![](../../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/2024/3460/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/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/2024/3633/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/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/2024/3460/jpeg/28t.jpg) Field of split bluestem grass (feather beardgrass, Andropogon ternarius) under pines, view from Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
![](../../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/2022/3253/jpeg/23t.jpg) Split bluestem grass (feather beardgrass, Andropogon ternarius) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 1, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2576/jpeg/13t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of split bluestem grass (feather beardgrass, Andropogon ternarius) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 13, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2577/jpeg/11t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of split bluestem grass (feather beardgrass, Andropogon ternarius) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 13, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2795/jpeg/25t.jpg) Flowers of split bluestem grass (feather beardgrass, Andropogon ternarius) 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/24t.jpg) Blooming split bluestem grass (feather beardgrass, Andropogon ternarius) 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/23t.jpg) Slender caterpillar on split bluestem grass (feather beardgrass, Andropogon ternarius) 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/2019/2576/jpeg/14t.jpg) Spikelets of split bluestem grass (feather beardgrass, Andropogon ternarius) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, October 13, 2019
![](../../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/2020/2818/jpeg/24t.jpg) Seeds of splitbeard bluestem grass (Andropogon ternarius) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest, Texas, November 19, 2020
![](../../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/2024/3460/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/2020/2818/jpeg/22t.jpg) Splitbeard bluestem grass (Andropogon ternarius) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest, Texas, November 19, 2020
![](../../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/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/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/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/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/16t.jpg) Close-up of 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/03t.jpg) Bushy bluestem (Andropogon glomeratus) on 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/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/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/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/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/2024/3633/jpeg/01t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of frostweed(?) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3460/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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3460/jpeg/25t.jpg) Dry flower bracts of beefsteak plant (Perilla frutescens) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 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/2022/3184/jpeg/12t.jpg) Green seeds with hooks of black snakeroot (Sanicula marilandica) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 29, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3101/jpeg/32t.jpg) Close-up of resupinate polypore mushroom Skeletocutis odora on a side of a thick pine log in a shallow ditch on roadside of Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 26, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3038/jpeg/20t.jpg) Melanoleuca mushrooms on sandy soil with grass of Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 13, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3482/jpeg/05t.jpg) Flower of blackberry on Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 3, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3030/jpeg/37t.jpg) Close-up of Melanoleuca mushrooms growing on pine needles of Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 2, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3079/jpeg/07t.jpg) White Amanita mushroom on roadside with disturbed sandy soil with pine needles, oak leaves and some grass, in a pine forest at Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3256/jpeg/29t.jpg) Fluffy seeds of silver bluestem grass (Bothriochloa laguroides) near Pole Creek on North Wilderness Trail of Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 6, 2022
![](../../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/2020/2744/jpeg/24t.jpg) Little bluestem(?) grass on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 28, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3253/jpeg/20t.jpg) Bluestem grass on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 1, 2022
![](../../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/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/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/2022/3101/jpeg/30t.jpg) Resupinate polypore mushroom Skeletocutis odora on a side of a thick pine log in a shallow ditch on roadside of Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 26, 2022
![](../../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/2021/2994/jpeg/13t.jpg) Hairy stem of bluestem grass on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 29, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3001/jpeg/24t.jpg) Green katidid on bluestem grass on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3015/jpeg/06t.jpg) Hairy leaves of bluestem grass on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3184/jpeg/21t.jpg) Road FS203A at crossing with Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 29, 2022
![](../../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/2024/3503/jpeg/19t.jpg) Some small grass on Road FS 203 near on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 30, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3101/jpeg/31t.jpg) Texture of resupinate polypore mushroom Skeletocutis odora on a side of a thick pine log in a shallow ditch on roadside of Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 26, 2022
![](../../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/2022/3253/jpeg/13t.jpg) King ranch bluestem grass (Bothriochloa ischaemum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 1, 2022
![](../../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/2022/3105/jpeg/18t.jpg) Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 6, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3172/jpeg/20t.jpg) Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3208/jpeg/08t.jpg) Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 11, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3079/jpeg/04t.jpg) Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2021
![](../../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/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/2021/3079/jpeg/05t.jpg) Pines at Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2756/jpeg/24t.jpg) Forest Service Road 203A at sunrise on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 21, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3091/jpeg/28t.jpg) Melanoleuca mushrooms on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3079/jpeg/10t.jpg) Melanoleuca mushrooms at Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3061/jpeg/11t.jpg) Melanoleuca mushroom on Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 17, 2021
![](../../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/2018/2365/jpeg/23t.jpg) Forest Service Road 203 on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 23, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2365/jpeg/22t.jpg) View from Forest Service Road 203 on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 23, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3061/jpeg/10t.jpg) Underside of Melanoleuca mushroom on Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3136/jpeg/05t.jpg) Woolly-white (Hymenopappus) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 21, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3510/jpeg/23t.jpg) Woolly rosette grass (Dichanthelium scabriusculum) on road FS203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 13, 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/2021/3079/jpeg/08t.jpg) Underside of white Amanita mushroom at Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3197/jpeg/25t.jpg) Beefsteak plant (Perilla frutescens) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 28, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3197/jpeg/23t.jpg) Antlion (doodlebug) funnel pits on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 28, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2365/jpeg/24t.jpg) Melanoleuca mushrooms at Forest Service Road 203 on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 23, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3121/jpeg/12t.jpg) Lyreleaf sage (Salvia lyrata) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 23, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3030/jpeg/34t.jpg) Gymnopus biformis mushrooms growing on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 2, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3184/jpeg/19t.jpg) Common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 29, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3184/jpeg/18t.jpg) Canada wild rye (Elymus canadensis)(?) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 29, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3105/jpeg/19t.jpg) Resupinate polypore mushroom on a pine log on Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 6, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3136/jpeg/07t.jpg) Blooming woolly-white (Hymenopappus) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 21, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3172/jpeg/23t.jpg) Top view of a shoot of gayfeather (Liatris) at Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3172/jpeg/24t.jpg) Common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) at Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3172/jpeg/26t.jpg) Macartney rose (Rosa bracteata) at Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3184/jpeg/16t.jpg) Purple bindweed (Ipomoea cordatotriloba) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 29, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2542/jpeg/25t.jpg) Close up of a conecap mushroom Conocybe apala on Forest Service Road 203 in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 29, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2994/jpeg/23t.jpg) Maryland meadow-beauty (Rhexia mariana) on Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 29, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2365/jpeg/26t.jpg) Melanoleuca mushrooms on roadside of Forest Service Road 203 on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 23, 2018
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