 Fluffy seed head of tall goldenrod (Solidago) in dry weather on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
 Fluffy seeds of tall goldenrod (Solidago) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
 Fluffy seeds of tall goldenrod (Solidago) forming dome-like shape during low air humidity on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
 Close-up of seed head of bushy bluestem (Andropogon glomeratus) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
 Fluffy seeds of dog fennel (Eupatorium capillifolium) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
 Fluffy seeds of split bluestem grass (feather beardgrass, Andropogon ternarius) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
 Dry seeds of tall goldenrod (Solidago) in windy and dry weather on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
 Close-up of fluffy seeds of split bluestem grass (feather beardgrass, Andropogon ternarius) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
 Pattern of fluffy seeds of split bluestem grass (feather beardgrass, Andropogon ternarius) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
 Gall on a stem of Solidago caused by a parasitic goldenrod gall fly Eurosta solidaginis on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 30, 2024
 Gall on a stem of Solidago caused by a parasitic goldenrod gall fly Eurosta solidaginis on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 30, 2024
 Seeds of bushy bluestem (Andropogon glomeratus) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
 Yellow berries of horsenettle (Solanum carolinense) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
 Tall goldenrod (Solidago altissima) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 28, 2020
 Dry seeds of white heath aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
 Dry flower bracts of beefsteak plant (Perilla frutescens) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
 Artichoke-shaped gall on on the top of a shoot of goldenrod Solidago canadensis on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 10, 2022
 Field of split bluestem grass (feather beardgrass, Andropogon ternarius) under pines, view from Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
 Flower of blackberry on Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 3, 2024
 Some small Melanoleuca mushrooms among pine needles on Forest Service Road 203 on a shortcut of Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 22, 2018
 Galls on leaves of goldenrod Solidago canadensis caused by gall midges Asteromyia carbonifera with symbiotic fungus Botryosphaeria dothidea on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 10, 2022
 Fluffy dry seeds of gayfeather (Liatris mucronata(?)) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
 Fluffy dry seeds of Western ironweed (Vernonia baldwinii)(?) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
 Fluffy seeds of bushy bluestem (Andropogon glomeratus) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
 Fluffy seeds of Western ironweed (Vernonia baldwinii) or may be hawkweed on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
 Fluffy seeds of of silver bluestem grass (Bothriochloa laguroides)(?) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
 Close-up of fluffy dry seeds of Western ironweed (Vernonia baldwinii)(?) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
 Leaves of goldenrod Solidago canadensis with raised white cushions caused by gall midges Asteromyia carbonifera and symbiotic fungus Botryosphaeria dothidea inside the galls on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 10, 2022
 Dandelion like seed head on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 12, 2020
 Resupinate polypore mushroom Skeletocutis odora on a side of a thick pine log in a shallow ditch on roadside of Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 26, 2022
 Fluffy dry seeds of split bluestem grass (feather beardgrass, Andropogon ternarius) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
 Fluffy seeds of split bluestem grass (feather beardgrass, Andropogon ternarius) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 21, 2024
 Road FS203A at crossing with Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 29, 2022
 Texture of resupinate polypore mushroom Skeletocutis odora on a side of a thick pine log in a shallow ditch on roadside of Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 26, 2022
 Close-up of resupinate polypore mushroom Skeletocutis odora on a side of a thick pine log in a shallow ditch on roadside of Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 26, 2022
 Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
 Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 11, 2022
 Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 6, 2022
 Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2021
 Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 9, 2022
 Green lynx spider of a seed head of an aster on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, July 19, 2022
 Seed head of red milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 19, 2019
 Pines at Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2021
 Pines near Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
 Melanoleuca mushroom on Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 17, 2021
 Melanoleuca mushrooms at Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2021
 Forest Service Road 203 on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 23, 2018
 Rock-rose on Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
 Forest Service Road 203A at sunrise on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 21, 2020
 Melanoleuca mushrooms on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 28, 2021
 View from Forest Service Road 203 on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 23, 2018
 Woolly-white (Hymenopappus) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 21, 2022
 Underside of Melanoleuca mushroom on Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 17, 2021
 Some small grass on Road FS 203 near on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 30, 2024
 Resupinate polypore mushroom on a pine log on Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 6, 2022
 Common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) at Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 9, 2022
 Common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 29, 2022
 Blooming woolly-white (Hymenopappus) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 21, 2022
 Canada wild rye (Elymus canadensis)(?) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 29, 2022
 Macartney rose (Rosa bracteata) at Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 9, 2022
 Melanoleuca mushrooms at Forest Service Road 203 on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 23, 2018
 Beefsteak plant (Perilla frutescens) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 28, 2022
 Lyreleaf sage (Salvia lyrata) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 23, 2022
 Top view of a shoot of gayfeather (Liatris) at Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 9, 2022
 Gymnopus biformis mushrooms growing on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 2, 2021
 Underside of white Amanita mushroom at Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2021
 Antlion (doodlebug) funnel pits on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 28, 2022
 Purple bindweed (Ipomoea cordatotriloba) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 29, 2022
 Fluffy seeds of frostweed(?) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 20, 2024
 Spiny oakworm (Anisota stigma) from a small oak on Forest Service road 203 in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, October 29, 2022
 Maryland meadow-beauty (Rhexia mariana) on Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 29, 2021
 Melanoleuca mushrooms growing on pine needles of Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 2, 2021
 White-flowered milkweed (Asclepias variegata) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 21, 2022
 Melanoleuca mushrooms on sandy soil with grass of Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 13, 2021
 Amanita sect. Lepidella mushroom on roadside of Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 21, 2021
 Melanoleuca mushrooms on roadside of Forest Service Road 203 on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 23, 2018
 Cross section of white Amanita mushroom at Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 9, 2021
 Common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, July 19, 2022
 Baptisia nuttalliana (Nuttall s wild indigo) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 21, 2022
 Spikes of Canada wild rye (Elymus canadensis)(?) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 29, 2022
 Surprise webcap mushrooms (Cortinarius semisanguineus) near Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 27, 2022
 Black eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta) at Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 9, 2022
 Fluffy seeds of gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 20, 2024
 Melanoleuca mushrooms on sandy soil with pine needles of Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 13, 2021
 Puffball mushrooms Lycoperdon radicatum (Bovistella radicata) on Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 13, 2021
 Three dry flowers of black eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 29, 2022
 Underside of Melanoleuca mushrooms growing on pine needles of Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 2, 2021
 Close-up of Melanoleuca mushrooms growing on pine needles of Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 2, 2021
 Gills of surprise webcap mushrooms (Cortinarius semisanguineus) near Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 27, 2022
 Side view of Melanoleuca mushrooms at Forest Service Road 203 on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 23, 2018
 Underside of surprise webcap mushrooms (Cortinarius semisanguineus) near Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 27, 2022
 Underside of Amanita sect. Lepidella mushroom on roadside of Forest Service Road 203 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 21, 2021
 Fruit of Nuttall s wild indigo (Baptisia nuttalliana) at Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 9, 2022
 Rock-rose (frostweed, sunrose, Helianthemum carolinianum) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 21, 2022
 Dry flowers of black eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 29, 2022
 Seedlings of chamberbitter plant (stonebreaker, Phyllanthus niruri) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 28, 2022
 Allantoid spores of resupinate polypore mushroom Skeletocutis odora (spore size 3.44-3.8 x 1-1.1) on a side of a thick pine log in a shallow ditch on roadside of Forest Service Road 203 collected 1/26/2022 on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 27, 2022
 Large number of smooth chanterelle mushrooms (Cantharellus lateritius) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 3, 2020
 Skunk in tail-high threat posture among bracken fern on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, June 29, 2022
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