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820-24. Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) after hard freeze on sewer line right of way in Lick Creek Park. The stems split and exude sap that freezes into fascinating shapes. College Station, Texas, January 9, 2010Similar picturesLarge thumbnails | Use small thumbnails | View as slideshow |
 Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) after hard freeze on sewer line right of way in Lick Creek Park. Sap within its stalks bursts forth to form icy formations along its lower stems. College Station, Texas, January 9, 2010  Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) on sewer line right of way in Lick Creek Park. At the first hard freeze, even though the plant has gone to seed and looks dead, the roots are still active. The sap freezes, splits open the stem and forms these "frost-flowers". College Station, Texas, January 9, 2010  Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) after hard freeze on sewer line right of way in Lick Creek Park. Frozen sap extruded from stem. College Station, Texas, January 9, 2010  Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) after hard freeze on sewer line right of way in Lick Creek Park. Frost ribbons sprouting from young plants. College Station, Texas, January 9, 2010  Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) after hard freeze on sewer line right of way in Lick Creek Park. Petals of frost flowers are very delicate and will break when touched. College Station, Texas, January 9, 2010  Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) after hard freeze on sewer line right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2022  Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) after hard freeze on sewer line right of way in Lick Creek Park. Frothy texture of frozen sap extruded from stem looks like cotton candy. College Station, Texas, January 9, 2010  Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) after hard freeze on sewer line right of way in Lick Creek Park. Layers of ice are formed into exquisite patterns that curl into "petals" that resemble flowers. College Station, Texas, January 9, 2010  Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) after hard freeze on sewer line right of way in Lick Creek Park. Thin layers of ice are often formed into exquisite patterns that curl into "petals" that resemble flowers. College Station, Texas, January 9, 2010  Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) after hard freeze on sewer line right of way in Lick Creek Park. Petals of "frost-flowers" are easily melted and are usually visible in the early morning or in shaded areas. College Station, Texas, January 9, 2010  Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) on sewer line right of way in Lick Creek Park. After a heavy frost at night frostweed shows its ribbons of frost (as in ribbon candy). College Station, Texas, January 9, 2010  Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) after hard freeze in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 10, 2024  Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) after hard freeze in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2022  Inflated stems of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) at cold morning in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2022  Inflated stems of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) at cold morning in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 1, 2020  Curly ice crystals grown on frostweed after hard freeze in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2022  Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) at frosty morning in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2022  Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 22, 2021  Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 20, 2020  Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 26, 2021  Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 3, 2022  Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 24, 2012  Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 11, 2013  Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 26, 2022  Dry plants of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 8, 2023  Ice flowers on frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 1, 2020  Flowers of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 20, 2020  Dry leaves of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 8, 2023  Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) with aphids in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 15, 2014  Flowers of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 11, 2013  Dry plant of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 13, 2023  Curly ice crystals grown on frostweed after hard freeze in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 13, 2019  Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) on Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 7, 2009  Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) with a love bug (Plecia) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 20, 2020  Crab spider on frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 22, 2021  Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) with black aphids in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 9, 2019  Bumblebee on flowers of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 23, 2013  Red aphids on a shoot of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 18, 2020  Black aphids on leaves of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 3, 2022  Red and black aphids on a plant of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 12, 2021  White flowers of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) on Raccoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 23, 2020  Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) at frosty morning on a pipeline forest cutting in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 1, 2020  Flowers of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 11, 2024  Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) 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  Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) 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 9, 2024  Yellow leaves of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) with a rust fungus Coleosporium viguierae(?) on a pipeline right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 19, 2022  Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) with yellow and brown leaves with a rust fungus Coleosporium viguierae(?) on a pipeline right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 19, 2022  Spores of a rust fungus Coleosporium viguierae(?) (under a microscope, in KOH solution) found on leaves of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) from a pipeline right of way in Lick Creek Park a day before. College Station, Texas, August 18, 2022  Spores of a rust fungus Coleosporium viguierae(?) (under a microscope, in Lugol solution) found on leaves of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) on a pipeline right of way in Lick Creek Park a day before. College Station, Texas, August 18, 2022  Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) on Park Hudson Trail. College Station, Texas, August 6, 2014  Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 23, 2024  Ice crystals on a frostweed stems at morning in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2022  Young puffball mushrooms Lycoperdon curtisii together with Nostoc on a sewer line right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 10, 2024  Frost-weed (Verbesina virginica) on Iron Bridge Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 12, 2008  Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 17, 2019  Shoot of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 3, 2022  Crab spider on frostweed (Verbesina virginica) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 31, 2021  Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) with an ant on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 1, 2020  Rosemary frostweed (Sun rose, Helianthemum rosmarinifolium) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 19, 2010  Ice flowers on frostweed in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2022  Sewage line right of way in fog in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 15, 2010  Red berries of yaupon holly (Ilex vomitoria) with freeze in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 27, 2010  Dense fog on sewage line right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 15, 2010  Deer Run Trail on sewage line right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 15, 2010  Dead tree on sewage line right of way in fog in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 15, 2010  Corticioid fungus Scytinostroma portentosum(?) on dry stems of pecan in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 2, 2023  Freeze on prairie in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2012  Yucca with morning freeze in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2022  Dead leaves of agave after hard freeze in the Gardens at Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, March 27, 2021  Split porecrust fungus (Schizopora paradoxa) on an oak log in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2020  Spores (at low magnification, x40 objective) of corticioid fungus Scytinostroma portentosum(?) from dry stems of pecan, collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2023  Spores (with less applied pressure) of corticioid fungus Scytinostroma portentosum(?) from dry stems of pecan, collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2023  Spores (with x100 objective) of corticioid fungus Scytinostroma portentosum(?) from dry stems of pecan, collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2023  Spores (with x100 objective) of corticioid fungus Scytinostroma portentosum(?) from dry stems of pecan, collected a day before in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2023  Common chickweed (Stellaria media) with morning freeze in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 10, 2024  Split porecrust fungus (Schizopora paradoxa)(?) on a fallen oak branch in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2020  Split porecrust fungus (Schizopora paradoxa)(?) on a fallen branch in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2020  Split porecrust mushrooms (Schizopora paradoxa)(?) on a fallen twig in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2020  Sewage line in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 18, 2014  Sewage line right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 8, 2011  Sewage line right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 27, 2008  Sewage line right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 4, 2012  Sewage line right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 14, 2012  Winter rosette of bull thistle (Cirsium horridulum) with freeze in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2022  Line of holes bored by Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker birds (sapwells) in a tree bark in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 24, 2010  Oaks on sewage line right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 4, 2012  Road near sewage line right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 4, 2012  Oak trees on sewage line right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 4, 2012  Oak tree on sewage line right of way in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 27, 2008  Sewage line right of way in Lick Creek Park after ice storm. College Station, Texas, January 17, 2007  Icy grass on sewage line right of way in Lick Creek Park after ice storm. College Station, Texas, January 17, 2007  Sewage line right of way with some ice in Lick Creek Park after ice storm, view to the west. College Station, Texas, January 17, 2007  Sewage line right of way in Lick Creek Park after ice storm, view to the west. College Station, Texas, January 17, 2007  Alum Creek crossing on a sewage line right of way at rainy weather in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 25, 2024  Tall goldenrod (Solidago) on a sewage line right of way at rainy weather in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 25, 2024  Freeze on Euphorbia (spurge) in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, January 5, 2010  Freeze on berries of possum haw holly in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, January 2, 2010.  Freeze on dandelion head on a lawn in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, January 2, 2010.  Freeze on a winter rosette on a lawn in TAMU Horticultural Gardens in Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, January 2, 2010. |