![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/664/jpeg/07t.jpg) Boneset(?) flowers in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3002/jpeg/14t.jpg) Late-flowering boneset (Eupatorium serotinum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3008/jpeg/03t.jpg) Late-flowering boneset (Eupatorium serotinum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 15, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3008/jpeg/08t.jpg) Late-flowering boneset (Eupatorium serotinum) in bloom on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 15, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/664/jpeg/14t.jpg) Erect dayflower in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/664/jpeg/11t.jpg) Pine cone in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/664/jpeg/19t.jpg) Sprout of arrowwood in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/785/jpeg/14t.jpg) Late-flowering boneset with green lynx spider in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richardson, August 9, 2009
![](../../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/2008/664/jpeg/24t.jpg) Mountain mint (Pycnanthemum) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
![](../../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/2008/664/jpeg/12t.jpg) American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/664/jpeg/15t.jpg) Erect dayflower (Commelina erecta) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/664/jpeg/09t.jpg) Yellow aster family flowers in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/664/jpeg/16t.jpg) Buds of elephant foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/664/jpeg/26t.jpg) Small flower of spurge Euphorbia corollata in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/664/jpeg/20t.jpg) Fruits of american beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/664/jpeg/22t.jpg) Smallhead doll s daisy (Boltonia diffusa) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/664/jpeg/25t.jpg) Blooming elephant foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/664/jpeg/21t.jpg) Shield-backed bug (Scutelleridae) on a leaf of yaupon holly in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/664/jpeg/13t.jpg) Wild Morning Glory (Ipomoea cordatotriloba) flower in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/664/jpeg/08t.jpg) Flower buds of blazing star (Liatris, gayfeather) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/664/jpeg/10t.jpg) Southern wild senna (Senna marilandica, Cassia) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2543/jpeg/17t.jpg) Narrowleaf false dragonhead (Physostegia digitalis) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 29, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/664/jpeg/27t.jpg) Blue flower of downy lobelia (Purple dewdrop, Lobelia puberula) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
![](../../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/2019/2543/jpeg/16t.jpg) Flowers of narrowleaf false dragonhead (Physostegia digitalis) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 29, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3253/jpeg/17t.jpg) Common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 1, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/614/jpeg/01t.jpg) Small lake in pine forest in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, January 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2543/jpeg/19t.jpg) Cluster of flowers of narrowleaf false dragonhead (Physostegia digitalis) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 29, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2543/jpeg/18t.jpg) Masses of flowers of narrowleaf false dragonhead (Physostegia digitalis) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 29, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3015/jpeg/26t.jpg) Blushing false truffle mushroom (Rhizopogon roseolus) on Forest Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2744/jpeg/31t.jpg) Late-flowering boneset (Eupatorium serotinum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 28, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/676/jpeg/20t.jpg) Goldenrod in dew in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, October 4, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/613/jpeg/26t.jpg) Pines in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, January 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/659/jpeg/05t.jpg) Sunrise from Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/659/jpeg/12t.jpg) Cutting from Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/659/jpeg/10t.jpg) Sun through mist from Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3184/jpeg/27t.jpg) Felty shoot of common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 29, 2022
![](../../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/2021/3015/jpeg/25t.jpg) Cross section of blushing false truffle mushroom (Rhizopogon roseolus) on Forest Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3007/jpeg/13t.jpg) Dissected false puffball mushroom Scleroderma polyrhizum(?) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, August 13, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/659/jpeg/08t.jpg) Misty sunrise from Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/659/jpeg/09t.jpg) Burned pines from Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/639/jpeg/23t.jpg) Yellow star-grass in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 4, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/676/jpeg/21t.jpg) Autumn asters in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, October 4, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/659/jpeg/07t.jpg) Little Lake Creek Loop Trail at misty morning in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/639/jpeg/24t.jpg) Virginia creeper colonizing burned forest in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 4, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3019/jpeg/12t.jpg) Soldier Beetle (Chauliognathus) on flowers of late-flowering boneset on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 6, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/639/jpeg/22t.jpg) Yellow star-grass flower in burned forest in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 4, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/639/jpeg/26t.jpg) Blooming yellow star-grass in burned forest in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 4, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2542/jpeg/02t.jpg) False coral fungus (Tremellodendron schweinitzii, Sebacina schweinitzii) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 29, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2400/jpeg/01t.jpg) False coral fungus (Tremellodendron schweinitzii, Sebacina schweinitzii) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, November 11, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/659/jpeg/11t.jpg) Pine tree trunks from Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/653/jpeg/17t.jpg) Pigeonwings (Clitoria mariana) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/659/jpeg/13t.jpg) Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/659/jpeg/06t.jpg) Pine trees at sunrise from Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/659/jpeg/04t.jpg) Pine trees in mist from Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/653/jpeg/19t.jpg) Orange milkweed (asclepias) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3095/jpeg/07t.jpg) False truffle mushroom Rhizopogon roseolus(?) on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, January 1, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/653/jpeg/15t.jpg) Erect dayflower (Commelina erecta) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/653/jpeg/21t.jpg) Flower of butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 22, 2008
![](../../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/2008/653/jpeg/20t.jpg) Flower of spurge Euphorbia corollata(?) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/677/jpeg/01t.jpg) Large brown mantid insect on a log in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, October 4, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3429/jpeg/06t.jpg) Milky False Truffle mushroom (Zelleromyces cinnabarinus) on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, November 19, 2023
![](../../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/2008/659/jpeg/18t.jpg) Small yellow flowers of agrimony (Agrimonia) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/676/jpeg/26t.jpg) White beautyberry (Callicarpa americana Var. lactea) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, October 4, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/659/jpeg/16t.jpg) Ripening fruits of beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/676/jpeg/22t.jpg) Southern prairie aster (Eurybia hemispherica) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, October 4, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/659/jpeg/25t.jpg) Green passion flower (Passiflora lutea) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2756/jpeg/22t.jpg) Seeds of oriental false hawksbeard (Youngia japonica, Crepis japonica)(?) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 21, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/659/jpeg/26t.jpg) Yellow and green passion flower (Passiflora lutea) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/676/jpeg/25t.jpg) White species of beautyberry (Callicarpa americana Var. lactea) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, October 4, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/659/jpeg/23t.jpg) St. Andrew cross (Ascyrum hypericoides, Hypericum) flower on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/659/jpeg/14t.jpg) Opening flower of blue waterleaf (Hydrolea ovata) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/639/jpeg/25t.jpg) Handeless coneflower (Echinacea sanguinea) with strap-like whitish ray flowers in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 4, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3429/jpeg/05t.jpg) Cross section of Milky False Truffle mushroom (Zelleromyces cinnabarinus) on South Wilderness Loop Trail at Little Lake Creek Wilderness in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, November 19, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/653/jpeg/16t.jpg) Shrubby (narrow-leaf) water-primrose (Ludwigia octovalvis) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/659/jpeg/19t.jpg) Opening flowers of narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/676/jpeg/24t.jpg) Small pinkish flowers of beefsteak plant (Perilla frutescens) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, October 4, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/659/jpeg/20t.jpg) Young flowers of narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/659/jpeg/27t.jpg) Yellow and green passion flower (Passiflora lutea), with corona and pistil, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/676/jpeg/23t.jpg) Cluster of achenes of Bur-marigold (Beggar-ticks, Bidens), with barbed awns, in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, October 4, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/659/jpeg/17t.jpg) Tiny white flowers of rustweed (juniper leaf, Polypremum procumbens) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1100/jpeg/07t.jpg) Sweetgum (Liquidambar) at Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 19, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1100/jpeg/04t.jpg) Red leaf of sassafras at Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 19, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1100/jpeg/05t.jpg) Gayfeather (Liatris) at Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 19, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1100/jpeg/09t.jpg) Beautyberry at a junction with West Fork Trail at Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 19, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/653/jpeg/22t.jpg) Sensitive brier (Schrankia uncinata) with a pinkish red fluffy flower ball on a thorn-covered stem on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/659/jpeg/21t.jpg) Narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata), close up of flowers with imbricated phyllaries enclosing each cluster, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/659/jpeg/24t.jpg) Small yellow flower of pea family (Pencil flower, Stylosanthes biflora) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1100/jpeg/08t.jpg) Gayfeather (Liatris) in front of a pine tree at Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 19, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/653/jpeg/23t.jpg) Globelike flowers of sensitive briar (Schrankia uncinata) on thorny stems with folded feathery compound leaves on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 22, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3091/jpeg/19t.jpg) Milky false truffle mushroom Zelleromyces cinnabarinus found loose above the ground on a very old logging road crossing the trail just before the first lake, on the ground slightly disturbed several years ago, under pines and oaks on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3462/jpeg/18t.jpg) Milky false truffle fungus (Zelleromyces cinnabarinus) on a sandy trail on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 27, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1100/jpeg/06t.jpg) Seeds of horse-apple (Osage orange, Maclura) eaten by animals at Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 19, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3053/jpeg/20t.jpg) Milky false truffle mushroom (Zelleromyces cinnabarinus) taken from Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 6, 2021
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