![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/656/jpeg/04t.jpg) Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)(?) on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/656/jpeg/05t.jpg) American basket flower (Centaurea americana) on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/661/jpeg/17t.jpg) Mistflower (Eupatorium coelestinum) in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, July 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/635/jpeg/25t.jpg) Winecup flower on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/635/jpeg/24t.jpg) Meadow pink (Sabatia campestris) flower on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/675/jpeg/19t.jpg) Mistflower (blue boneset, Conoclinium coelestinum, Eupatorium) on Deer Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 30, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/635/jpeg/23t.jpg) Thrips on Meadow pink (Sabatia campestris) flower on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/664/jpeg/18t.jpg) Mistflower (Eupatorium coelestinum) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/669/jpeg/18t.jpg) Mistflower (Eupatorium coelestinum, Wild ageratum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 12, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/675/jpeg/23t.jpg) Mistflower (blue boneset, Eupatorium coelestinum) in dew in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 30, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/635/jpeg/22t.jpg) Pink flower of Violet wood sorrel (Oxalis violacea, shamrock) on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/655/jpeg/23t.jpg) Globe mallow(?) flowers on Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/655/jpeg/22t.jpg) Golden silk spider on the web on Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1066/jpeg/24t.jpg) Gayfeather (Liatris) on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2660/jpeg/27t.jpg) White rose(?) on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1066/jpeg/20t.jpg) Snake skeletons on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/655/jpeg/24t.jpg) Swamp milkweed (Asclepias perennis) on Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/889/jpeg/13t.jpg) Beebalm (Monarda punctata) on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, September 4, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/733/jpeg/03t.jpg) Pink flowers of pea family on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/655/jpeg/20t.jpg) Family of golden silk spiders at lunch on Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1066/jpeg/22t.jpg) Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)(?) on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/733/jpeg/02t.jpg) Sensitive brier (Schrankia uncinata)(?) on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2660/jpeg/25t.jpg) Some flat plant of mallow(?) family on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1066/jpeg/23t.jpg) Delta arrowhead (Sagittaria platyphylla) on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2660/jpeg/24t.jpg) Flat winter rosette of some plant on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/655/jpeg/21t.jpg) Close-up ventral view of golden silk spider on Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/733/jpeg/09t.jpg) Herbertia (Prairie nymph) on Horseshoe Lake Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 11, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1066/jpeg/21t.jpg) Green comet milkweed (Asclepias viridiflora) on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, June 2, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/655/jpeg/13t.jpg) Golden silk spider (Nephila clavipes) eating a dragonfly on Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/655/jpeg/07t.jpg) Cormorants on 40 Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3253/jpeg/31t.jpg) Mistflower (Eupatorium coelestinum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 1, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3253/jpeg/03t.jpg) Mistflower (Eupatorium coelestinum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 1, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2660/jpeg/26t.jpg) White rose(?) with dark-green glossy leaves on Prairie Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, March 12, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/655/jpeg/12t.jpg) Bridge across Pilant Lake spillway in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/655/jpeg/06t.jpg) White egrets on 40 Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/694/jpeg/08t.jpg) Overlook of a bend of Pilant Slough in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, December 14, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3253/jpeg/18t.jpg) Blooming mistflower (Eupatorium coelestinum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 1, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/655/jpeg/16t.jpg) Alligator in duckweed on west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/655/jpeg/11t.jpg) Alligator on north side of 40 Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3028/jpeg/03t.jpg) Mistflower (Eupatorium coelestinum, Wild ageratum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 23, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3019/jpeg/13t.jpg) Mistflower (Eupatorium coelestinum, wild ageratum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 8, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3002/jpeg/36t.jpg) Mistflower (Eupatorium coelestinum, Wild ageratum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3019/jpeg/30t.jpg) Mistflower (Eupatorium coelestinum, Wild ageratum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 8, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/656/jpeg/01t.jpg) Blooming buttonbush on west side of 40 Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/655/jpeg/19t.jpg) Leeches on alligator s head on west shore of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/655/jpeg/18t.jpg) Alligator with parasite worms on west shore of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/655/jpeg/17t.jpg) Head of alligator in duckweed on west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3027/jpeg/20t.jpg) Mistflower (Eupatorium coelestinum, Wild ageratum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 22, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1106/jpeg/02t.jpg) Mistflower (Eupatorium coelestinum, Wild ageratum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 16, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3019/jpeg/14t.jpg) Blooming mistflower (Eupatorium coelestinum, wild ageratum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 8, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/694/jpeg/04t.jpg) Hoots Hollow Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, December 14, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/655/jpeg/08t.jpg) Marsh birds with a green bullfrog in background on 40 Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/655/jpeg/15t.jpg) Yellow-crowned night-heron on west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3027/jpeg/30t.jpg) Inflorescence of mistflower (Eupatorium coelestinum, Wild ageratum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 22, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3027/jpeg/29t.jpg) Blooming mistflower (Eupatorium coelestinum, Wild ageratum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 22, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1110/jpeg/24t.jpg) Mistflower (blue boneset, Conoclinium coelestinum, Eupatorium) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 11, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/794/jpeg/08t.jpg) Mistflower (Eupatorium coelestinum, Wild ageratum) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 26, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/893/jpeg/18t.jpg) Mistflower (Eupatorium coelestinum, Wild ageratum) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 2, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2566/jpeg/13t.jpg) Mistflower (Eupatorium coelestinum, Wild ageratum) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 21, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3257/jpeg/10t.jpg) Mistflower (Eupatorium coelestinum) on Lone Star Hiking Trail east from Trailhead 3 in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/693/jpeg/26t.jpg) Bicyclist riding on Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, December 14, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/694/jpeg/07t.jpg) Vines on Hoots Hollow Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, December 14, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/694/jpeg/05t.jpg) Oaks of Hoots Hollow Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, December 14, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3257/jpeg/12t.jpg) Blooming mistflower (Eupatorium coelestinum) on Lone Star Hiking Trail east from Trailhead 3 in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, October 9, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/655/jpeg/10t.jpg) Yellow-crowned night-heron in duckweed on north side of 40 Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/694/jpeg/06t.jpg) Oaks and vines on Hoots Hollow Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, December 14, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/794/jpeg/12t.jpg) Blue flowers of mistflower (Eupatorium coelestinum, Wild ageratum) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 26, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/655/jpeg/26t.jpg) Pink flowers of Pyramid Flower (Melochia pyramidata) on west side of 40 Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/655/jpeg/25t.jpg) Blooming buckwheat (eardrops) vine (Brunnichia ovata) on west side of 40 Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/655/jpeg/09t.jpg) Yellow-crowned night-heron marsh bird on north side of 40 Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/635/jpeg/10t.jpg) Alligator walking from Old to New Horseshoe Lake across Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/693/jpeg/22t.jpg) Entangled dead trees from east side of Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, December 14, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/635/jpeg/21t.jpg) Scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis) on Hale Lake Loop Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/693/jpeg/21t.jpg) Wading great white egret (Ardea alba) from Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, December 14, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/656/jpeg/02t.jpg) Sida rhombifolia (Arrowleaf Sida) flower on west side of 40 Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, July 4, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/694/jpeg/01t.jpg) Blue-purple, papilionaceous flowers of winter vetch (Vicia villosa) on Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, December 14, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/635/jpeg/09t.jpg) Herbertia flower north from Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/634/jpeg/21t.jpg) Alligator on west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/635/jpeg/04t.jpg) Alligator s snout near Pilant Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/634/jpeg/26t.jpg) Alligator resting on a log in Pilant Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/635/jpeg/03t.jpg) Alligator s eyes near Pilant Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/635/jpeg/11t.jpg) Alligator overlooking New Horseshoe Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/634/jpeg/19t.jpg) Alligator near west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/635/jpeg/01t.jpg) Great blue heron near Pilant Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/634/jpeg/20t.jpg) Alligator in duckweed on west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/693/jpeg/24t.jpg) Vervain (verbena) flower near Horseshoe Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, December 14, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/634/jpeg/22t.jpg) Picnic place on north shore of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/693/jpeg/23t.jpg) Trees with spanish moss near Horseshoe Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, December 14, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/693/jpeg/20t.jpg) Spillway Trail in Brazos Bend State Park, with a bridge across Pilant Lake spillway and observation tower in background. Needville, Texas, December 14, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/635/jpeg/18t.jpg) Alligator s head floating in west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/635/jpeg/14t.jpg) Head of an alligator in duckweed in west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/635/jpeg/13t.jpg) Alligator floating in west side of New Horseshoe Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/635/jpeg/15t.jpg) Alligator in green duckweed in west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/634/jpeg/23t.jpg) Cormorant drying wings on east side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/694/jpeg/03t.jpg) Fly on animal s dropping on west side of 40 Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, December 14, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/634/jpeg/25t.jpg) American coot(?) birds on west side of Elm Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/634/jpeg/18t.jpg) Little blue heron bird near Pilant Lake bridge in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/635/jpeg/06t.jpg) Baby alligators on west side of 40 Acre Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/635/jpeg/12t.jpg) Alligator with open mouth on west shore of New Horseshoe Lake in Brazos Bend State Park. Needville, Texas, April 22, 2008
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