![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3260/jpeg/17t.jpg) Fresh green grass growing over caked mud on bottom of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3260/jpeg/05t.jpg) Caked mud with grass on bottom of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3260/jpeg/04t.jpg) Caked mud with green grass on bottom of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3260/jpeg/12t.jpg) Caked mud overgrown by grass on bottom of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3260/jpeg/15t.jpg) Caked mud covered by green grass on bottom of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3255/jpeg/02t.jpg) Caked mud on bottom of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3254/jpeg/23t.jpg) Caked mud on bottom of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3259/jpeg/26t.jpg) Caked mud on bottom of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3260/jpeg/02t.jpg) Caked mud on dried bottom of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3259/jpeg/27t.jpg) Flat caked mud on bottom of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3260/jpeg/01t.jpg) Flat caked mud and mussel shells on bottom of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3254/jpeg/26t.jpg) Dried bottom with green grass of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3255/jpeg/05t.jpg) Dried bottom with emerging green grass of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3260/jpeg/10t.jpg) Mud with green grass on bottom of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3260/jpeg/09t.jpg) Dried mud and grass on bottom of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3260/jpeg/07t.jpg) Cracks and grass on bottom of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3260/jpeg/03t.jpg) Cracked soil with some grass on bottom of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3260/jpeg/11t.jpg) Cracked soil and grass on bottom of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3260/jpeg/08t.jpg) Green grass on dried bottom of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3260/jpeg/13t.jpg) Cracks in soil overgrown by grass on bottom of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3260/jpeg/14t.jpg) Deep cracks in soil overgrown by grass on bottom of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3260/jpeg/16t.jpg) Cracked soil covered by green grass on bottom of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3254/jpeg/19t.jpg) Caked mud on shores of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3254/jpeg/25t.jpg) Dried bottom of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3254/jpeg/22t.jpg) Dried bottom of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3255/jpeg/04t.jpg) Dried cracked mud on bottom of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3254/jpeg/24t.jpg) Cracked soil on bottom of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3255/jpeg/03t.jpg) Dried bottom with cracked mud of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3255/jpeg/06t.jpg) Dried mud with patches of green grass of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3255/jpeg/37t.jpg) Field sandbur grass (Cenchrus spinifex) on shores of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3255/jpeg/22t.jpg) Barnyard grass (cockspur, Echinochloa crus-galli) on shores of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3255/jpeg/23t.jpg) Inflorescense of barnyard grass (cockspur, Echinochloa crus-galli) on shores of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3255/jpeg/17t.jpg) Female flowers of creeping love grass (Eragrostis reptans) on shores of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3255/jpeg/38t.jpg) Back lit spike of field sandbur grass (Cenchrus spinifex) on shores of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3261/jpeg/12t.jpg) Dry leaves of lotus (Nelumbo lutea) in caked mud of Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3124/jpeg/16t.jpg) Insect galls on fresh oak leaves at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3259/jpeg/20t.jpg) Creeping love grass (Eragrostis reptans) on shores of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3258/jpeg/21t.jpg) Creeping love grass (Eragrostis reptans) on shores of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3259/jpeg/23t.jpg) Male flowers of creeping love grass (Eragrostis reptans) on shores of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 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/2022/3234/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/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/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/2022/3259/jpeg/22t.jpg) Sedge-like plant Fimbristylis vahlii(?) and creeping love grass (Eragrostis reptans) on shores of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 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/2022/3135/jpeg/10t.jpg) Some small grass in wet area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 20, 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/2022/3124/jpeg/30t.jpg) Green grass and vines at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3135/jpeg/11t.jpg) Southern canary grass (Phalaris caroliniana)(?) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 20, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3124/jpeg/18t.jpg) Yellow star-grass (Hypoxis hirsuta) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 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/2022/3135/jpeg/07t.jpg) Spikelets of mouse barley grass (Hordeum pusillum) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 20, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3135/jpeg/15t.jpg) Spikelet of southern canary grass (Phalaris caroliniana) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 20, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3135/jpeg/12t.jpg) Stand of southern canary grass (Phalaris caroliniana) in wet area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 20, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3135/jpeg/03t.jpg) Katydid nymph of yellow star-grass (Hypoxis hirsuta) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 20, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/981/jpeg/12t.jpg) Caked mud on the bottom of Somerville Lake in Birch Creek Park. Texas, September 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/979/jpeg/10t.jpg) Caked mud on dry bottom of Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Park. Texas, August 21, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3234/jpeg/24t.jpg) Tiny white Clitopilus mushrooms near a road crossing, in sparse grass at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 8, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3234/jpeg/25t.jpg) Tiny white Clitopilus mushrooms near a sandy path in sparse grass at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 8, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2800/jpeg/36t.jpg) Seeds of silver bluestem grass (Bothriochloa laguroides) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2800/jpeg/17t.jpg) Small camouflaged caterpillar on purpletop tridens grass at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3124/jpeg/36t.jpg) Spores of rust fungus Puccinia eatoniae var. myosotidis(?) from spring scorpion grass collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3117/jpeg/18t.jpg) Spring scorpion grass (Myosotis macrosperma) with rust fungus Puccinia eatoniae var. myosotidis(?) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2464/jpeg/03t.jpg) Fresh leaves on oaks at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3451/jpeg/05t.jpg) Cracks in mud on bottom of dried Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3451/jpeg/03t.jpg) Old oak stump on bottom of dried Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1228/jpeg/02t.jpg) Shells on dry bottom of Somerville Lake in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park, July 14, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1228/jpeg/04t.jpg) Petrified wood on dry bottom of Somerville Lake in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park, July 14, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1228/jpeg/03t.jpg) Tree root on dry bottom of Somerville Lake in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park, July 14, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1228/jpeg/01t.jpg) Skeleton of alligator gar on dry bottom of Somerville Lake in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park, July 14, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1227/jpeg/26t.jpg) Rattlebush growing on dry bottom of Somerville Lake in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park, July 14, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3451/jpeg/02t.jpg) Weathered oak wood on bottom of dried Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3451/jpeg/04t.jpg) Green algae on bottom of dried Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/979/jpeg/11t.jpg) Animal tracks on caked mud of dry bottom of Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Park. Texas, August 21, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3124/jpeg/38t.jpg) Orange aeciospores of rust fungus Puccinia eatoniae var. myosotidis(?) from spring scorpion grass collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3124/jpeg/37t.jpg) Textured surface of spores of rust fungus Puccinia eatoniae var. myosotidis(?) from spring scorpion grass collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3117/jpeg/19t.jpg) Underside of a leaf of spring scorpion grass (Myosotis macrosperma) with rust fungus Puccinia eatoniae var. myosotidis(?) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3254/jpeg/14t.jpg) Old fallen oak on shores of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3255/jpeg/35t.jpg) Some sedge on shores of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2664/jpeg/14t.jpg) Fresh red leaves of blackjack oak (Quercus marilandica, black oak group) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2020
![](../../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/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/2022/3255/jpeg/39t.jpg) Dodder (Cuscuta) on shores of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3255/jpeg/36t.jpg) Spike of some sedge on shores of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3255/jpeg/07t.jpg) Dead armadillo on shores of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3254/jpeg/21t.jpg) Some rusty crust on shores of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3254/jpeg/20t.jpg) Some dried crust on shores of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3124/jpeg/06t.jpg) Rust fungus Puccinia eatoniae var. myosotidis(?) on underside of a leaf of spring scorpion grass (Myosotis macrosperma, Boraginaceae) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3124/jpeg/35t.jpg) Spores of rust fungus Puccinia eatoniae var. myosotidis(?) from spring scorpion grass under a microscope showing their texture, collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2800/jpeg/19t.jpg) Longspike tridens grass (Tridens strictus) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2800/jpeg/21t.jpg) Brownseed Paspalum grass (Paspalum plicatulum) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3254/jpeg/18t.jpg) Masses of flatsedge (Cyperus) 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/2022/3255/jpeg/15t.jpg) Plant Fimbristylis vahlii on shores of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3255/jpeg/21t.jpg) Turnsole (Heliotropium indicum) on shores of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3255/jpeg/08t.jpg) Turnsole (Heliotropium indicum) on shores of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3255/jpeg/12t.jpg) Rustweed (Polypremum procumbens) on shores of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3255/jpeg/26t.jpg) Turnsole Heliotropium procumbens on shores of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2800/jpeg/18t.jpg) Purpletop tridens grass (greasegrass, Tridens flavus) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2020
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