![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3354/jpeg/17t.jpg) Spider web in dew in frequently flooded area on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 5, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3260/jpeg/26t.jpg) Remains of dead forest in frequently flooded area on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3412/jpeg/20t.jpg) Pathway in a frequently flooded area on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 3, 2023
![](../../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/2022/3194/jpeg/28t.jpg) Dead oaks in frequently flooded area near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 21, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2597/jpeg/03t.jpg) Frequently flooded area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 17, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3194/jpeg/27t.jpg) Trailway through a frequently flooded area near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 21, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3164/jpeg/31t.jpg) Frequently flooded area with dead oak trees at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 31, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3178/jpeg/18t.jpg) Path in a frequently flooded area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, June 19, 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/2020/2824/jpeg/23t.jpg) Various seeds collected in a frequently flooded area near Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 4, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3135/jpeg/09t.jpg) Spikelets of some small area in frequently flooded area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 20, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2663/jpeg/26t.jpg) Dry oaks in a formerly flooded area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2463/jpeg/25t.jpg) Dead oaks 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/2021/3085/jpeg/22t.jpg) Bony beard lichen (Usnea trichodea) on an elm tree in frequently flooded area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3026/jpeg/03t.jpg) Whitestar morning-glory (Ipomoea lacunosa) with rust fungus Coleosporium ipomoeae in a frequently flooded area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 19, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2639/jpeg/29t.jpg) Formerly flooded area with dry oaks at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2615/jpeg/20t.jpg) Dry oaks in a formerly flooded area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 21, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2463/jpeg/16t.jpg) Recently flooded area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2463/jpeg/21t.jpg) A road 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/2019/2463/jpeg/17t.jpg) Trees 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/2019/2463/jpeg/23t.jpg) Trees 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/2019/2463/jpeg/22t.jpg) Ditch 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/2019/2463/jpeg/24t.jpg) Drying algae 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/2019/2463/jpeg/20t.jpg) Dead forest 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/2019/2463/jpeg/11t.jpg) Tiger sawgill mushrooms (Lentinus tigrinus) at the base of dead trees in a formerly flooded area near the lake at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2019
![](../../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/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/2020/2730/jpeg/25t.jpg) Formerly flooded area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, June 14, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2597/jpeg/01t.jpg) Previously flooded area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 17, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2664/jpeg/07t.jpg) Recently flooded oak forest at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2417/jpeg/08t.jpg) Oak forest in a recently flooded area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 22, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2417/jpeg/07t.jpg) Road in a recently flooded area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 22, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2680/jpeg/12t.jpg) Hog s trail in a frequintly flooded area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 5, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2751/jpeg/20t.jpg) Dodder (Cuscuta) in formely flooded area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 9, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3016/jpeg/16t.jpg) Masses of partridge pea (Cassia fasciculata) in formerly flooded area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2740/jpeg/20t.jpg) Formerly flooded area overgrown by Hooker s eryngo (Eryngium hookeri) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 19, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2852/jpeg/23t.jpg) Fieldcap (Agrocybe) mushrooms in grass near a road in a previously flooded area of a dead oak forest at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 18, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2664/jpeg/01t.jpg) Dry oaks at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2464/jpeg/09t.jpg) Oaks and red cedar at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2895/jpeg/14t.jpg) Dead oaks at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2464/jpeg/07t.jpg) Oaks and grass at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2019
![](../../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/2022/3117/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/2018/2417/jpeg/14t.jpg) Flooded road at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 22, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2417/jpeg/13t.jpg) Flooded oak forest at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 22, 2018
![](../../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/2020/2811/jpeg/20t.jpg) Formely flooded oak forest at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 6, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2377/jpeg/16t.jpg) Mushroom Limacella sect. Lubricae on a road covered by grass in a recently flooded area under sparse dry oaks near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 7, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2463/jpeg/03t.jpg) Sordid blewit mushrooms (Lepista sordida)(?) under oaks at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2553/jpeg/02t.jpg) Common duckweed (Lemna minor) on a flooded trail at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 14, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3343/jpeg/30t.jpg) Some small thistle rosette under oaks on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 15, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3343/jpeg/31t.jpg) Winter rosette of thistle under oaks on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 15, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2553/jpeg/03t.jpg) Texture of common duckweed (Lemna minor) on a flooded trail at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 14, 2019
![](../../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/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/2023/3359/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/2023/3313/jpeg/05t.jpg) Brown corticioid (crust) fungus Dichostereum effuscatum on a fallen oak under a stand of wild live oaks on a gentle slope at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3312/jpeg/01t.jpg) Bracket polypore mushrooms Truncospora mexicana (T. ochroleuca group) on a thin tree under oaks, juniper near a pond near the entrance, at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 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/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/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/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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3359/jpeg/09t.jpg) Denseflower bladderpod (Lesquerella densiflora) 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/08t.jpg) Blue flowers of spiderwort (Tradescantia) 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/2024/3501/jpeg/20t.jpg) Falling dried oaks on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3501/jpeg/08t.jpg) Oaks near mile post 2 on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3360/jpeg/10t.jpg) Flowers of tansy mustard (Descurainia pinnata) 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/07t.jpg) Leaves of tansy mustard (Descurainia pinnata) 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/11t.jpg) White flowers of 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
![](../../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/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/2023/3359/jpeg/10t.jpg) Hairy phacelia (Phacelia hirsuta) 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/2019/2553/jpeg/04t.jpg) Common duckweed (Lemna minor) together with giant duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza) on a flooded trail at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 14, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2553/jpeg/01t.jpg) Common duckweed (Lemna minor) and giant duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza) on a flooded trail at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 14, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3354/jpeg/07t.jpg) Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 5, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2871/jpeg/23t.jpg) Dry oaks at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 24, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3314/jpeg/09t.jpg) Ascomycete mushroom Chorioactis geaster under several trees in half-open area near the lake, at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2553/jpeg/05t.jpg) Common duckweed (Lemna minor) together with giant duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza) floating on a flooded trail at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 14, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2597/jpeg/05t.jpg) Dead oaks at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 17, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2417/jpeg/12t.jpg) Downed oaks at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 22, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2811/jpeg/23t.jpg) Small oaks at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 6, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2417/jpeg/15t.jpg) Reflections of oaks at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 22, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2871/jpeg/30t.jpg) Oaks and bushes at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 24, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3016/jpeg/04t.jpg) Vines and oaks at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2407/jpeg/08t.jpg) Dry oak tries in a formerly flooded area near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 24, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3468/jpeg/21t.jpg) Standing dead oaks at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3016/jpeg/18t.jpg) Oaks overgrown by greenbrier at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3016/jpeg/17t.jpg) Dead oaks with greenbrier at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2616/jpeg/28t.jpg) Oaks and Yaupon bushes at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 21, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2417/jpeg/17t.jpg) Oaks with greenbrier (smilax) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 22, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2871/jpeg/27t.jpg) Oaks overgrown by greenbrier at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 24, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3355/jpeg/04t.jpg) Oak skeletons on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 5, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3354/jpeg/03t.jpg) Catkins of elm on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 5, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3354/jpeg/08t.jpg) Dry oak and vines on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 5, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2664/jpeg/04t.jpg) Swampy area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2020
![](../../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/2021/2871/jpeg/09t.jpg) Rosette of thistle under live oaks at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 24, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2985/jpeg/16t.jpg) Rhodocybe(?) mushrooms under live oaks at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 17, 2021
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