 Young flowers of narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 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
 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 yellow flowers of Hypericum(?) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 26, 2012
 Small yellow flowers of agrimony (Agrimonia) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
 Opening flowers of white milkweed (Asclepias variegata) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 8, 2010
 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
 Boneset(?) flowers in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
 White beautyberry (Callicarpa americana Var. lactea) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, October 4, 2008
 Shrubby (narrow-leaf) water-primrose (Ludwigia octovalvis) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 22, 2008
 Sun through mist from Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
 Sunrise 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
 White specie of beautyberry (Callicarpa americana Var. lactea) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, October 4, 2008
 Skeletonized leaf in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 26, 2012
 Yellow aster family flowers in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
 Little Lake Creek Loop Trail at misty morning 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
 Burned pines from Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
 Red leaf of sassafras at Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, August 19, 2012
 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
 Pine tree trunks 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 trees at sunrise from Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
 Pine trees in mist from Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 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
 Western ironweed (Vernonia baldwini) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 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
 Ripening fruits of beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) on 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
 Western ironweed (Vernonia baldwini) flower on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
 Small lake in pine forest in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, January 26, 2008
 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
 St. Andrew cross (Ascyrum hypericoides, Hypericum) flower on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, July 20, 2008
 Opening flower of blue waterleaf (Hydrolea ovata) 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
 Phlox flowers on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 29, 2009
 Virginia creeper colonizing burned forest in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 4, 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
 Flowers of beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 26, 2012
 Yellow star-grass flower in burned forest 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) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 26, 2012
 Goldenrod in dew in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, October 4, 2008
 Pines in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, January 26, 2008
 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
 Flower buds of White-flowered milkweed (Asclepias variegata) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 8, 2010
 White-flowered milkweed (Asclepias variegata) with black moths on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 8, 2010
 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
 Yellow flowers of sunflower family in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 22, 2011
 Flowers of Hyssop Skullcap (Scutellaria integrifolia) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 26, 2012
 Blue spiderwort (tradescantia) flowers on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 29, 2009
 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
 Pine cone 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
 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
 Yellow star-grass in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, May 4, 2008
 Autumn asters in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, October 4, 2008
 False boneset(?) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
 Flowers of elephant foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 26, 2009
 Elephant foot flowers (Elephantopus carolinianus) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 13, 2012
 Flowers of Blue eyed grass (Sisyrinchium) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 29, 2009
 Flowers of purple dewdrop (Lobelia puberula) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 2, 2010
 Pigeonwings (Clitoria mariana) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 22, 2008
 Autumn aster flower in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, October 4, 2008
 Orange milkweed (asclepias) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 22, 2008
 Mistflower (Eupatorium coelestinum) 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
 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
 Back lit flowers of elephant foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 26, 2009
 Flowers of Violet Wood Sorrel (Oxalis violacea) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 22, 2011
 Flowers of Blue eyed grass (Sisyrinchium), backlit, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 29, 2009
 Large brown mantid insect on a log in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, October 4, 2008
 Erect dayflower (Commelina erecta) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
 Flower of butterfly pea (Centrosema virginianum) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 22, 2008
 Western ironweed (Vernonia baldwini) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
 Flower of spurge Euphorbia corollata(?) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 22, 2008
 Erect dayflower (Commelina erecta) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, June 22, 2008
 American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
 Blue flowers of mistflower (Eupatorium coelestinum, Wild ageratum) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 26, 2009
 Small flower of spurge Euphorbia corollata 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
 Fruits of american beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
 Blooming elephant foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
 Lindheimer s beebalm (Monarda lindheimeri) or may be White bergamot (Monarda clinopodia) in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 26, 2012
 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
 Wild Morning Glory (Ipomoea cordatotriloba) flower in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
 Flower buds of blazing star (Liatris, gayfeather) in Sam Houston National Forest, on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail. Richards, Texas, August 10, 2008
 Forest cutting near a traihead of Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, October 13, 2012
 Flower buds of narrow-leaf gayfeather (Liatris mucronata) on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, September 14, 2008
 Small lake on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 24, 2011
 White flowering spurge Euphorbia corollata on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Huntsville, Texas, September 14, 2008
 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
 Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, September 24, 2011
 Sunflower bud in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 26, 2012
 Some plant in Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 26, 2012
 Damselfly near a creek on Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 8, 2010
 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
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