Young pads of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
Close-up of young pad of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
Blooming prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 7, 2023
Yellow flower of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 7, 2023
Texture of a pad skeleton of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 1, 2024
Redeye prickly pear cactus (Engelmann prickly pear, Opuntia phaeacantha var. discata) on Savanna Meadow Trail in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009
White prickly poppy (Argemone albiflora) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 14, 2024
Tender young pad or nopalitos of prickly pear cactus (opuntia) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, March 31, 2009
Young plants of borage family on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 2, 2024
Young leaves of bluebonnet (Lupinus) in dew on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 2, 2024
Young leaves of thistle (Cirsium) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 2, 2024
Winter rosette of white prickly poppy (Argemone albiflora) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024
Tender young pads or nopalitos of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) in Antique Rose Emporium. Independence, Texas, May 13, 2012
Yellow flowers of prickly pears (Opuntia) in Birch Creek Unit of Lake Somerville State Park, Texas, April 29, 2012
Young plants of cucumber weed (Parietaria pensylvanica) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 2, 2024
Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) in Dahl Al Hamam Park at Al Markhiya Street. Doha, Qatar, March 21, 2016
Young leaves of western soapberry tree (Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
Orange berry rust fungus Gymnoconia nitens on young leaves of blackberry on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 2, 2024
White prickly poppy (Argemone albiflora) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 26, 2023
Young leaves of coralberry at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2021
Young leaves of peppervine at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2021
Young leaves of hackberry at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2021
Tender young pad or nopalitos of prickly pear cactus (opuntia) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, April 26, 2018
Close up of a tender young pad of prickly pear cactus (opuntia) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, April 26, 2018
Bougainvillea-like young leaves of buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2020
Blooming prickly pear cactus (Opuntia engelmanii(?)) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 4, 2020
Flower of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia engelmanii(?)) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 4, 2020
Yellow flower of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 7, 2020
Dwarf rosette lichen Physcia neogaea on a dry pad of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
Young leaves of blackjack oak (Quercus marilandica, black oak group) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2020
Young shoots of blunt pellitory (Parietaria pensylvanica, Urticaceae) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2022
Flower buds on a pad of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
Yellow flower of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia engelmanii(?)) with a bee in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 4, 2020
Top view of a ten-petal anemone (Anemone heterophylla) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 2, 2024
Green flower buds of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
White prickly poppy (Argemone albiflora) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2020
Tender young pad or nopalitos of prickly pear cactus (opuntia) with glossy wax coating and fresh areolas bearing leaf primordia, spines and tufts of glochids (barbed hairs) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, March 31, 2009
Side view of Eastern North American destroying angel mushrooms (Amanita bisporigera)(?) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
Young leaves of cypress(?) elm on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 5, 2023
Young hairy leaves of oak on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 5, 2023
Blooming prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) in Leach Teaching Gardens at Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, April 28, 2024
Young leaves of sage (Salvia)(?) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 5, 2023
Pear-shaped puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon pyriforme, Apioperdon pyriforme) on rotting oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 29, 2020
Side view of flower of white prickly poppy (Argemone albiflora) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 4, 2021
Pear-shaped puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon pyriforme, Apioperdon pyriforme) near fallen oak branches at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 18, 2021
Top view of a milkcap mushroom Lactarius maculatipes on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 11, 2024
Dry pad skeleton of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 17, 2022
Top view of split fibrecap mushrooms (Pseudosperma rimosum) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 11, 2024
Top view of large Chanterelle mushrooms (Cantharellus cibarius) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 18, 2024
Side view of orange waxcap mushroom (Hygrocybe) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 18, 2024
Vegetative shoot of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 17, 2022
Texture of a pad skeleton of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 17, 2022
Yellow flowers of Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) in dew in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 19, 2012
Purplish pads of a prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, January 28, 2023
Dead oak with greenbrier on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
Former cattle pond on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
Spiderwort (Tradescantia) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
Young leaves of hackberry at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
Young leaves of blackjack oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
Side view of split fibrecap mushrooms (Pseudosperma rimosum) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 11, 2024
Nymphs of cactus bug Chelinidea vittiger feeding on prickly pear cactus (discolored areas of opuntia is the result of punctures) in TAMU Holistic Garden in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, May 11, 2008
Rosette of prickly leaves of thistle (Cirsium) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 15, 2023
Young leaves of buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 19, 2020
Winged elm (Ulmus alata) with young leaves at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
Falling dried oaks on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
Oaks near mile post 2 on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
Winecup flower (Callirhoe) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
Spiderwort (Tradescantia) flowers on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 2, 2024
Close-up of purple spots on pads of a prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, January 28, 2023
Flower buds and young leaves of squaw-weed (Senecio ampullaceus) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 5, 2023
Flower buds and young leaves of squaw-weed (Senecio ampullaceus) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 5, 2023
Young golden ear mushrooms (Tremella aurantia) under a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 29, 2020
Young golden ear mushrooms (Tremella aurantia) on a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 29, 2020
Young leaves of honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, June 14, 2020
Young leaves of honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 19, 2020
Young leaf and flower buds of mustang grape at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022
Blue flower of spiderwort (Tradescantia) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
Violet flowers of spiderwort (Tradescantia) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
Bluestar flowers (Amsonia tabernaemontana) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
Flowers of woolly-white (Hymenopappus) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
Woolly-white (Hymenopappus artemisiaefolius) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
Blooming sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
Beard lichen (Usnea) on an elm tree on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 2, 2024
Rosette of basal leaves of thistle on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 2, 2024
Indian paintbrush (Castilleja indivisa) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
Carolina larkspur (Delphinium carolinianum) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
Little quaking grass (Briza minor) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
Leaves of coralberry (Symphoricarpos orbiculatus) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
Bluestar flowers (Amsonia tabernaemontana) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
Snail feeding on a green pad of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) in Antique Rose Emporium in Independence. Texas, May 3, 2009
Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) on Moore s Hill Outcrop at FM Road 3090 near Navasota. Texas, April 21, 2018
Central area of rosette of prickly leaves of thistle (Cirsium) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 15, 2023
Flower and seeds of sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
Golden-eye lichen (Teloschistes chrysophthalmus) on a twig on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 2, 2024
Blooming small skullcap (Scutellaria parvula) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
Squaw-weed flowers (Senecio ampullaceus) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
Basal leaves of star thistle (Centaurea)(?) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 2, 2024
Potato earthball mushrooms (Scleroderma bovista) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
A moth on false dandelion (Pyrrhopappus carolinianus) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
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