Purple dewdrop (Lobelia puberula) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 2, 2010
Bastard pennyroyal (Trichostema dichotomum) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 2, 2010
Pine trees at sunrise from Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
Misty sunrise from Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
Pink fuzzybean (Strophostyles umbellata) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 2, 2010
Flower of Palafoxia rosea in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 2, 2010
Flowering spurge Euphorbia corollata in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 2, 2010
Globelike flowers of sensitive briar (Schrankia uncinata) on thorny stems with folded feathery compound leaves on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 22, 2008
Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops) butterfly on white mistflower (Havana snakeroot, Ageratina havanensis, Eupatorium havanense) on Caney Creek Trail in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, October 18, 2009
Erect dayflower (Commelina erecta) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
Road near Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 1, 2008
Handeless coneflower (Echinacea sanguinea) with strap-like whitish ray flowers in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 4, 2008
Sunrise from Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
Green passion flower (Passiflora lutea) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
Blue flower of Purple dewdrop (Lobelia puberula) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest, with 2 short ear-like upper petals and 3 broad wedge-shaped lower petals. Huntsville, Texas, September 14, 2008
Burned pines from Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
Frog s head on Four Notch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, May 11, 2008
Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in mist in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, November 3, 2007
Mushrooms on Lone Star Hiking Trail south from Stubblefield Campground in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, December 9, 2007
Pigeonwings (Clitoria mariana) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 22, 2008
Flowers of Yellow star-grass (woolly stargrass, Hypoxis hirsuta) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 29, 2009
Red seeds of coral beans in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 26, 2009
Blooming elephant foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
Autumn asters in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, October 4, 2008
Yellow flowers of black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta) on a trail in Sam Houston National Forest, near Road 149, near Richards. Texas, May 15, 2010
Handeless coneflower (Echinacea sanguinea) with drooping strap-like whitish ray flowers below brownish hemispherical cone of disk flowers on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 22, 2008
Sidebeak pencilflower (Stylosanthes biflora) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 8, 2010
Blue thistle on a trail in Sam Houston National Forest, near Road 149, near Richards. Texas, May 15, 2010
White flowering spurge Euphorbia corollata on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, September 14, 2008
Acorns knocked down by a passed tropical storm Ike on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, September 14, 2008
Small lake in pine forest in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, January 26, 2008
Erect dayflower (Commelina erecta) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 22, 2008
Shrubby (narrow-leaf) water-primrose (Ludwigia octovalvis) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 22, 2008
Yellow and green passion flower (Passiflora lutea), with corona and pistil, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
St. Andrew cross flower (Hypericum, Ascyrum hypericoides) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 26, 2009
Green lynx spider with immobilized prey, Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) butterfly, on a flower of narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, September 14, 2008
Flowers of Blue eyed grass (Sisyrinchium), backlit, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 29, 2009
Yellow star-grass flower in burned forest in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 4, 2008
Little Lake Creek Loop Trail at misty morning in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
Ripening fruits of beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
Flower of Pink fuzzybean (Strophostyles umbellata) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 26, 2009
Some orange cap mushroom in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 26, 2009
White-flowered milkweed (Asclepias variegata) with a longhorn beetle on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 8, 2010
Yellow aster family flowers in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
Small yellow flower of pea family (Pencil flower, Stylosanthes biflora) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
False boneset(?) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
Small pinkish flowers of beefsteak plant (Perilla frutescens) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, October 4, 2008
Yellow star-grass in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 4, 2008
Blooming yellow star-grass in burned forest in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 4, 2008
Purple pleat-leaf (Pinewood lily, Alophia drummondii, Eustylis purpurea) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest, with 3 large rounded dark purple outer petal segments and 3 boat-like inner petals with a yellow spot at central pithed-in area. Richards, Texas, June 22, 2008
Orange milkweed (asclepias) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 22, 2008
Western ironweed (Vernonia baldwini) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
Yellow and green passion flower (Passiflora lutea) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
St. Andrew cross flower (Hypericum, Ascyrum hypericoides) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, September 14, 2008
Burned pines on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 1, 2008
White-flowered milkweed (Asclepias variegata) with black moths on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 8, 2010
Flower of butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 22, 2008
Tiny white flowers of rustweed (juniper leaf, Polypremum procumbens) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
Blue flowers with coiled stamens of Bastard pennyroyal (Trichostema dichotomum) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, September 14, 2008
Yellow flower of Rock-rose (frostweed, sunrose, Helianthemum georgianum) in Sam Houston National Forest on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, April 4, 2010.
White fungus on Four Notch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, May 11, 2008
Sun through mist from Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
Butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
Pine cone in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
Fruits of beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, September 14, 2008
White milkweed with a bug on Four Notch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, May 11, 2008
Opening flowers of narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
Flower buds of blazing star (Liatris, gayfeather) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
Pine cones and berries knocked down by a passed tropical storm Ike on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, September 14, 2008
White beautyberry (Callicarpa americana Var. lactea) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, October 4, 2008
Damselfly near a creek on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 8, 2010
Orange milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 8, 2010
Flowers of purple dewdrop (Lobelia puberula) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 2, 2010
Wild senna (Senna hebecarpa, cassia) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
Small daisy in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
Autumn aster flower in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, October 4, 2008
Box turtle (ventral view) on Four Notch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, May 11, 2008
Opening flower of blue waterleaf (Hydrolea ovata) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
St. Andrew cross (Ascyrum hypericoides, Hypericum) flower on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
Pink fuzzybean (Strophostyles umbellata) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, September 14, 2008
Goldenrod in dew in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, October 4, 2008
Erect dayflower in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
Sprout of arrowwood in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
White specie of beautyberry (Callicarpa americana Var. lactea) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, October 4, 2008
Yellow flower of aster family in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 2, 2010
Red mushrooms on Four Notch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, May 11, 2008
Western ironweed (Vernonia baldwini) flower on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
A pine cone knocked down by a passed tropical storm Ike on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, September 14, 2008
A turtle in Sam Houston National Forest, near Lake Conroe. Near Huntsville, Texas, June 24, 2007
Flower of spurge Euphorbia corollata(?) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 22, 2008
Small flower of spurge Euphorbia corollata in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
Little Lake Creek Loop Trail marked by red plates in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 1, 2008
Some young hairy leaves on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 29, 2009
Self-Heal (Carpenter-weed, Prunella vulgaris) on a trail in Sam Houston National Forest, near Road 149, near Richards. Texas, May 15, 2010
Grasses on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in mist in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, November 3, 2007
Western ironweed (Vernonia baldwini) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
Shoot of muscadine(?) grape on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 29, 2009
Back lit St. Andrew cross flower (Hypericum, Ascyrum hypericoides) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 26, 2009
Elephant foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 26, 2009
Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) near Caney Creek Trail in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, September 30, 2007
Orange milkweed on Four Notch Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, May 11, 2008
Fruits of american beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
Mountain mint (Pycnanthemum) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
Blue flower of downy lobelia (Purple dewdrop, Lobelia puberula) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
Rose vervain (Verbena canadensis) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richardson, Texas, February 22, 2009
Flowers of Blue eyed grass (Sisyrinchium) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 29, 2009
Violet ruella (Ruellia caroliniensis) flower with water drops on a trail in Sam Houston National Forest, near Road 149, near Richards. Texas, May 15, 2010
Mistflower (Eupatorium coelestinum, Wild ageratum) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 2, 2010
Pine trees in mist from Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
Cutting from Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
Buds of elephant foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
Mistflower (Eupatorium coelestinum) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
Flower buds of narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, September 14, 2008
Fall colors of Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Texas, November 1, 2008
Back-lit nodding Ladies-Tresses Orchid (Spiranthes cernua) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 1, 2008
Close up of blue violet on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richardson, Texas, February 22, 2009
Blue flowers of mistflower (Eupatorium coelestinum, Wild ageratum) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 26, 2009
Little wood satyr butterfly, Hermeuptychia (Euptychia) hermes, on white mistflower (Havana snakeroot, Ageratina havanensis, Eupatorium havanense) on Caney Creek Trail in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, October 18, 2009
Globe flat sedge (Cyperus echinatus) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 2, 2010
Pines at sunrise in mist on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, November 3, 2007
Small yellow flowers of agrimony (Agrimonia) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
Wild Morning Glory (Ipomoea cordatotriloba) flower in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
Shield-backed bug (Scutelleridae) on a leaf of yaupon holly in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
Red colors of sumach on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 1, 2008
Floral receptacles of lire-leaf sage on a trail in Sam Houston National Forest, near Road 149, near Richards. Texas, May 15, 2010
Pines in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, January 26, 2008
Sensitive brier (Schrankia uncinata) with a pinkish red fluffy flower ball on a thorn-covered stem on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 22, 2008
Pine tree trunks from Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
Young flowers of narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
Flower of nodding Ladies-Tresses Orchid (Spiranthes cernua) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 1, 2008
Crimson berries of strawberry-bush (Euonymus americanus) near Caney Creek Trail in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, September 30, 2007
Pine trees in mist at morning near Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, November 3, 2007
Pine and sumach in mist on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, November 3, 2007
Virginia creeper colonizing burned forest in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 4, 2008
Narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata), close up of flowers with imbricated phyllaries enclosing each cluster, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
Tiny violet flower of Small bluets (Hedyotis crassifolia) growing among pine needles on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richardson, Texas, February 22, 2009
Flower buds of White-flowered milkweed (Asclepias variegata) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 8, 2010
Flowers of elephant foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, September 14, 2008
Nodding Ladies-Tresses Orchid (Spiranthes cernua) on Caney Creek Trail in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, October 18, 2009
Back lit violet ruella (Ruellia caroliniensis) flowers on a trail in Sam Houston National Forest, near Road 149, near Richards. Texas, May 15, 2010
Wild citrus fruits of Trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata) near Caney Creek Trail in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, September 30, 2007
Burned pine and sumach near Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, November 3, 2007
Young red leaves of mustang grape on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 29, 2009
Blooming Rock-rose (frostweed, sunrose, Helianthemum georgianum) in Sam Houston National Forest on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, April 4, 2010.
Purple dewdrop (Lobelia puberula) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, September 14, 2008
Stinkhorn mushroom (Phallus) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, September 14, 2008
Flower buds of Carolina jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richardson, Texas, February 22, 2009
Mushroom on Four Notch Main Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, October 7, 2007
Nodding Ladies -Tresses Orchid (Spiranthes cernua) on Lone Star Hiking Trail south from Stubblefield Campground in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, December 9, 2007
Boneset(?) flowers in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
Pines in fog on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 1, 2008
Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 1, 2008
Close up of a cluster of flowers of rose vervain (Verbena canadensis) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richardson, Texas, February 22, 2009
Blue violet on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richardson, Texas, February 22, 2009
Carolina jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richardson, Texas, February 22, 2009
Mistflower (Eupatorium coelestinum, Wild ageratum) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 26, 2009
Red berries of Carolina moonseed vine (Cocculus carolinus, coralbeads) on Caney Creek Trail in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, October 18, 2009
Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) on Caney Creek Trail in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, October 18, 2009
Opening flowers of white milkweed (Asclepias variegata) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 8, 2010
Late-flowering boneset with green lynx spider in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richardson, August 9, 2009
Texture of Old Man of the Woods (Strobilomyces floccopus) mushroom cap in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 26, 2009
Back-lit purple flower of wood sorrel in Sam Houston National Forest on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, April 4, 2010.
Beautyberry near Caney Creek Trail in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, September 30, 2007
Green lynx spider (Peucetia viridans) injecting paralyzing venom into the body of Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) butterfly on liatris (narrow-leaf gayfeather) flower on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, September 14, 2008
Gayfeather (Liatris) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richardson, August 9, 2009
Flowers of elephant foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 26, 2009
Bluestripe coastal ribbon snake (Gulf Coast Ribbon Snake, Thamnophis sauritus nitae) on Caney Creek Trail in Sam Houston National Forest, near Huntsville. Texas, October 18, 2009
Horse apple (osage orange, green brains) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 26, 2009
Back lit flowers of elephant foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 26, 2009
Close up of a green lynx spider preying on a skipper butterfly on Purple dewdrop (Lobelia puberula) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 26, 2009
Cauliflower mushroom (Sparassis crispa) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 26, 2009
Flower of black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta) on a trail in Sam Houston National Forest, near Road 149, near Richards. Texas, May 15, 2010
Yellow flower of black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta) on a trail in Sam Houston National Forest, near Road 149, near Richards. Texas, May 15, 2010
Head of grasshopper in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 2, 2010
Dead tree on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, September 14, 2008
Large brown mantid insect on a log in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, October 4, 2008
Blue flower of Purple dewdrop (Lobelia puberula) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 1, 2008
Small white tubular unopened flowers of nodding beardtongue (Penstemon laxiflorus or australis) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 29, 2009
Violet ruella (Ruellia caroliniensis) flower on a trail in Sam Houston National Forest, near Road 149, near Richards. Texas, May 15, 2010
Nodding Ladies-Tresses Orchid (Spiranthes cernua) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail marked in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 1, 2008
Tiny flower of Small bluets (Star-violet, Hedyotis crassifolia) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richardson, Texas, February 22, 2009
Red shoot of mustang grape on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 29, 2009
Phlox flowers on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 29, 2009
Catkins in a creek crossing of Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, April 4, 2010.
Sidebeak pencil flower (Stylosanthes biflora) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 8, 2010
Cluster of achenes of Bur-marigold (Beggar-ticks, Bidens), with barbed awns, in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, October 4, 2008
Pines in mist on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 1, 2008
White flowers of nodding Ladies-Tresses Orchid (Spiranthes cernua) in a double spiral on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, November 1, 2008
Veined flower of blue violet on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richardson, Texas, February 22, 2009
Blue spiderwort (tradescantia) flowers on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 29, 2009
Blooming dewberry (Rubus) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 29, 2009
Blooming yellow wood sorrel (shamrock, Oxalis dillenii?) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 29, 2009
Butterfly pea in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richardson, August 9, 2009
Flower buds in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richardson, August 9, 2009
Skipper butterfgly on gayfeather (Liatris) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richardson, August 9, 2009
Old Man of the Woods (Strobilomyces floccopus) mushroom cap in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 26, 2009
Green lynx spider preying on a skipper butterfly on Purple dewdrop (Lobelia puberula) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 26, 2009
Green lynx spider preying on a skipper butterfly on Purple dewdrop (downy lobelia, Lobelia puberula) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 26, 2009
Rim of an orange cap mushroom in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 26, 2009
