![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3451/jpeg/05t.jpg) Cracks in mud on bottom of dried Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3260/jpeg/07t.jpg) Cracks and grass on bottom of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3260/jpeg/13t.jpg) Cracks in soil overgrown by grass on bottom of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3260/jpeg/14t.jpg) Deep cracks in soil overgrown by grass on bottom of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/981/jpeg/13t.jpg) Dry mud on the bottom of Somerville Lake in Birch Creek Park. Texas, September 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/981/jpeg/05t.jpg) Dry bottom of Somerville Lake with sedges in Birch Creek Park. Texas, September 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/981/jpeg/12t.jpg) Caked mud on the bottom of Somerville Lake in Birch Creek Park. Texas, September 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/981/jpeg/14t.jpg) Cracked mud on the bottom of Somerville Lake in Birch Creek Park. Texas, September 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/981/jpeg/17t.jpg) Emerging rattlebush on the bottom of Somerville Lake in Birch Creek Park. Texas, September 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/979/jpeg/08t.jpg) Dry bottom of Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Park. Texas, August 21, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/979/jpeg/03t.jpg) Sedges on dry bottom of Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Park. Texas, August 21, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/979/jpeg/05t.jpg) Rotting log on dry bottom of Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Park. Texas, August 21, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/979/jpeg/10t.jpg) Caked mud on dry bottom of Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Park. Texas, August 21, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/979/jpeg/06t.jpg) Rattlebush colonizing dry bottom of Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Park. Texas, August 21, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/979/jpeg/04t.jpg) Old tree stump on dry bottom of Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Park. Texas, August 21, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/979/jpeg/09t.jpg) Animal tracks on dry bottom of Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Park. Texas, August 21, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/979/jpeg/11t.jpg) Animal tracks on caked mud of dry bottom of Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Park. Texas, August 21, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2840/jpeg/04t.jpg) Dried orange crust fungus Phlebia subochracea with cracks on underside of a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 29, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2020/2761/jpeg/23t.jpg) Some small sedge on a dry lake bottom on a shore of Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2020
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3254/jpeg/22t.jpg) Dried bottom of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3254/jpeg/25t.jpg) Dried bottom of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3255/jpeg/02t.jpg) Caked mud on bottom of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3254/jpeg/23t.jpg) Caked mud on bottom of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3451/jpeg/03t.jpg) Old oak stump on bottom of dried Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3255/jpeg/04t.jpg) Dried cracked mud on bottom of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3255/jpeg/03t.jpg) Dried bottom with cracked mud of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3254/jpeg/24t.jpg) Cracked soil on bottom of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1228/jpeg/02t.jpg) Shells on dry bottom of Somerville Lake in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park, July 14, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1227/jpeg/26t.jpg) Rattlebush growing on dry bottom of Somerville Lake in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park, July 14, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1228/jpeg/01t.jpg) Skeleton of alligator gar on dry bottom of Somerville Lake in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park, July 14, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1228/jpeg/04t.jpg) Petrified wood on dry bottom of Somerville Lake in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park, July 14, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1228/jpeg/03t.jpg) Tree root on dry bottom of Somerville Lake in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park, July 14, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3254/jpeg/26t.jpg) Dried bottom with green grass of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3451/jpeg/04t.jpg) Green algae on bottom of dried Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2023/3451/jpeg/02t.jpg) Weathered oak wood on bottom of dried Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 29, 2023
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3255/jpeg/05t.jpg) Dried bottom with emerging green grass of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/981/jpeg/03t.jpg) Dry Somerville Lake in Birch Creek Park. Texas, September 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3259/jpeg/26t.jpg) Caked mud on bottom of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/981/jpeg/25t.jpg) Road in Birch Creek Park near Somerville Lake. Texas, September 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/981/jpeg/20t.jpg) Oak forest in Birch Creek Park near Somerville Lake. Texas, September 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/981/jpeg/19t.jpg) Dry vegetation in Birch Creek Park near Somerville Lake. Texas, September 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/981/jpeg/18t.jpg) A trail in Birch Creek Park near Somerville Lake. Texas, September 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/981/jpeg/06t.jpg) Sunrise over Somerville Lake in Birch Creek Park. Texas, September 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/981/jpeg/09t.jpg) Dry sedge in Somerville Lake in Birch Creek Park. Texas, September 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/981/jpeg/01t.jpg) Oak forest in Birch Creek Park near Somerville Lake. Texas, September 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/981/jpeg/11t.jpg) Caked mud of Somerville Lake in Birch Creek Park. Texas, September 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/981/jpeg/08t.jpg) Dry grass in Somerville Lake in Birch Creek Park. Texas, September 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/981/jpeg/02t.jpg) Dry trees in Birch Creek Park near Somerville Lake. Texas, September 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3259/jpeg/27t.jpg) Flat caked mud on bottom of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3260/jpeg/05t.jpg) Caked mud with grass on bottom of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3260/jpeg/02t.jpg) Caked mud on dried bottom of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3260/jpeg/09t.jpg) Dried mud and grass on bottom of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3260/jpeg/10t.jpg) Mud with green grass on bottom of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3260/jpeg/06t.jpg) Fresh grass on caked mud on bottom of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3260/jpeg/08t.jpg) Green grass on dried bottom of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3260/jpeg/11t.jpg) Cracked soil and grass on bottom of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3260/jpeg/12t.jpg) Caked mud overgrown by grass on bottom of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3260/jpeg/04t.jpg) Caked mud with green grass on bottom of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3260/jpeg/03t.jpg) Cracked soil with some grass on bottom of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/981/jpeg/15t.jpg) Caked mud in Somerville Lake in Birch Creek Park at sunrise. Texas, September 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/981/jpeg/10t.jpg) A sheel in dried mud of Somerville Lake in Birch Creek Park. Texas, September 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/981/jpeg/07t.jpg) Plastic boat Somerville Lake in Birch Creek Park. Texas, September 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/981/jpeg/21t.jpg) Dead trees in Birch Creek Park near Somerville Lake. Texas, September 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3260/jpeg/15t.jpg) Caked mud covered by green grass on bottom of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3260/jpeg/01t.jpg) Flat caked mud and mussel shells on bottom of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/981/jpeg/22t.jpg) Dead tree trunks in Birch Creek Park near Somerville Lake. Texas, September 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/981/jpeg/23t.jpg) A trail through brown vegetation in Birch Creek Park near Somerville Lake. Texas, September 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/981/jpeg/24t.jpg) Leaf cutter ant highway in Birch Creek Park near Somerville Lake. Texas, September 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3260/jpeg/17t.jpg) Fresh green grass growing over caked mud on bottom of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3260/jpeg/16t.jpg) Cracked soil covered by green grass on bottom of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3085/jpeg/21t.jpg) Brown glass bottle with 1845 Owens Illinois mark on the bottom (brown apothecary medicine bottle, round narrow mouth prescriptions 2 oz, Alton Illinois plant 9, 1939) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 20, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2863/jpeg/08t.jpg) Rosette of leaves of some plant on Lake Somerville Trailway in area of Newman Bottom near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 2, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2863/jpeg/15t.jpg) Seedling of bluebonnet (Lupinus) on Lake Somerville Trailway in area of Newman Bottom near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 2, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2863/jpeg/13t.jpg) Hairy leaves of some plant on Lake Somerville Trailway in area of Newman Bottom near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 2, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2863/jpeg/17t.jpg) Winter rosette of some thistle on Lake Somerville Trailway in area of Newman Bottom near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 2, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2863/jpeg/30t.jpg) Wintering plant of bluebonnet (Lupinus) on Lake Somerville Trailway in area of Newman Bottom near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 2, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2863/jpeg/31t.jpg) Some hairy winter rosette of leaves on Lake Somerville Trailway in area of Newman Bottom near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 2, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2863/jpeg/23t.jpg) Basal leaves of cudweef (Gnaphalium) on Lake Somerville Trailway in area of Newman Bottom near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 2, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2863/jpeg/28t.jpg) Emerging plant of bluebonnet (Lupinus) on Lake Somerville Trailway in area of Newman Bottom near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 2, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2863/jpeg/14t.jpg) Young plant of bluebonnet (Lupinus) on Lake Somerville Trailway in area of Newman Bottom near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 2, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2863/jpeg/18t.jpg) Prickly winter rosette of some thistle on Lake Somerville Trailway in area of Newman Bottom near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 2, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3234/jpeg/12t.jpg) Small Agaricus mushrooms under oaks at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 8, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3026/jpeg/24t.jpg) Dodder (Cuscuta) on rough cocklebur at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 19, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1103/jpeg/04t.jpg) Climbing hempvine (Mikania scandens) on a shore of Lake Somerville in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 8, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2863/jpeg/16t.jpg) Seedling of bluebonnet (Lupinus) near a sandy road on Lake Somerville Trailway in area of Newman Bottom near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 2, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2863/jpeg/09t.jpg) Winter rosette of a plant of mustard family on Lake Somerville Trailway in area of Newman Bottom near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 2, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2863/jpeg/25t.jpg) Silvery basal leaves of cudweef (Gnaphalium) on Lake Somerville Trailway in area of Newman Bottom near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 2, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2863/jpeg/26t.jpg) Basal rosette of leaves of cudweef (Gnaphalium) on Lake Somerville Trailway in area of Newman Bottom near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 2, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2863/jpeg/19t.jpg) Young hairy leaves of bluebonnet (Lupinus) on Lake Somerville Trailway in area of Newman Bottom near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 2, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1103/jpeg/01t.jpg) Green flowers of cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium) on a shore of Lake Somerville in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 8, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3026/jpeg/25t.jpg) Strands of dodder (Cuscuta) on rough cocklebur at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 19, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3026/jpeg/27t.jpg) Grasshopper on rough cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 19, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3234/jpeg/14t.jpg) Cross section of Agaricus mushrooms under oaks at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 8, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3234/jpeg/13t.jpg) Side view of Agaricus mushrooms under oaks at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 8, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3234/jpeg/15t.jpg) Underside of bracket polypore mushrooms on rotting oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 8, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2022/3234/jpeg/16t.jpg) White bracket polypore mushrooms on rotting oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 8, 2022
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1102/jpeg/22t.jpg) Staminate flowers of cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium) on a shore of Lake Somerville in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 8, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1102/jpeg/23t.jpg) Globular flower of buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) on a shore of Lake Somerville in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 8, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2863/jpeg/01t.jpg) Frothy porecrust fungus (Oxyporus latemarginatus) on a fallen tree near Yegua Creek on Lake Somerville Trailway in area of Newman Bottom near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 2, 2021
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