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3328-11. Dry greenbrier and bushes 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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3328-11. Dry greenbrier and bushes 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 |
 Bushes overgrown by greenbrier (Smilax) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 5, 2020  Oaks and bushes overgrown by greenbrier (Smilax) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 5, 2020  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  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  Old dry oak wood on the lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 16, 2023  Dead oaks 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  Greenbrier (Smilax) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 29, 2023  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  Elm(?) trees on a shore of Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 29, 2023  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  Some small sedge 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  Standing dead oak (snag) on a shore of Somerville Lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 29, 2023  Weathered oak wood in sand 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  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  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  Blooming cowpen daisy (Verbesina encelioides) 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  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  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  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  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  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  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  Powdered ruffle lichen (Parmotrema hypotropum) on bushes in semi-open area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 25, 2019  Powdered ruffle lichen (Parmotrema hypotropum) on bushes in semi-open area at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 26, 2020  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  Dry bushes and elm trees on a shore of Flag Pond near Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 16, 2022  Fresh green vegetation on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 26, 2023  Greenbrier at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 29, 2021  Greenbrier (Smilax) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 17, 2019  Grass and greenbrier at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 5, 2020  Greenbrier (smilax) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 22, 2018  Greenbrier (Smilax) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 21, 2019  Greenbrier (Smilax) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 24, 2021  Dry grass and bushes on a trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 3, 2023  Floating air bubbles 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  Weathered oak stump on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2026  Masses of greenbrier (Smilax) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 24, 2021  Oaks overgrown by greenbrier at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 24, 2021  Rusty refridgerator(?) under greenbrier at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 17, 2019  Jungles of greenbrier (Smilax) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 5, 2020  Dead oaks with greenbrier at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2021  Oaks with greenbrier (smilax) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 22, 2018  Oaks overgrown by greenbrier at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2021  Dense growth of greenbrier (Smilax) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 5, 2020  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  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  Texture of floating foam on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2026  Climbing buckwheat (Fallopia scandens) on greenbrier at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, November 6, 2020  Shoot of common greenbrier (Smilax rotundifolia) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 19, 2020  Dead oaks overgrown by greenbrier (Smilax) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 5, 2020  Dried orange leaves of greenbrier (Smilax) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, July 31, 2022  Greenbrier (Smilax) and oaks on Lake Somerville Trailway near Nails Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 21, 2023  Wavy pattern 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  Rough surface of floating foam on a lake shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 2, 2026  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  Oaks and bushes at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, February 24, 2021  Vegetation with elm and greenbrier on shores of the lake near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, October 12, 2022  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  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 wood on a lake shore at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 22, 2025  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  Oaks and Yaupon bushes at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 21, 2019  "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  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  Powdered ruffle lichen (Parmotrema hypotropum) on bushes at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, April 5, 2020  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  Dichohypha of corticioid fungus Dichostereum effuscatum collected 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  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  Ascomycete mushrooms Chorioactis geaster with dried tips at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023  Blooming bluebonnet (lupinus) on a sandy shore near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, March 26, 2023  "Driftwood sculpture" of eroded oak stump with its weathered texture and skeletal appearance on a lake shore at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 14, 2025  Asci and paraphyses of Ascomycete mushrooms Chorioactis geaster collected at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023  Small patch of a yellow resupinate polypore mushroom on a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023  Close-up of 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  Pink resupinate polypore mushroom Ceriporia(?) on a fallen oak branch at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023  Partially dry Devil s Cigar Ascomycete mushroom (Chorioactis geaster) at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, January 1, 2023 |