022/3199/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/23t.jpg) Drying vegetation at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 31, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3084/jpeg/15t.jpg) Slender orange-bush lichen (Teloschistes exilis) on a twig of upland swamp-privet bush at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021
![](../../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/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/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/2022/3199/jpeg/31t.jpg) Dry brown leaves of live oak and 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/30t.jpg) Dry curled leaves of hackberry 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/27t.jpg) Dry mustang grape leaves on the ground at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 31, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3199/jpeg/20t.jpg) Dried leaves of hackberry 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/23t.jpg) Dried leaves of live oak and 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/18t.jpg) Path across frequently flooded area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 31, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3199/jpeg/15t.jpg) Dried leaves of cypress 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/21t.jpg) Dried leaves of post oak 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/20t.jpg) Dried leaves of post oak 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/16t.jpg) Dried leaves of hackberry and other trees 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/12t.jpg) Mustang grape and hickory like dried leaves at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 31, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3198/jpeg/25t.jpg) Dried leaves of mustang grape 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/26t.jpg) Dried leaves of mustang grape and elm on the ground at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 31, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3198/jpeg/21t.jpg) Funnel pits of antlion on a sandy path at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 31, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3199/jpeg/28t.jpg) Dry brown mustang grape 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/19t.jpg) Dried orange leaves of greenbrier (Smilax) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 31, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3199/jpeg/17t.jpg) Dried leaves of mustang grape on the ground at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 31, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3406/jpeg/27t.jpg) Leaves of coralberry bush at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 7, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3198/jpeg/24t.jpg) Leaves of peppervine and mustang grape on a sandy path at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 31, 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/2022/3199/jpeg/22t.jpg) Dried leaves of mustang grape and live oak 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/29t.jpg) Dry dark orange leaves of mustang grape on the ground at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 31, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2800/jpeg/24t.jpg) False indigo bush (Amorpha fruticosa) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2463/jpeg/09t.jpg) Masses of yellow flowers on a bush of eastern swamp privet (Forestiera acuminata var. vestita) near the lake at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2638/jpeg/16t.jpg) Various fruticose lichens on a bush in half-open area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3084/jpeg/17t.jpg) Cartilage lichen (Ramalina stenospora) on a twig a bush at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3084/jpeg/16t.jpg) Various folious lichens on a twig of upland swamp-privet bush at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2885/jpeg/10t.jpg) Dry seed pods of false indigo bush (Amorpha fruticosa) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 18, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2895/jpeg/06t.jpg) False indigo (bush pea, yellow wisteria, Baptisia bracteata) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2664/jpeg/05t.jpg) Bush of blooming eastern swamp privet (Forestiera acuminata var. vestita) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2812/jpeg/06t.jpg) Seed pods of false indigo bush (Amorpha fruticosa)with red bugs at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 6, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2434/jpeg/12t.jpg) Powdered ruffle lichen (Parmotrema hypotropum) on a thin twig of a bush at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 25, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2638/jpeg/15t.jpg) Palmetto lichen (Ramalina celastri) on a bush in half-open area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2812/jpeg/07t.jpg) Green seed pods of false indigo bush (Amorpha fruticosa) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 6, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2638/jpeg/07t.jpg) Various fruticose lichens on a small tree or a bush in half-open area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2812/jpeg/08t.jpg) Brown seed pods of false indigo bush (Amorpha fruticosa) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 6, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2871/jpeg/31t.jpg) Slender orange-bush lichen (Teloschistes exilis) on a fallen oak twig at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 24, 2021
![](../../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/2020/2638/jpeg/19t.jpg) Southern strap lichen (Ramalina stenospora) on a bush in half-open area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2434/jpeg/14t.jpg) Smooth axil-bristle lichen (Myelochroa galbina) on a thin twig of a bush at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 25, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2638/jpeg/12t.jpg) Bushy beard lichen (Usnea strigosa) on a bush in half-open area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2638/jpeg/05t.jpg) Lichen Ramalina dasypoga on a small tree or a bush in half-open area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2638/jpeg/03t.jpg) Ramalina dasypoga lichen on a small tree or a bush in half-open area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3084/jpeg/13t.jpg) Cartilage lichen (Ramalina stenospora) on a twig of upland swamp-privet bush at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2434/jpeg/13t.jpg) Powdered ruffle lichen (Parmotrema hypotropum) on a twig of a bush in a half-open area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 25, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2638/jpeg/13t.jpg) Palmetto lichen (Ramalina celastri) on a small tree or a bush in half-open area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3084/jpeg/12t.jpg) Bushy beard lichen (Usnea strigosa) on a twig of upland swamp-privet bush at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3084/jpeg/14t.jpg) Flowering fringe lichen (Heterodermia echinata) on a twig of upland swamp-privet bush at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2463/jpeg/19t.jpg) Blooming bush of eastern swamp privet (Forestiera acuminata var. vestita) in a recently flooded area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2638/jpeg/04t.jpg) Perforated ruffle lichen (Parmotrema perforatum) on a small tree or a bush in half-open area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2638/jpeg/11t.jpg) Peruvian cartilage lichen (Ramalina peruviana) on a small tree or a bush in half-open area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3084/jpeg/11t.jpg) Smooth axil-bristle lichen (Myelochroa galbina) on a twig of upland swamp-privet bush at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2871/jpeg/34t.jpg) Slender orange-bush lichen (Teloschistes exilis) together with T. chrysophthalmus, Ramallina and Parmotrema on a fallen oak twig at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 24, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2638/jpeg/08t.jpg) Bushy beard lichen (Usnea strigosa) on a small tree or a bush in half-open area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2638/jpeg/06t.jpg) Powdered ruffle lichen (Parmotrema hypotropum) on a small tree or a bush in half-open area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3117/jpeg/01t.jpg) Oak forest at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3124/jpeg/17t.jpg) Shoot of an oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3124/jpeg/11t.jpg) A path at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3164/jpeg/32t.jpg) Shoot of buttonbush at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 31, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3106/jpeg/33t.jpg) Oak skeletons at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 13, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3135/jpeg/16t.jpg) Some grass at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 20, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3106/jpeg/32t.jpg) Oak forest at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 13, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3117/jpeg/04t.jpg) Dead oaks at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3178/jpeg/16t.jpg) Half dry buttonbush at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, June 19, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3178/jpeg/19t.jpg) Blooming buttonbush at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, June 19, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3117/jpeg/05t.jpg) Low lying area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3178/jpeg/20t.jpg) Cattle pond at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, June 19, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3117/jpeg/03t.jpg) Oaks and vines at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3124/jpeg/03t.jpg) Shoots of coralberry at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3124/jpeg/12t.jpg) A deer on a path at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3178/jpeg/17t.jpg) Flower of buttonbush at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, June 19, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3124/jpeg/10t.jpg) Shoot of cypress elm at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3164/jpeg/34t.jpg) Thistle flower (Cirsium) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 31, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3117/jpeg/06t.jpg) Dead oak forest at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3164/jpeg/37t.jpg) Small skullcap (Scutellaria parvula) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 31, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3117/jpeg/10t.jpg) Corrugated steel pipe at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3117/jpeg/09t.jpg) Rosette of basal leaves at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3117/jpeg/02t.jpg) Frequently flooded area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3117/jpeg/08t.jpg) Some hairy winter rosette at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3164/jpeg/35t.jpg) Lemon beebalm (Monarda citriodora) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 31, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3124/jpeg/29t.jpg) Back lit leaves of coralberry at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3178/jpeg/21t.jpg) Slender vervain (verbena) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, June 19, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3135/jpeg/01t.jpg) Woolly-white (Hymenopappus) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 20, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3178/jpeg/22t.jpg) Opening flowers of buttonbush at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, June 19, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3135/jpeg/02t.jpg) Corn salad (Valerianella) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 20, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3124/jpeg/30t.jpg) Green grass and vines at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
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