 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. The stems split and exude sap that freezes into fascinating shapes. College Station, Texas, January 9, 2010
 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) 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. 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 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) after hard freeze in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 10, 2024
 Inflated stems of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) at cold morning in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2022
 Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 26, 2021
 Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 26, 2022
 Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 11, 2013
 Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 24, 2012
 Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 20, 2020
 Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 22, 2021
 Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 3, 2022
 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, September 20, 2020
 Flowers of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 11, 2013
 Dry leaves of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 8, 2023
 Dry plants of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 8, 2023
 Dry plant of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 13, 2023
 Ice flowers on frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 1, 2020
 Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) with black aphids in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 9, 2019
 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) on Post Oak Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 7, 2009
 Red aphids on a shoot of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 18, 2020
 Bumblebee on flowers of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 23, 2013
 Red and black aphids on a plant of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 12, 2021
 Black aphids on leaves of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 3, 2022
 Frost-weed (Verbesina virginica) on Iron Bridge Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, September 12, 2008
 Inflated stems of frostweed (Verbesina virginica) at cold morning in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 1, 2020
 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 9, 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
 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
 Frostweed (Verbesina virginica) on Park Hudson Trail. College Station, Texas, August 6, 2014
 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) 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
 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
 Wrinkled berries of beautyberry damaged by frost in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 24, 2010
 Rosemary frostweed (Sun rose, Helianthemum rosmarinifolium) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 19, 2010
 Frost rimmed red leaf of oak in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 17, 2013
 Ice flowers on frostweed in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2022
 Frost rimmed back lit oak leaf in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 17, 2013
 Morning frost on small plants in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 10, 2024
 Frost on berries of greenbrier (Smilax) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 17, 2013
 Morning frost on farkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 17, 2013
 Frost covered farkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 17, 2013
 Ice crystals on a frostweed stems at morning in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2022
 Frost rimmed orange leaves of greenbrier (Smilax) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 17, 2013
 Frost covered orange leaf of greenbrier (Smilax) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 17, 2013
 Frost rimmed leaves of farkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 17, 2013
 Frost on Southern wax myrtle (Bayberry, Myrica cerifera) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 17, 2013
 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 rimmed orange leaf of farkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 17, 2013
 Frost rimmed orange leaves of farkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 17, 2013
 Back lit frost rimmed leaves of farkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 17, 2013
 Curly ice crystals grown on frostweed after hard freeze in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2022
 Frost rimmed brilliant orange leaf of farkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 17, 2013
 Ice flowers on frostweed in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 1, 2020
 Frostweed leaves in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 10, 2012
 Shoot of frostweed in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 10, 2023
 Red aphids on frostweed in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 12, 2021
 Ice flowers on frostweed in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 5, 2022
 Rime frost on grass blades in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 5, 2022
 Leaf of giant ragweed(?) with frost near the creek in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 4, 2022
 Frost covered grass leaves near the creek in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 4, 2022
 Red aphids on a leaf of frostweed in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 15, 2014
 Young leaves of frostweed in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 16, 2023
 Ice crystals on frostweed seeds in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 1, 2020
 Feathery ice crystals on frostweed in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 5, 2022
 Frostweed stem with ice crystals in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 1, 2020
 Details of ice flowers on frostweed in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 1, 2020
 Laughing gym (spectacular rustgill, Gymnopilus spectabilis, Gymnopilus junonius)(?) mushrooms damaged by frost at a tree base near Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 4, 2011
 Spiky comb-like rime frost on the ground in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 5, 2022
 Leaves of curly dock (Rumex crispus) with frost near the creek in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 4, 2022
 Black and red aphids on a leaf of frostweed in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 15, 2014
 Exoskeleton of a molted cicada on frostweed in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 24, 2013
 Frostweed and a thistle on Racoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 17, 2013
 Texture of ice crystals on a frostweed stem in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 1, 2020
 Close-up of ice crystals on a frostweed stem in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 1, 2020
 Black and red bug on frostweed on Raccoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 23, 2020
 Hairy ice crystals on a frostweed stem in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 1, 2020
 Rime frost on grass in a frozen water pool in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 5, 2022
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