![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3641/jpeg/08t.jpg) Water fern (Azolla) and duckweed in a pond in Bee Creek Park near Texas Avenue. College Station, Texas, November 11, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3641/jpeg/10t.jpg) Close-up of water fern (Azolla) and duckweed in a pond in Bee Creek Park near Texas Avenue. College Station, Texas, November 11, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3641/jpeg/16t.jpg) Water fern (Azolla) and duckweed both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight taken from a pond in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 11, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3641/jpeg/29t.jpg) Close-up of water fern (Azolla) and duckweed both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from a pond in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 12, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3641/jpeg/27t.jpg) Close-up of water fern (Azolla) and duckweed both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from a pond in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 12, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3641/jpeg/26t.jpg) Carpet of water fern (Azolla) and duckweed when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from a pond in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 12, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3641/jpeg/28t.jpg) Texture of water fern (Azolla) and duckweed when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from a pond in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 12, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3641/jpeg/21t.jpg) Fluorescence of water fern (Azolla) and duckweed in ultraviolet light in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 11, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3641/jpeg/20t.jpg) Texture of water fern (Azolla) and duckweed both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 11, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3641/jpeg/18t.jpg) Green carpet of water fern (Azolla) and duckweed both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 11, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3641/jpeg/17t.jpg) Water fern (Azolla) and duckweed when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 11, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3641/jpeg/19t.jpg) Close-up of water fern (Azolla) and duckweed when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 11, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3359/jpeg/18t.jpg) Red water fern (Azolla filiculoides) together with duckweed on shores of Flag Pond at Lake Somerville Trailway, near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 8, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3359/jpeg/13t.jpg) Duckweed and red water fern (Azolla filiculoides) on shores of Flag Pond at Lake Somerville Trailway, near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 8, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3359/jpeg/19t.jpg) Red water fern (Azolla filiculoides) overgrowing duckweed on shores of Flag Pond at Lake Somerville Trailway, near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 8, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3359/jpeg/27t.jpg) Orange-striped ribbonsnake on a carpet of red water fern (Azolla filiculoides) and duckweed on shores of Flag Pond at Lake Somerville Trailway, near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 8, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3022/jpeg/26t.jpg) Shallow water of Flag Pond covered by red water fern (Azolla) on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3360/jpeg/02t.jpg) Shoot of water-primrose (Ludwigia) and red water fern (Azolla filiculoides) on shores of Flag Pond at Lake Somerville Trailway, near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 8, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3359/jpeg/11t.jpg) Shoot of water-primrose (Ludwigia) and red water fern (Azolla filiculoides) on shores of Flag Pond at Lake Somerville Trailway, near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 8, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3022/jpeg/19t.jpg) Mat of red water fern (Azolla) taken from Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3022/jpeg/15t.jpg) Red water fern (Azolla filiculoides(?)) in Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3022/jpeg/16t.jpg) Close-up of red water fern (Azolla filiculoides(?)) in Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3022/jpeg/17t.jpg) Texture of red water fern (Azolla filiculoides(?)) in Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3022/jpeg/18t.jpg) Tiny leaves of red water fern (Azolla) taken from Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3022/jpeg/28t.jpg) Red water fern (Azolla) and other aquatic plants in Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 12, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3359/jpeg/12t.jpg) Close-up of red water fern (Azolla filiculoides) on shores of Flag Pond at Lake Somerville Trailway, near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 8, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3359/jpeg/20t.jpg) Growth of red water fern (Azolla filiculoides) overgrowing other plants on shores of Flag Pond at Lake Somerville Trailway, near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 8, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3359/jpeg/26t.jpg) Head of orange-striped ribbonsnake on red water fern (Azolla filiculoides) on shores of Flag Pond at Lake Somerville Trailway, near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 8, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3359/jpeg/24t.jpg) Orange-striped ribbonsnake on a carpet of red water fern (Azolla filiculoides) on shores of Flag Pond at Lake Somerville Trailway, near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 8, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3359/jpeg/28t.jpg) Close-up of head of orange-striped ribbonsnake on red water fern (Azolla filiculoides) on shores of Flag Pond at Lake Somerville Trailway, near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 8, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3359/jpeg/25t.jpg) Orange-striped ribbonsnake with some parasitic insects on a carpet of red water fern (Azolla filiculoides) on shores of Flag Pond at Lake Somerville Trailway, near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 8, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3067/jpeg/06t.jpg) Azolla water fern on muddy edge of Lake Conroe near Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 24, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3035/jpeg/18t.jpg) Close-up of Azolla (water fern) on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 8, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3035/jpeg/14t.jpg) Azolla (water fern) at the edge of a lake on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 8, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3100/jpeg/06t.jpg) Azolla water fern on muddy edge of Lake Conroe on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 23, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3100/jpeg/07t.jpg) Close-up of Azolla water fern on muddy edge of Lake Conroe on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 23, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2694/jpeg/12t.jpg) Duckweed and yellow water-weed (Ludwigia peploides) in Flag Pond on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 26, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/898/jpeg/04t.jpg) Misty sunrise over a pond of Research Park in fog on campus of Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, November 19, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3639/jpeg/07t.jpg) Sparse-lobed grape fern (Botrychium biternatum) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight taken from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 6, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3100/jpeg/02t.jpg) Aquatic fern Salvinia molesta with duckweed floating in shallow water on muddy edge of Lake Conroe on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 23, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1118/jpeg/14t.jpg) Rotten wooden poles at sunrise near a pond of Research Park on campus of Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, November 13, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/898/jpeg/03t.jpg) Sunrise over a pond in direction of Centeq Building of Research Park in fog on campus of Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, November 19, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3639/jpeg/08t.jpg) Sporangia of sparse-lobed grape fern (Botrychium biternatum) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight taken from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 6, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2676/jpeg/03t.jpg) Aquatic fern Giant salvinia (Salvinia molesta) and duckweed in shallow water of Lake Conroe on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 29, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3642/jpeg/25t.jpg) Crustose lichens on bark of a fallen water oak in ultraviolet light on Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 15, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3464/jpeg/02t.jpg) Resurrection fern on a fallen oak on Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 29, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3461/jpeg/11t.jpg) Sparse-lobed grape fern (Botrychium biternatum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 25, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/897/jpeg/20t.jpg) Fish Pond Water Fountain on campus of Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, November 15, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/605/jpeg/19t.jpg) Fish Pond Water Fountain on campus of Texas A and M University in fog. College Station, Texas, November 30, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3461/jpeg/12t.jpg) Sporangia of sparse-lobed grape fern (Botrychium biternatum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 25, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/803/jpeg/17t.jpg) Sunrise on sewage line right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 4, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/603/jpeg/09t.jpg) Sewage line right of way at sunrise in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 5, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3461/jpeg/13t.jpg) Sparse-lobed grape fern (Botrychium biternatum) with "bunch of grapes" sporangia in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 25, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3464/jpeg/03t.jpg) Resurrection fern and a tree dwelling moss Leucodon julaceous on a fallen oak on Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 29, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3509/jpeg/14t.jpg) Cut-leaved evening primrose (Oenothera laciniata) at sunrise on Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 12, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3461/jpeg/03t.jpg) Streams of water in a creek after heavy rains in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 25, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3470/jpeg/08t.jpg) High water level in a creek after a heavy rain in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 11, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3455/jpeg/37t.jpg) Water stream after a heavy rain of a small creek in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 5, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3470/jpeg/06t.jpg) Water stream of a small creek after a heavy rain in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 11, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3523/jpeg/05t.jpg) Water pool on Racoon Run Trail after a rain in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 29, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3470/jpeg/07t.jpg) Water on Racoon Run Trail after a heavy rain in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 11, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3465/jpeg/25t.jpg) Mushrooms Gymnopus luxurians(?) under water oaks in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 2, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1122/jpeg/02t.jpg) Gnarl of water oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 30, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1122/jpeg/01t.jpg) Bark of water oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 30, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3455/jpeg/36t.jpg) Water stream and rocks after a heavy rain near a pipe bridge across a creek in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 5, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3465/jpeg/26t.jpg) Underside of a mushroom Gymnopus luxurians(?) under water oaks in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 2, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2190/jpeg/20t.jpg) Some crust fungus with water drops in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 1, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1122/jpeg/03t.jpg) Texture of water oak trunk in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 30, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3465/jpeg/24t.jpg) Cap of a mushroom Gymnopus luxurians(?) under tall water oaks and yaupon in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 2, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3507/jpeg/08t.jpg) Dusty tan corticioid fungus on a log in wet area under tall water oaks in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, April 4, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3461/jpeg/05t.jpg) Wood blewit mushrooms (Lepista nuda) under water oaks in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 25, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3465/jpeg/27t.jpg) Cross section of a mushroom Gymnopus luxurians(?) under water oaks in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 2, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3605/jpeg/05t.jpg) Guttation (secretion of water drops) of resupinate polypore mushroom of an oak stump in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 17, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/603/jpeg/08t.jpg) Sewage line right of way near a water treatment plant in fog in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 5, 2007
![](../../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/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/2024/3618/jpeg/19t.jpg) Water primrose (Ludwigia) with flower buds both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 11, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3618/jpeg/18t.jpg) Water primrose (Ludwigia) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 11, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/603/jpeg/04t.jpg) Sewage line right of way near a water treatment plant in mist in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 5, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/897/jpeg/24t.jpg) Forest near water treatment plant from Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 17, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2867/jpeg/09t.jpg) Oak tree near a pond at sunrise on a golf course on campus of Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, February 16, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3535/jpeg/21t.jpg) Water droplets (guttation) on young polypore mushrooms Inonotus cuticularis(?) on Yaupon Loop Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 13, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1835/jpeg/01t.jpg) Water morning glory (water spinach, water convolvulus, Ipomoea aquatica) on a sewage pond near Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, June 3, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/603/jpeg/24t.jpg) Sewage line right of way in direction of water treatment plant in Lick Creek Park at rain. College Station, Texas, November 18, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1835/jpeg/04t.jpg) Leaves of water morning glory (water spinach, water convolvulus, Ipomoea aquatica) on a sewage pond near Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, June 3, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1835/jpeg/03t.jpg) Shoots of water morning glory (water spinach, water convolvulus, Ipomoea aquatica) on a sewage pond near Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, June 3, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3468/jpeg/06t.jpg) Seedlings of redseed plantain(?) on gravel soil over a sewage pipeline west from a water treatment plant in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 5, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2602/jpeg/07t.jpg) Dissected shaggy bracket polypore mushroom Inonotus hispidus on a water oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 26, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2602/jpeg/06t.jpg) Mature shaggy bracket polypore mushroom Inonotus hispidus on a water oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 26, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1835/jpeg/02t.jpg) Spreading plant of water morning glory (water spinach, water convolvulus, Ipomoea aquatica) on a sewage pond near Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, June 3, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3459/jpeg/14t.jpg) Cotyledons (seed leaves) of seedlings collected and deposited by rainwater on Raccoon Run Trail west from a water treatment plant in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 18, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3470/jpeg/23t.jpg) Seedling of a dicotyledon plant narrowleaf marsh elder (Iva angustifolia) near a water treatment plant in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 13, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3503/jpeg/24t.jpg) Crosier (a coiled young fern frond) of bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 30, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3482/jpeg/04t.jpg) Crosier (a coiled young fern frond) of bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 3, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2899/jpeg/18t.jpg) Brookweed (water cabbage, Samolus valerandi) on wet soil with seeping water on a shore of Flag Pond at Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 4, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/806/jpeg/11t.jpg) A pond from a dam at sunrise in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, November 13, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/806/jpeg/06t.jpg) A pond at sunrise in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, November 13, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1688/jpeg/01t.jpg) Water morning glory (water spinach, water convolvulus, Ipomoea aquatica) near a water leakage site near sand processing plant near Irkhaya (Irkaya) Farms. Qatar, November 13, 2015
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