![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3460/jpeg/15t.jpg) Fluffy dry seeds of Western ironweed (Vernonia baldwinii)(?) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3460/jpeg/07t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of Western ironweed (Vernonia baldwinii) or may be hawkweed on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3460/jpeg/09t.jpg) Seeds of Western ironweed (Vernonia baldwinii) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3001/jpeg/25t.jpg) Western ironweed (Vernonia baldwini) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3253/jpeg/05t.jpg) Western ironweed (Vernonia baldwini) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 1, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3413/jpeg/10t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of Western ironweed (Vernonia baldwini) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 8, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/664/jpeg/17t.jpg) Western ironweed (Vernonia baldwini) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2566/jpeg/26t.jpg) Western ironweed (Vernonia baldwini) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 21, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/659/jpeg/15t.jpg) Western ironweed (Vernonia baldwini) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1227/jpeg/07t.jpg) Western ironweed (Vernonia baldwini) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 7, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/659/jpeg/22t.jpg) Western ironweed (Vernonia baldwini) flower on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3460/jpeg/31t.jpg) Close-up of fluffy seeds of split bluestem grass (feather beardgrass, Andropogon ternarius) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3179/jpeg/14t.jpg) Western ironweed (Vernonia baldwinii) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, June 20, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2554/jpeg/02t.jpg) Western ironweed (Vernonia baldwini) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2559/jpeg/30t.jpg) Western ironweed (Vernonia baldwini) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 11, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3460/jpeg/12t.jpg) Fluffy dry seeds of gayfeather (Liatris mucronata(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3460/jpeg/01t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of tall goldenrod (Solidago) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2554/jpeg/03t.jpg) Flowers of Western ironweed (Vernonia baldwini) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2554/jpeg/04t.jpg) Blooming Western ironweed (Vernonia baldwini) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3460/jpeg/04t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of bushy bluestem (Andropogon glomeratus) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3460/jpeg/20t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of of silver bluestem grass (Bothriochloa laguroides)(?) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3460/jpeg/34t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of dog fennel (Eupatorium capillifolium) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1456/jpeg/13t.jpg) Ironweed (Vernonia baldwini) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3460/jpeg/02t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of tall goldenrod (Solidago) forming dome-like shape during low air humidity on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3460/jpeg/19t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of split bluestem grass (feather beardgrass, Andropogon ternarius) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3460/jpeg/14t.jpg) Fluffy dry seeds of split bluestem grass (feather beardgrass, Andropogon ternarius) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3460/jpeg/27t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of split bluestem grass (feather beardgrass, Andropogon ternarius) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3460/jpeg/32t.jpg) Pattern of fluffy seeds of split bluestem grass (feather beardgrass, Andropogon ternarius) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3633/jpeg/01t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of frostweed(?) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3633/jpeg/04t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3257/jpeg/14t.jpg) Western ironweed (Vernonia baldwini) on Lone Star Hiking Trail east from Trailhead 3 in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2795/jpeg/05t.jpg) Western ironweed (Vernonia baldwini) on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 1, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2795/jpeg/36t.jpg) Blooming Western ironweed (Vernonia baldwini) on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 1, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3633/jpeg/13t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of split bluestem grass (feather beardgrass, Andropogon ternarius) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3633/jpeg/21t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of split bluestem grass (feather beardgrass, Andropogon ternarius) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1473/jpeg/04t.jpg) Western ironweed (Vernonia baldwini) on Sundew Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Kountze, Texas, August 2, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1063/jpeg/05t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of aster in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 26, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3460/jpeg/05t.jpg) Fluffy seed head of tall goldenrod (Solidago) in dry weather on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2994/jpeg/15t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of a plant of aster family on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 29, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3460/jpeg/30t.jpg) Fluffy seed head of small goldenrod (Solidago) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3460/jpeg/18t.jpg) Dry seeds of boneset (Eupatorium) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2578/jpeg/06t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of red milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 19, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3460/jpeg/11t.jpg) Dry seeds of gayfeather (Liatris mucronata(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3460/jpeg/17t.jpg) Dry seeds of little bluestem grass (Schizachyrium scoparium)(?) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3460/jpeg/10t.jpg) Dry seeds of bushy bluestem (Andropogon glomeratus) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3460/jpeg/08t.jpg) Seeds of bushy bluestem (Andropogon glomeratus) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3460/jpeg/06t.jpg) Dry seeds of tall goldenrod (Solidago) in windy and dry weather on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3460/jpeg/21t.jpg) Dry stems with seeds of little bluestem grass (Schizachyrium scoparium)(?) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3460/jpeg/33t.jpg) Seeds of bushy bluestem (Andropogon glomeratus) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3460/jpeg/26t.jpg) Dry seeds of white heath aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/675/jpeg/22t.jpg) Western ironweed (Vernonia baldwini) on Deer Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 30, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/653/jpeg/07t.jpg) Western ironweed (Vernonia texana) in Lick Creek Park, on Deer Run Trail. College Station, Texas, June 21, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3460/jpeg/13t.jpg) Dry seeds of split bluestem grass (feather beardgrass, Andropogon ternarius) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/652/jpeg/09t.jpg) Flower head of Western ironweed (Vernonia baldwini) in Lick Creek park, on Deer Run Trail. College Station, June 15, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2555/jpeg/13t.jpg) Western ironweed (Vernonia baldwini) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 21, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1467/jpeg/03t.jpg) Western ironweed (Vernonia baldwini) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 26, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2993/jpeg/20t.jpg) Western ironweed (Vernonia baldwini) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3462/jpeg/16t.jpg) Close-up of warty lichen (Pertusaria) on a fallen oak twig on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 27, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2993/jpeg/21t.jpg) Flowers of western ironweed (Vernonia baldwini) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2555/jpeg/14t.jpg) Back lit Western ironweed (Vernonia baldwini) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 21, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3460/jpeg/29t.jpg) Close-up of seed head of bushy bluestem (Andropogon glomeratus) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3462/jpeg/09t.jpg) Close-up of netted crust fungus (Byssomerulius corium) on a fallen oak branch on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 27, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2846/jpeg/27t.jpg) Fluffy margin of corticioid mushroom Serpula himantioides on underside of a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 9, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2617/jpeg/06t.jpg) Close up of green fluffy corticioid fungus Drepanospora viridis (Helicoma viride)(?) under a fallen pine on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, December 24, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2559/jpeg/27t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of a plant of aster family on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 11, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2846/jpeg/12t.jpg) Fluffy corticioid (crust) fungus Botryobasidium robustius or may be B. aureum on underside of a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 9, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3633/jpeg/09t.jpg) Seeds of elephant foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3633/jpeg/06t.jpg) Seeds of late-flowering boneset (Eupatorium serotinum)(?) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3462/jpeg/01t.jpg) Close-up of tiny black Ascomycete fungus Trichoderma citrinoviride (Hypocrea schweinitzii) on a fallen pine without bark on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 27, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3462/jpeg/04t.jpg) Close-up of black Ascomycete fungus Trichoderma citrinoviride (Hypocrea schweinitzii) growing together with Trichaptum on a fallen pine without bark on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 27, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3376/jpeg/14t.jpg) Close-up of crust fungus Hypoxylon rubiginosum with light brown fluffy anamorph (asexual stage) at its margins on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, April 2, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3453/jpeg/16t.jpg) Close-up of corticioid fungus Steccherinum ochraceum(?) on a dry Yaupon stem on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3453/jpeg/26t.jpg) Close-up of pores of resupinate polypore fungus Inonotus andersonii on oak wood on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3453/jpeg/22t.jpg) Close-up of resupinate polypore fungus Inonotus andersonii on wood under bark of a fallen oak branch on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3453/jpeg/25t.jpg) Close-up side view of pores of resupinate polypore fungus Inonotus andersonii on oak wood on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3453/jpeg/12t.jpg) Close-up of thick white resupinate polypore mushroom on soft completely decomposed oak wood in wet area on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3502/jpeg/22t.jpg) Close-up of mushrooms Mallocybe unicolor(?) under pines on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 30, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3630/jpeg/15t.jpg) Seeds of saw palmetto (Serenoa repens) in animal droppings, together with seeds of other plants in ultraviolet light on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 10, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3628/jpeg/07t.jpg) Close-up of white resupinate polypore mushroom on a cut surface of a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 5, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3523/jpeg/35t.jpg) Close-up of conifer mazegill mushrooms (Gloeophyllum sepiarium) on a fallen pine on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 1, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3502/jpeg/03t.jpg) Close-up of resupinate polypore mushroom Wrightoporia avellanea on underside of a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 30, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3615/jpeg/02t.jpg) Close-up of mold-like fungus Bolete eater (Hypomyces chrysospermus) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 6, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2860/jpeg/09t.jpg) Close-up of slime mold Arcyria ferruginea on a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 27, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3101/jpeg/19t.jpg) Close-up of white corticioid fungus on underside of a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 26, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3325/jpeg/16t.jpg) Close-up of slime mold Arcyria ferruginea on a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 11, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3456/jpeg/12t.jpg) Close-up of a small Pluteus mushroom on Sand Branch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, January 6, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3325/jpeg/23t.jpg) Close-up of merulioid corticioid fungus Serpula himantioides on a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 11, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2845/jpeg/25t.jpg) Close-up of corticioid mushroom Serpula himantioides on underside of a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 9, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2846/jpeg/29t.jpg) Close-up of corticioid mushroom Serpula himantioides on underside of a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 9, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2846/jpeg/14t.jpg) Close-up of corticioid fungus Crustoderma dryinum(?) on underside of a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 9, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2846/jpeg/06t.jpg) Close-up of corticioid mushroom Crustoderma dryinum(?) on underside of a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 9, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3460/jpeg/35t.jpg) Hairy leaves of spiderwort (Tradescantia) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3460/jpeg/03t.jpg) Bushy bluestem (Andropogon glomeratus) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2845/jpeg/20t.jpg) Close-up of resupinate polypore mushroom Skeletocutis odora(?) on a cut surface of a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 9, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2860/jpeg/10t.jpg) Close-up (in scattered light) of slime mold Arcyria ferruginea on a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 27, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3462/jpeg/17t.jpg) Warty lichen (Pertusaria) on a fallen oak twig on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 27, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3460/jpeg/23t.jpg) Red leaves of common greenbrier (Smilax rotundifolia) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3460/jpeg/22t.jpg) Purple threeawn grass (Aristida purpurea) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3460/jpeg/24t.jpg) Yellow berries of horsenettle (Solanum carolinense) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
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