 Blooming aster (Symphyotrichum) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 20, 2024
 White aster flowers on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 20, 2024
 Southern prairie aster (Eurybia hemispherica) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 20, 2024
 Blue flower of southern prairie aster (Eurybia hemispherica) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 20, 2024
 White aster flowers when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 20, 2024
 Blooming narrowleaf silkgrass (Pityopsis graminifolia) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 20, 2024
 Winter rosette of a plant of aster family on FS203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 21, 2024
 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
 Yellow flower of aster family in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 2, 2010
 Southern prairie aster (Eurybia hemispherica) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, October 4, 2008
 Southern prairie aster (Eurybia hemispherica)(?) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 21, 2024
 Blooming blackberry on Road FS 203 near on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 30, 2024
 Blooming rose vervain (Glandularia canadensis) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 30, 2024
 Blooming nodding beardtongue (Penstemon laxiflorus) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 30, 2024
 Blooming woolly-white (Hymenopappus) on Road FS 203 near on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 30, 2024
 Blooming Carolina jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 3, 2024
 Blooming pink powderpuff flower (Mimosa strigillosa) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 1, 2024
 Blooming blue eyed grass (Sisyrinchium) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 30, 2024
 Blooming lyreleaf sage (Salvia lyrata) on Road FS 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 30, 2024
 Blooming mistflower (Eupatorium coelestinum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 1, 2022
 Blooming woolly-white (Hymenopappus artemisiaefolius) on road FS203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 13, 2024
 Blooming elegant gayfeather (pinkscale, Liatris hesperelegans, former L. elegans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 6, 2024
 Fluffy seeds of aster in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 26, 2012
 Southern prairie aster (Eurybia hemispherica) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 10, 2020
 Yellow flower of aster family on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
 Downy phlox (Phlox pilosa) blooming over young oak on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 13, 2024
 Blooming mountain mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 6, 2024
 Spores of white resupinate polypore mushroom on a cut surface of a pine log from Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest, collected 11/5/2024. Texas, October 11, 2024
 Downy phlox (Phlox pilosa) blooming over young pine on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 13, 2024
 Southern prairie aster (Eurybia hemispherica) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest, Texas, November 19, 2020
 Fluffy seeds of a plant of aster family on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 29, 2021
 Blooming Zizotes milkweed (Asclepias oenotheroides) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 24, 2024
 Blooming yellow wood sorrel (shamrock, Oxalis dillenii?) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 13, 2012
 Blooming slender (long-bristle) Indiangrass (Sorghastrum elliottii) on North Wilderness Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Richards. Texas, October 8, 2020
 Amanita mushroom on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 5, 2024
 Beautyberry from road FS 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 27, 2024
 Road FS 203 with oak and pine forest near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 27, 2024
 Road FS 203 and pine forest near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 27, 2024
 Yellow aster family flowers in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
 Downy phlox (Phlox pilosa) blooming over bracken fern on road FS203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 13, 2024
 Violet Wood Sorrel (Oxalis violacea) blooming at fall without leaves in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 22, 2011
 Beautyberry (callicarpa americana) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 20, 2024
 Section of Amanita mushroom on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 5, 2024
 Pine trees on road FS 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 27, 2024
 Fluffy seeds of frostweed(?) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 20, 2024
 Early blooming winter annual weed hairy bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta) in a shallow depression on side of FS203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 21, 2024
 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
 Grass leaves in ultraviolet light on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 5, 2024
 Pitcher sage (Salvia azurea) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 20, 2024
 Narrowleaf silkgrass (Pityopsis graminifolia) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 20, 2024
 Fluffy seeds of gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 20, 2024
 Climbing fern (Lygodium japonicum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 20, 2024
 Smallhead doll s daisy (Boltonia diffusa) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 20, 2024
 Leaf of an aquatic plant in ultraviolet light from Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 27, 2024
 Seeds of elephant foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 20, 2024
 Scaly sawgill mushroom (Neolentinus lepideus) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 5, 2024
 Underside of scaly sawgill mushroom (Neolentinus lepideus) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 5, 2024
 White resupinate polypore mushroom on a cut surface of a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 5, 2024
 Yellow flowers of narrowleaf silkgrass (Pityopsis graminifolia) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 20, 2024
 Slender (long-bristle) Indiangrass (Sorghastrum elliottii) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 20, 2024
 Seeds of late-flowering boneset (Eupatorium serotinum)(?) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 20, 2024
 Flowers of Nodding Ladies-Tresses Orchid (Spiranthes cernua) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 20, 2024
 Close-up of white resupinate polypore mushroom on a cut surface of a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 5, 2024
 Texture of white resupinate polypore mushroom on a cut surface of a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 5, 2024
 Growth of white resupinate polypore mushroom on a cut surface of a pine log on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 5, 2024
 White mistflower (Havana snakeroot, Ageratina havanensis, Eupatorium havanense) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 20, 2024
 Fluffy seeds of split bluestem grass (feather beardgrass, Andropogon ternarius) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 20, 2024
 Fluffy seeds of split bluestem grass (feather beardgrass, Andropogon ternarius) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 20, 2024
 Woolly croton (hogwort, Croton capitatus) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 20, 2024
 Blooming blackberry on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
 Blooming hawthorn on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
 Blooming hawthorn on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2020
 Blooming hawthorn on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
 Blooming dewberry on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 9, 2022
 Narrowleaf silkgrass (Pityopsis graminifolia) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 20, 2024
 Branched noseburn (Tragia ramosa) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 5, 2024
 Rose vervain (Glandularia canadensis) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 20, 2024
 White flowers of aster Symphyotrichum drummondii both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 10, 2024
 Early blooming hawthorn on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
 Blooming gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 16, 2023
 Blooming gayfeather (Liatris) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 15, 2021
 White aster Symphyotrichum drummondii when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, October 10, 2024
 Blooming sensitive brier (Schrankia uncinata) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 10, 2020
 Blooming poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 21, 2022
 Blooming orange milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 10, 2020
 Blooming Lindheimer s beebalm (Monarda lindheimeri) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 10, 2020
 Blooming butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 29, 2021
 Blooming butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 29, 2021
 Blooming butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, July 12, 2020
 Blooming yellow star-grass in burned forest in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 4, 2008
 Blooming woolly-white (Hymenopappus) on Forest Service Road 203 near Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 21, 2022
 Nodding ladies-tresses orchid (Spiranthes cernua) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, October 20, 2024
 Blooming coneflowers (Echinacea sanguinea) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
 Blooming sanguine purple coneflower (Echinacea sanguinea) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, May 10, 2020
 Blooming coral beans (Erythrina) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 18, 2014
 Blooming rock-rose (Helianthemum carolinianum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
 Blooming elephant foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 15, 2021
 Blooming rock-rose (Helianthemum carolinianum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, March 18, 2023
 Blooming elephant foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, August 7, 2021
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