Back lit leaf of redbud on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Montgomery County, Texas, March 28, 2026
 | Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Blackseed speargrass (oats needle grass, Piptochaetium avenaceum) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Montgomery County, Texas, March 28, 2026
Red berries of heavenly bamboo (Nandina domestica) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Montgomery County, Texas, March 28, 2026
Young leaves of Devil's Walking Stick (Aralia spinosa) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Montgomery County, Texas, March 28, 2026
A leafy oak gall (also called an oak rosette gall) created by tiny gall wasps in the genus Andricus, such as Andricus quercusfoliatus or Andricus quercusfrondosus, on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Montgomery County, Texas, March 28, 2026
Oak rosette gall which is tightly packed cluster of stunted leaves artificially induced by a tiny cynipid wasp to serve as a protective, nutrient-rich nursery for its developing larva, on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Montgomery County, Texas, March 28, 2026
Shoot of Carolina buckthorn (Frangula caroliniana) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Montgomery County, Texas, March 28, 2026
Blooming blackberry on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Montgomery County, Texas, March 28, 2026
Flowers of black berry on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Montgomery County, Texas, March 28, 2026
Reddish young leaves of an oak on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Montgomery County, Texas, March 28, 2026
Wasp on a leaf on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Montgomery County, Texas, March 28, 2026
Reddish shoot of black jack(?) oak on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Montgomery County, Texas, March 28, 2026
Thorny shoot of blackberry on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Montgomery County, Texas, March 28, 2026
Back lit shoot of oak on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Montgomery County, Texas, March 28, 2026
Back lit oak sapling on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Montgomery County, Texas, March 28, 2026
Fresh leaves of sweetgum on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Montgomery County, Texas, March 28, 2026
Green milkweed (Antelope horns, asclepias viridis) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Montgomery County, Texas, March 28, 2026
| Forest Service Rd 231, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Leaves of persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Montgomery County, Texas, March 28, 2026
| Forest Service Rd 231, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Flowers of green milkweed (Antelope horns, asclepias viridis) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Montgomery County, Texas, March 28, 2026
| Forest Service Rd 231, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Blooming green milkweed (Antelope horns, asclepias viridis) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Montgomery County, Texas, March 28, 2026
| Forest Service Rd 231, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Snout beetles on reddish young oak leaves on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Montgomery County, Texas, March 28, 2026
| Forest Service Rd 231, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Flower buds of green milkweed (Antelope horns, asclepias viridis) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Montgomery County, Texas, March 28, 2026
| Forest Service Rd 231, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
Shoot of persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Montgomery County, Texas, March 28, 2026
| North Wilderness Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States |
