Oak forest on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 22, 2024
 | Lake Somerville Trailway, Lee County, Texas, United States |
Yellow flower of stickleaf (blazing star) Mentzelia texana(?) on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 22, 2024
| Lake Somerville Trailway, Lee County, Texas, United States |
Stickleaf (blazing star) Mentzelia texana(?) on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 22, 2024
| Lake Somerville Trailway, Lee County, Texas, United States |
Close-up of a flower and fruits of stickleaf (blazing star) Mentzelia texana(?) on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 22, 2024
| Lake Somerville Trailway, Lee County, Texas, United States |
Smartweed (Persicaria, Polygonum) on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 22, 2024
Purple gerardia (false foxglove, Agalinis) on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 22, 2024
Blooning purple gerardia (false foxglove, Agalinis) on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 22, 2024
Buffalo gourd (calabazilla, Cucurbita foetidissima) on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 22, 2024
Rough green snake (Opheodrys aestivus) on a seedling of red cedar on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 22, 2024
Head of a green snake on a seedling of red cedar on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 22, 2024
Rough green snake (Opheodrys aestivus) on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 22, 2024
Close-up of a green snake on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 22, 2024
Yellow Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 22, 2024
Sand palafox (Palafoxia hookeriana) on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 22, 2024
Flowers of sand palafox (Palafoxia hookeriana) on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 22, 2024
Wild buckwheat (Yerba colorado, Eriogonum annuum(?)) on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 22, 2024
Yellow Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 22, 2024
Stickleaf (blazing star) Mentzelia texana(?) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 22, 2024
Stickleaf (blazing star) Mentzelia texana(?) with a crab spider both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 22, 2024
Flowers of smartweed (Persicaria, Polygonum) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 22, 2024
Wild buckwheat (Eriogonum) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 22, 2024
Branching sprays of white flowers of wild buckwheat (Yerba colorado, Eriogonum annuum(?)) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 22, 2024
Slender orange-bush lichen (Teloschistes exilis) both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight on a twig from Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 22, 2024
Fruticose lichens on a twig when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 22, 2024
Peppered rock-shield lichen (Xanthoparmelia conspersa) when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight on a stone from Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 22, 2024
Spores of a large white brittlegill mushroom Russula compacta from Road FS 203 collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, September 22, 2024
Slice of buffalo gourd when exposed to regular daylight as well as when illuminated by a 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 22, 2024
Buffalo gourd both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 22, 2024
Dissected buffalo gourd both in natural light and under 365 nm ultraviolet (UV-A) blacklight from Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 22, 2024
