![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1470/jpeg/04t.jpg) Fruits of Christmas cholla cactus (Tasajillo, Opuntia leptocaulis) in a ranch at 7278 Batts Ferry Road. College Station, Texas, August 1, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1470/jpeg/03t.jpg) Blooming Christmas cholla cactus (Tasajillo, Opuntia leptocaulis) in a ranch at 7278 Batts Ferry Road. College Station, Texas, August 1, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1470/jpeg/02t.jpg) Flower of Christmas cholla cactus (Tasajillo, Opuntia leptocaulis) in a ranch at 7278 Batts Ferry Road. College Station, Texas, August 1, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1470/jpeg/10t.jpg) Flowers of Christmas cholla cactus (Tasajillo, Opuntia leptocaulis) in a ranch at 7278 Batts Ferry Road. College Station, Texas, August 1, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1470/jpeg/05t.jpg) Flower and fruits of Christmas cholla cactus (Tasajillo, Opuntia leptocaulis) in a ranch at 7278 Batts Ferry Road. College Station, Texas, August 1, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1122/jpeg/10t.jpg) Christmas cactus (Tasajillo, Cylindropuntia leptocaulis) on a fence at Road 322 south from Milano. Texas, December 1, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/681/jpeg/09t.jpg) Creek and a cypress in McKinney Falls State Park, near Upper falls. Austin, Texas, October 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2420/jpeg/25t.jpg) Rock-shield lichen Xanthoparmelia and a broken limb of Christmas cactus (Tasajillo, Cylindropuntia leptocaulis) in Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. Fredericksburg, Texas, December 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/681/jpeg/19t.jpg) Indian mallow (Abutilon fruticosa) near a parking of Upper falls in McKinney Falls State Park. Austin, Texas, October 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/681/jpeg/18t.jpg) Texas aster with variegated fritillary(?) butterfly near a pond of Upper falls in McKinney Falls State Park. Austin, Texas, October 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/681/jpeg/10t.jpg) Palafoxia callosa near Onion Creek in McKinney Falls State Park. Austin, Texas, October 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/681/jpeg/13t.jpg) Mustard flowers in grist mill in McKinney Falls State Park. Austin, Texas, October 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/681/jpeg/17t.jpg) Dwarf yellow butterfly (Dainty Sulphur, Nathalis iole) on Texas aster near a pond of Upper falls in McKinney Falls State Park. Austin, Texas, October 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/681/jpeg/14t.jpg) "Porcupine egg" of cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium) near Onion Creek in McKinney Falls State Park. Austin, Texas, October 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/681/jpeg/20t.jpg) Texas aster (Aster texanus) near a pond of Upper falls in McKinney Falls State Park. Austin, Texas, October 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/681/jpeg/11t.jpg) Tetrameric flower of water-primrose willowherb (Ludwigia) near Onion Creek in McKinney Falls State Park. Austin, Texas, October 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/681/jpeg/15t.jpg) Small green flowers of pigeon-berry (Rivina humilis, rouge-plant) in a forest near Onion Creek in McKinney Falls State Park. Austin, Texas, October 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/681/jpeg/16t.jpg) Small red berries of pigeon-berry (Rivina humilis, rouge-plant, baby peppers) in a forest near Onion Creek in McKinney Falls State Park. Austin, Texas, October 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/08t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/681/jpeg/08t.jpg) Onion Creek near Lower McKinney Falls. Austin, Texas, October 26, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1997/46/jpeg/06t.jpg) - Caprock Canyons 11/2/97 - Tasajillo (Christmas cactus) (Caprock Canyons State Park - Dallas, November 2 - 8, 1997)
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/747/jpeg/10t.jpg) Buffalo bur (Solanum rostratum) in McKinney Falls State Park near Austin. Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/717/jpeg/17t.jpg) Blooming cherry like tree in McKinney Falls State Park. Austin, Texas, March 7, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/747/jpeg/07t.jpg) Water speedwell (Veronica anagalis-aquatica) in McKinney Falls State Park near Austin. Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/747/jpeg/06t.jpg) Blue curls (Fiddleneck, Phacelia congesta) in McKinney Falls State Park near Austin. Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/747/jpeg/04t.jpg) Mature seed head of curly dock (Rumex) in McKinney Falls State Park near Austin. Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/747/jpeg/08t.jpg) Flowers of Blue curls (Fiddleneck, Phacelia congesta) in McKinney Falls State Park near Austin. Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/747/jpeg/05t.jpg) Green false nightshade (Chamaesaracha coronopus) near a parking lot in McKinney Falls State Park near Austin. Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/747/jpeg/09t.jpg) Rice stink bug nymph (Oebalus pugnax) on bluestem grass in McKinney Falls State Park near Austin. Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1459/jpeg/09t.jpg) Paper-spined cholla cactus (Opuntia articulata) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, July 18, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1231/jpeg/11t.jpg) Paper-spined cholla cactus (Opuntia articulata) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, July 20, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/746/jpeg/26t.jpg) Yellow flowers of Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) on Savanna Meadow Trail in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/747/jpeg/01t.jpg) Orange flowers of Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) on Savanna Meadow Trail in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/09t.jpg) Dwarf rosette lichen Physcia neogaea on a dry pad of prickly pear cactus in prairie in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/10t.jpg) Slender orange-bush lichen (Teloschistes exilis) together with Parmotrema and Physcia on an old pad of prickly pear cactus in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/746/jpeg/23t.jpg) Yellow and orange flowers of Engelmann prickly pear cactus (Opuntia phaeacantha var. discata) on Savanna Meadow Trail in Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. Austin, Texas, May 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/642/jpeg/22t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/747/jpeg/02t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/811/jpeg/02t.jpg) Fruit of cholla cactus (cylindropuntia) on Blue Creek Trail. Big Bend National Park, November 29, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/677/jpeg/08t.jpg) Coreid bugs Chelinidea vittiger (adult with feeding nymph) on a pad of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, October 7, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/604/jpeg/11t.jpg) Cane Cholla cactus and Southeast Rim, view from east part of Dodson Trail. Big Bend National Park, Texas, November 23, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/640/jpeg/21t.jpg) Sprout of prickly pears cactus (opuntia) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, May 6, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/693/jpeg/05t.jpg) Pad of pricly pears (opuntia) cactus with snow in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, December 10, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/640/jpeg/22t.jpg) Emerging sprout (new pad) of prickly pears cactus (opuntia) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, May 6, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/683/jpeg/17t.jpg) Lake below the falls in Pedernales Falls State Park. Johnson City, Texas, November 2, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2008/683/jpeg/18t.jpg) Cypress Pool below the falls in Pedernales Falls State Park. Johnson City, Texas, November 2, 2008
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/17t.jpg) Bend of Colorado River from Bluff Trail Loop in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/18t.jpg) View of Colorado River from Bluff Trail Loop in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3501/jpeg/14t.jpg) Young pads of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3501/jpeg/15t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3501/jpeg/16t.jpg) Top view of young pad of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/609/jpeg/12t.jpg) El Capitan Mountain with cholla cactus in foreground, view from upper Roadside Park. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, December 28, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3385/jpeg/15t.jpg) Flower buds on a pad of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/19t.jpg) Steep descent to Colorado River from Bluff Trail Loop in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3385/jpeg/13t.jpg) Green flower buds of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, April 15, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3005/jpeg/03t.jpg) Nymphs of cactus bug Chelinidea vittiger feeding on Opuntia cactus in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, August 11, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1123/jpeg/15t.jpg) Tasajillo (Cylindropuntia) cactus taken from a fence at Road 322 south from Milano. College Station, Texas, December 2, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/786/jpeg/23t.jpg) Cholla cactus (cylindropuntia) in Antique Rose Emporium. Independence, Texas, August 15, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3525/jpeg/17t.jpg) Yellow flower of pricly pear cactus (Opuntia) on Closed Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 4, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/607/jpeg/12t.jpg) Cholla cactus in snow near a road between White s City and Carlsbad Caverns. New Mexico, December 26, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/24t.jpg) Leaf of poison ivy in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2884/jpeg/03t.jpg) Young leaves of oak in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/468/jpeg/19t.jpg) Lower Falls in Taughannock Falls State Park. Ithaca, New York, October 11, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3406/jpeg/31t.jpg) Blooming prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 7, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3406/jpeg/30t.jpg) Yellow flower of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 7, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1466/jpeg/03t.jpg) Prickly peas (Opuntia cactus) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, July 25, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/25t.jpg) Young leaves of Virginia creeper in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/26t.jpg) Tender leaves of Virginia creeper in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3195/jpeg/08t.jpg) Dry skeleton of prickly peas cactus (Opuntia) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, July 22, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2239/jpeg/23t.jpg) Pads of prickly peas cactus (Opuntia) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/936/jpeg/18t.jpg) Blooming prickly pears cactus (Opuntia) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 30, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3133/jpeg/04t.jpg) Dry pad skeleton of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 17, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2654/jpeg/07t.jpg) Skeleton of a dry pad of prickly pears cactus (Opuntia) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 1, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2662/jpeg/16t.jpg) Dry pad skeleton of prickly pears cactus (Opuntia) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 13, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3480/jpeg/02t.jpg) Skeleton of a dry pad of prickly pears cactus (Opuntia) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 1, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2884/jpeg/01t.jpg) Violet flowers of spiderwort (Tradescantia gigantea(?)) in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/20t.jpg) Gold dust lichen (Chrysothrix xanthina) in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/16t.jpg) Violet spiderwort (Tradescantia gigantea(?)) flowers in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3133/jpeg/05t.jpg) Texture of a pad skeleton of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 17, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1044/jpeg/14t.jpg) Yellow flowers of Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) in dew in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 19, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3480/jpeg/03t.jpg) Texture of a pad skeleton of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 1, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3195/jpeg/07t.jpg) Rusty pads of prickly peas cactus (Opuntia) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, July 22, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3132/jpeg/24t.jpg) Vegetative shoot of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, April 17, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3334/jpeg/30t.jpg) Purplish pads of a prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, January 28, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2239/jpeg/25t.jpg) Prickly peas cactus (Opuntia) with yellow Senecio(?) flowers in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, March 25, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/23t.jpg) Fringed puccoon (Narrowleaf gromwell, Lithospermum incisum) in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2884/jpeg/14t.jpg) Medallion lichen Dirinaria confusa on a juniper tree in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/14t.jpg) Pore lichen (Pertusaria) with apothecia on a juniper branch in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/15t.jpg) Pore lichen (Pertusaria) on bark of a juniper branch in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2883/jpeg/13t.jpg) Close-up of pore lichen (Pertusaria) on a juniper branch in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2884/jpeg/02t.jpg) Copper-colored young leaves of Virginia creeper in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2415/jpeg/25t.jpg) Prickly peas (Opuntia) cactus in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 18, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1046/jpeg/26t.jpg) Blooming cholla cactus(cylindropuntia) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, April 26, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3334/jpeg/31t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2884/jpeg/06t.jpg) White fringe lichen (Heterodermia albicans) on a tree (may be juniper) in McKinney Roughs Nature Park near Austin. Texas, March 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2700/jpeg/24t.jpg) Blooming prickly pear cactus (Opuntia engelmanii(?)) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 4, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2700/jpeg/25t.jpg) Flower of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia engelmanii(?)) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 4, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2702/jpeg/03t.jpg) Yellow flower of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 7, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1785/jpeg/02t.jpg) Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) in Dahl Al Hamam Park at Al Markhiya Street. Doha, Qatar, March 21, 2016
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