![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3261/jpeg/23t.jpg) Decomposing leaf of lotus (Nelumbo lutea) in Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3261/jpeg/25t.jpg) Brown ribbed leaves of lotus (Nelumbo lutea) in Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3261/jpeg/20t.jpg) Folded dry leaf of lotus (Nelumbo lutea) in Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3261/jpeg/16t.jpg) Texture of a dry leaf of lotus (Nelumbo lutea) in Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3261/jpeg/27t.jpg) Drying leaf of lotus (Nelumbo lutea) in Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3261/jpeg/10t.jpg) Rotting leaf of lotus (Nelumbo lutea) in Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3261/jpeg/17t.jpg) Funnel-shaped dry leaf of lotus (Nelumbo lutea) in Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3261/jpeg/29t.jpg) Drying perforated leaf of lotus (Nelumbo lutea) in Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3261/jpeg/18t.jpg) Funnel-shaped brown leaf of lotus (Nelumbo lutea) in Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3261/jpeg/11t.jpg) Lotus (Nelumbo lutea) in dried mud of Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3261/jpeg/09t.jpg) Leaves of lotus (Nelumbo lutea) in Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3261/jpeg/22t.jpg) Dry fruit of lotus (Nelumbo lutea) in Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 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/2022/3261/jpeg/19t.jpg) Wrinkled brown leaves of lotus (Nelumbo lutea) in Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3261/jpeg/26t.jpg) Brown folding leaves of lotus (Nelumbo lutea) in Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3191/jpeg/09t.jpg) 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/2022/3191/jpeg/10t.jpg) Flowers of 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/2022/3191/jpeg/15t.jpg) Masses of 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/2022/3191/jpeg/08t.jpg) Flag Pond with blooming yellow lotus (Nelumbo lutea), view from Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 15, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3191/jpeg/14t.jpg) Back lit flowers of 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/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/2021/3022/jpeg/07t.jpg) Yellow lotus (Nelumbo lutea) taken from Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3022/jpeg/09t.jpg) Ovary of American lotus (Nelumbo lutea) taken from Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3022/jpeg/11t.jpg) Yellow flower of lotus Nelumbo lutea taken from Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3022/jpeg/08t.jpg) Flower of American lotus (Nelumbo lutea) taken from Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3022/jpeg/12t.jpg) Back lit yellow flower of lotus Nelumbo lutea taken from Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3022/jpeg/13t.jpg) Close-up of yellow flower of lotus Nelumbo lutea taken from Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3022/jpeg/10t.jpg) Central part of a flower of American lotus (Nelumbo lutea) taken from Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3191/jpeg/17t.jpg) View of Flag Pond with yellow lotus from Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 15, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3261/jpeg/32t.jpg) Vegetation on a shore of Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3261/jpeg/13t.jpg) Pines on a shore of Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3261/jpeg/14t.jpg) Dry live oak tree on a shore of Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3261/jpeg/28t.jpg) Small elm trees on a shore of Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3261/jpeg/30t.jpg) Dry bushes and elm trees on a shore of Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3261/jpeg/15t.jpg) Chickenspike (gooseweed, wedgewort, Sphenoclea zeylanica) in Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3261/jpeg/06t.jpg) Hairy carpet weed (damascisa, Glinus lotoides) in Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3261/jpeg/33t.jpg) Coffeeweed (Sesbania herbacea) with long brown pods on a shore of Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3261/jpeg/07t.jpg) Hairy carpet weed (Glinus lotoides) with flower buds in Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3261/jpeg/08t.jpg) Underside of leaves of hairy carpet weed (Glinus lotoides) in Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3261/jpeg/21t.jpg) Hairy carpet weed (damascisa, Glinus lotoides) on dried mud of Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3022/jpeg/21t.jpg) Lance-leaf burhead (Echinodorus cordifolius, Sagittaria) in Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3191/jpeg/18t.jpg) Lake Somerville Trailway around Flag Pond near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 15, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3191/jpeg/07t.jpg) Flag Pond, view from Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 15, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3261/jpeg/31t.jpg) Dry tree and coffeeweed (bigpod sesbania, Sesbania herbacea) on a shore of Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2808/jpeg/14t.jpg) A tree near Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 31, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2808/jpeg/11t.jpg) Old live oak near Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 31, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2808/jpeg/13t.jpg) Shores of Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 31, 2020
![](../../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/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/2020/2808/jpeg/10t.jpg) Branches of an old live oak near Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 31, 2020
![](../../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/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/2022/3191/jpeg/05t.jpg) Hypoxylon canker of oak fungus (Biscogniauxia atropunctata) Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 15, 2022
![](../../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/2022/3191/jpeg/06t.jpg) Close-up of Hypoxylon canker of oak fungus (Biscogniauxia atropunctata) Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 15, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2878/jpeg/03t.jpg) Basal leaf of stemless evening primrose (Oenothera triloba) with purple spots of spring dieback caused by a fungus Septoria oenotherae near Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 10, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2819/jpeg/14t.jpg) Dried Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 21, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2819/jpeg/15t.jpg) Dry oak trees near Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 21, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2819/jpeg/16t.jpg) Dry vegetation around Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 21, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2694/jpeg/10t.jpg) Road near Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2819/jpeg/35t.jpg) Shore of Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 21, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2694/jpeg/15t.jpg) View of Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2899/jpeg/13t.jpg) Dry oak tree near Flag Pond at Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2694/jpeg/04t.jpg) Pines near Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3093/jpeg/10t.jpg) Mud flats of Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 30, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2819/jpeg/21t.jpg) Large dry oak near Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 21, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2694/jpeg/14t.jpg) Marsh near Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2899/jpeg/04t.jpg) A hill with pines near Flag Pond at Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2819/jpeg/34t.jpg) Trees on a shore of Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 21, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2900/jpeg/17t.jpg) Rusty oil pipes near Flag Pond at Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2694/jpeg/03t.jpg) Flag Pond with aquatic weeds on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3093/jpeg/11t.jpg) Mud flats and edge of Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 30, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2819/jpeg/17t.jpg) White egrets in Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 21, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2694/jpeg/13t.jpg) Overgrown section of Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2694/jpeg/11t.jpg) Alligator s habitat in Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2819/jpeg/19t.jpg) Yellow foliage of oaks near Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 21, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3022/jpeg/23t.jpg) Bladderwort (Utricularia gibba) on wet mud of Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2899/jpeg/14t.jpg) Some hairy grass 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/2021/2878/jpeg/10t.jpg) Various liverworts on a muddy shore of Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 10, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3022/jpeg/19t.jpg) Mat of red water fern (Azolla) taken from Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3359/jpeg/05t.jpg) Fieldcap (Agrocybe)(?) mushroom 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/2021/2900/jpeg/16t.jpg) Dead oaks in a formerly flooded area near Flag Pond at Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3022/jpeg/15t.jpg) Red water fern (Azolla filiculoides(?)) in Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3022/jpeg/24t.jpg) Blooming bladderwort (Utricularia gibba) on wet mud of Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3360/jpeg/03t.jpg) Some shoots with lanceolate leaves 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/2023/3360/jpeg/06t.jpg) Pink phlox flowers 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/2021/3022/jpeg/27t.jpg) Wet mud of Flag Pond with plants of bladderwort (Utricularia gibba) on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3022/jpeg/18t.jpg) Tiny leaves of red water fern (Azolla) taken from Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3022/jpeg/17t.jpg) Texture of red water fern (Azolla filiculoides(?)) in Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3022/jpeg/16t.jpg) Close-up of red water fern (Azolla filiculoides(?)) in Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3359/jpeg/04t.jpg) Underside of fieldcap (Agrocybe)(?) mushroom 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/2021/3022/jpeg/25t.jpg) Yellow flower of bladderwort (Utricularia gibba) on wet mud of Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3022/jpeg/20t.jpg) Water primrose with narrow leaves (Ludwigia) in Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3022/jpeg/22t.jpg) Whitestar morning-glory (Ipomoea lacunosa) near Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2899/jpeg/06t.jpg) Cursed buttercup (Ranunculus sceleratus) 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/2023/3360/jpeg/05t.jpg) Heartleaf nettle (Urtica chamaedryoides) 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/2023/3360/jpeg/04t.jpg) Sticky mouse-ear (Cerastium glomeratum) 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/2023/3359/jpeg/02t.jpg) Leaves of bluebonnet (Lupinus) with some whitish fungus(?) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Flag Pond, near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 8, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3360/jpeg/12t.jpg) Field chickweed (Cerastium arvense(?)) at Lake Somerville Trailway under oaks near Flag Pond, near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 8, 2023
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