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3328-09. Dead oaks on the lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 16, 2023Similar picturesLarge thumbnails | Use small thumbnails | View as slideshow |
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3328-09. Dead oaks on the lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 16, 2023Similar picturesLarge thumbnails | Use small thumbnails | View as slideshow |
 Dead oaks on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 21, 2022  Standing dead oak (snag) on a shore of Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 29, 2023  Dead forest after a flooding on a shore of the lake near a road along north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2018  Dead oak tree on a shore of Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 1, 2025  Habitat of Devil s Cigar Ascomycete mushrooms (Chorioactis geaster) 0.8 m from hackberry, 4 m from elm, 7 m from oak, 11 m from juniper, around 60 m from lake shore, at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023  Dead oaks at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 17, 2019  Dead oaks at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2021  Dead oaks at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2022  Old dry oak wood on the lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 16, 2023  Dried lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 16, 2023  Dry vegetation on the lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 16, 2023  Dead oaks with greenbrier at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2021  Standing dead oaks at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 6, 2024  Brown corticioid (crust) mushroom Dichostereum effuscatum on a standing dead live oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023  Dry greenbrier and bushes on the lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 16, 2023  Low water level on the lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 16, 2023  Dead oaks overgrown by greenbrier (Smilax) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 5, 2020  Dead oaks in a recently flooded area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2019  Old dead oak tree on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 4, 2022  Dead buttonbush on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 4, 2022  Old oak stump emerged after water receded, on the lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 16, 2023  Small cave ib clay soil on the lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 16, 2023  Turkey vultures on a dead oak on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 21, 2022  Trunk of a dead tree on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 4, 2022  Dead oaks on shores of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022  Fish attractors from piles of dead buttonbush on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 4, 2022  Brown corticioid (crust) fungus Dichostereum effuscatum on a fallen oak under a stand of wild live oaks on a gentle slope at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023  Bracket polypore mushrooms Truncospora mexicana (T. ochroleuca group) on a thin tree under oaks, juniper near a pond near the entrance, at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023  Trees on a shore of Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 29, 2023  Elm(?) trees on a shore of Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 29, 2023  Grasses and trees on a shore of Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 29, 2023  Standing dead oak (snag) on a shore in Birch Creek Unit of Lake Somerville State Park, Texas, October 26, 2024  Weathered oak wood in sand on a shore of Lake Somerville in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 23, 2023  Old oak stump at low water level on a shore of Lake Somerville in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 23, 2023  Small sedge in sand on a shore of Lake Somerville in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 23, 2023  Some small sedge in sand on a shore of Lake Somerville in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 23, 2023  Common creeping grass on sand on a shore of Lake Somerville in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 23, 2023  Turnsole (Heliotropium procumbens) in sand on a shore of Lake Somerville in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 23, 2023  Low water level exposing sandy beach on a shore of Lake Somerville in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 23, 2023  Creeping lovegrass (Eragrostis reptans) with freeze on a shore of Lake Somerville in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 23, 2023  Seedling of turnsole (Heliotropium procumbens) in sand on a shore of Lake Somerville in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 23, 2023  Blooming cowpen daisy (Verbesina encelioides) on a shore of Lake Somerville in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 23, 2023  Creeping lovegrass (Eragrostis reptans) in sand on a shore of Lake Somerville in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 23, 2023  Seedling of rustweed (Polypremum procumbens) in sand on a shore of Lake Somerville in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 23, 2023  Dry tree on the lake shore near a road along north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2018  The lake shore near a road along north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2018  Western umbrella-sedge (Fuirena simplex) in sand on a shore of Lake Somerville in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 23, 2023  Seeds of creeping lovegrass (Eragrostis reptans) in sand on a shore of Lake Somerville in Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 23, 2023  Dead oaks in frequently flooded area near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 21, 2022  Egret bird on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 26, 2023  Sand and grass on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 26, 2023  Formerly flooded area with dry oaks at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020  Fresh green vegetation on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 26, 2023  Fieldcap (Agrocybe) mushrooms in grass near a road in a previously flooded area of a dead oak forest at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 18, 2021  Floating air bubbles on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2026  Weathered oak stump on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2026  Floating foam on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2026  Dead tree on a shore of Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 15, 2022  Sordid blewit mushrooms (Lepista sordida)(?) found under oaks at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020  Shell of a freshwater mussel on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2026  Pattern of floating foam on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2026  Ribs of floating foam on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2026  Shells of a freshwater mussel on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2026  Texture of floating foam on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2026  Wavy pattern of floating foam on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2026  Rough surface of floating foam on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2026  Wavy structure of floating foam on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2026  Dead oak forest on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 5, 2023  Dead oaks in a formerly flooded area near Flag Pond at Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 4, 2021  Resupinate polypore mushroom Phellinus on a fallen oak branch under naturally growing live oaks at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 18, 2021  Dead tree on a shore and yellow lotus (Nelumbo lutea) in Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 15, 2022  Ascomycete mushroom Chorioactis geaster under several trees in half-open area near the lake, at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023  Split porecrust fungus (Schizopora paradoxa) on a fallen oak branch under naturally growing live oaks at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 18, 2021  Lake shore at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 6, 2019  Shore of the lake at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2019  Dry oak trees on a lake shore at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 20, 2022  Weathered oak wood on a lake shore at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 22, 2025  Some small sedge on a dry lake bottom on a shore of Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2020  Weathered oak stump on a lake shore at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 22, 2025  Shoot of horseweed(?) on a shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 26, 2023  "Nature sculpture" from weathered oak wood on a lake shore at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 22, 2025  An oak stump which is a relic from the "ghost forests" of the original Post Oak Savannah that was flooded when Somerville Lake was created in the 1960s. along north shore of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 23, 2025  Tracks of a North American Raccoon (Procyon lotor) on a lake shore at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. It is very common to find these "little handprints" along the mudflats of Lake Somerville, especially when water levels are low and animals come to the edge to scavenge. Texas, December 22, 2025  Bluebonnet (lupinus) on a sandy shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 26, 2023  Dead oak forest at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2022  Dead armadillo on shores of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022  Dead oak roots on shores of Lake Somerville near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 4, 2022  Dead oak forest at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 14, 2020  Dead oak skeleton at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 31, 2022  Dead oak forest at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 17, 2019  Tracks of a North American Raccoon (Procyon lotor) on a lake shore at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 22, 2025  Tiger sawgill mushrooms (Lentinus tigrinus) at the base of dead trees in a formerly flooded area near the lake at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 12, 2019  Bones and a skull of a small animal in an oak grove at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023  Shell of a Giant Floater (Pyganodon grandis) freshwater mussel on a lake shore at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 22, 2025  Frequently flooded area with dead oak trees at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, May 31, 2022  White tubelet mushrooms (Henningsomyces candidus) on underside of an oak log at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023  Dichohypha of corticioid fungus Dichostereum effuscatum collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023  Ascomycete mushrooms Chorioactis geaster with dried tips at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023  Thin brown Tomentella on old Phellinus mushroom on a juniper log at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023 |