![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3367/jpeg/10t.jpg) Fresh leaves of bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2460/jpeg/13t.jpg) Some fresh leaves at Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 8, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2666/jpeg/19t.jpg) Fresh leaves of Virginia creeper on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2658/jpeg/04t.jpg) Fresh leaves of blackjack oak on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 8, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2705/jpeg/15t.jpg) Fresh leaves of flameleaf sumac (Rhus lanceolata) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 10, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3366/jpeg/04t.jpg) Leaves of sassafras on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3366/jpeg/07t.jpg) Red young leaves of oak on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3367/jpeg/19t.jpg) Red wrinkled leaves of an oak on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3345/jpeg/07t.jpg) Rosette with smooth green leaves of smallhead doll s daisy (Boltonia diffusa) on Road FS 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3366/jpeg/16t.jpg) Green milkweed (Asclepias viridis) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3366/jpeg/18t.jpg) Back lit leaves of sassafra on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3367/jpeg/14t.jpg) Back lit leaves of willow oak on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3367/jpeg/18t.jpg) Young wrinkled leaves of an oak on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3366/jpeg/15t.jpg) Spider on leaves of beautyberry on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3367/jpeg/12t.jpg) Young orange leaves of an oak on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3366/jpeg/06t.jpg) Wrinkled young leaves of oak on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3366/jpeg/21t.jpg) Young leaves and flowers of hawthorn on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3366/jpeg/11t.jpg) Leaves of farkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum)(?) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3366/jpeg/23t.jpg) Red young leaves of mustang grape on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2894/jpeg/23t.jpg) Fresh leaves of elm on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, March 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3367/jpeg/17t.jpg) Red leaves and flower buds of mustang grape on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3366/jpeg/22t.jpg) Reddish young leaves and flowers of hawthorn on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3325/jpeg/19t.jpg) Fresh growth of corticioid fungus Serpula himantioides on a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 11, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3366/jpeg/09t.jpg) Young leaves of rattan vine (Berchemia scandens) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3427/jpeg/15t.jpg) Fresh leaves of crippled crane-fly orchid (Tipularia discolor) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2458/jpeg/27t.jpg) Fresh red cottony leaves on an oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, March 2, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3368/jpeg/09t.jpg) Fresh green leaves in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 20, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3120/jpeg/14t.jpg) Fresh leaves of an elm tree in Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 20, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2467/jpeg/17t.jpg) Fresh leaves of sweet gum (Liquidambar styraciflua) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, March 16, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2659/jpeg/18t.jpg) Fresh leaves of Virginia creeper on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 11, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3475/jpeg/08t.jpg) Some green shoots with round leaves in a shallow depression on side of FS203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3416/jpeg/19t.jpg) Green berries of Southern wax myrtle (Myrica cerifera) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 16, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3362/jpeg/13t.jpg) Fresh leaves of paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)(?) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 11, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3502/jpeg/13t.jpg) Green milkweed (Asclepias viridis) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 30, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2666/jpeg/14t.jpg) Young oak leaves on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2666/jpeg/11t.jpg) Young red leaves of an oak on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3345/jpeg/06t.jpg) Rosettes of cudweed (Gnaphalium spicatum) with silvery leaves on Road FS 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2667/jpeg/05t.jpg) Young leaves of sumac(?) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2667/jpeg/09t.jpg) Some young glossy leaves on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2666/jpeg/06t.jpg) Young leaves of sassafras on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2666/jpeg/13t.jpg) Young leaves of sumac(?) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2667/jpeg/10t.jpg) Shoot with glossy leaves on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3503/jpeg/29t.jpg) Young reddish leaves of oak on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 30, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2667/jpeg/11t.jpg) Young leaves of sweetgum on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3445/jpeg/09t.jpg) Green corticioid fungus Drepanospora viridis (Helicoma viride)(?) on underside of a thick wet pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 17, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3416/jpeg/21t.jpg) Tiny mushrooms Marasmius epiphyllus(?) on petioles and veins of rotting oak leaves on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 17, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3366/jpeg/13t.jpg) Shoot of oak on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3366/jpeg/12t.jpg) Winged elm on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3503/jpeg/17t.jpg) Young leaves of hickory on Road FS 203 near on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 30, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2666/jpeg/03t.jpg) Young leaves of Virginia creeper on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3502/jpeg/14t.jpg) Phylloxera galls on hickory leaves on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 30, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2658/jpeg/10t.jpg) Young leaves of elm on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 8, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3445/jpeg/11t.jpg) Green and yellow corticioid fungus Drepanospora viridis (Helicoma viride)(?) on underside of a thick wet pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 17, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3172/jpeg/35t.jpg) Fresh leaf of flameleaf sumac (Rhus lanceolata) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3366/jpeg/14t.jpg) Rusty shoot of oak on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3367/jpeg/16t.jpg) Some rusty oak seedling on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3366/jpeg/19t.jpg) Flowers of hawthorn on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3367/jpeg/03t.jpg) Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2460/jpeg/15t.jpg) Young leaves of hawthorn at Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 8, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2666/jpeg/12t.jpg) Young leaves of blackjack oak (Quercus marilandica) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/727/jpeg/13t.jpg) Some young hairy leaves on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 29, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3367/jpeg/04t.jpg) Pines near Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2451/jpeg/09t.jpg) Fresh green leaves on a bush at the bayou in area of Winters Bayou in Sam Houston National Forest, east from Waverly. Texas, February 23, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3366/jpeg/20t.jpg) Early blooming hawthorn on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3366/jpeg/24t.jpg) Close-up of luna moth on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3367/jpeg/13t.jpg) Fiddlehead of bracken fern on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3367/jpeg/05t.jpg) Rock-rose on Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2667/jpeg/04t.jpg) Young leaves of Muscadine Grape (Vitis rotundifolia) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3502/jpeg/07t.jpg) Trilobed leaves of paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 30, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2666/jpeg/09t.jpg) Young leaves of mustang grape (Vitis mustangensis) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3503/jpeg/33t.jpg) Hairy leaves of beaked hawkweed (Hieracium gronovii) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 30, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/727/jpeg/15t.jpg) Young red leaves of mustang grape on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 29, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2644/jpeg/08t.jpg) Fresh leaves of May apple (Podophyllum peltatum) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 9, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3477/jpeg/32t.jpg) Fresh leaves of May apple (Podophyllum peltatum) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, February 25, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3366/jpeg/10t.jpg) Rattan vine (Berchemia scandens) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3366/jpeg/01t.jpg) Rock-rose (Helianthemum carolinianum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3366/jpeg/25t.jpg) Carolina buckthorn (Frangula caroliniana) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3116/jpeg/01t.jpg) Greenbrier leaves with rust fungus Puccinia smilacis, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3503/jpeg/05t.jpg) Malformed leaves of bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) on Road FS 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 30, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3366/jpeg/05t.jpg) Shoot of bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3366/jpeg/26t.jpg) Black swallowtail butterfly (Papilio polyxenes) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3366/jpeg/02t.jpg) Blooming rock-rose (Helianthemum carolinianum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3367/jpeg/07t.jpg) Blooming rock-rose (Helianthemum carolinianum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3367/jpeg/11t.jpg) Fiddleheads of bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3115/jpeg/29t.jpg) Rust fungus Puccinia smilacis on greenbrier leaves under a microscope, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3503/jpeg/08t.jpg) Irregularly grown leaves of bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) on Road FS 203 near on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 30, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2887/jpeg/15t.jpg) Leaves of summer spiderlily (woodland spider-lily, Hymenocallis occidentalis) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 21, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3116/jpeg/02t.jpg) Underside of greenbrier leaves with rust fungus Puccinia smilacis, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3366/jpeg/03t.jpg) Yellow flower of rock-rose (Helianthemum carolinianum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3367/jpeg/02t.jpg) Head of black swallowtail butterfly (Papilio polyxenes) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3367/jpeg/06t.jpg) Yellow flower of rock-rose (Helianthemum carolinianum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3367/jpeg/15t.jpg) Uncurling leaf of bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3115/jpeg/30t.jpg) Urediniospores of rust fungus Puccinia smilacis on greenbrier leaves under a microscope, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3116/jpeg/04t.jpg) Urediniospores of rust fungus Puccinia smilacis on greenbrier leaves under a microscope, collected on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3363/jpeg/11t.jpg) Shoot of oak with red leaves on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3363/jpeg/05t.jpg) Young red leaves of oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, March 12, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3410/jpeg/16t.jpg) Pycnia of Juniper-hawthorn rust fungus (Gymnosporangium globosum) on leaves of littlehip hawthorn (Crataegus spathulata) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 23, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3410/jpeg/15t.jpg) Leaves of littlehip hawthorn (Crataegus spathulata) with pycnia of Juniper-hawthorn rust fungus (Gymnosporangium globosum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 23, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3445/jpeg/12t.jpg) Thin green and yellow covering (turns dark-olive after drying) of corticioid fungus Drepanospora viridis (Helicoma viride)(?) on underside of a thick wet pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 17, 2023
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