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3672-19. Bryum argenteum (silver moss or silvery thread moss) or a closely related species like Pohlia on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 8, 2025Similar picturesLarge thumbnails | Use small thumbnails | View as slideshow |
 Bryum argenteum (silver moss or silvery thread moss) or a closely related species like Pohlia on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, March 16, 2025  A rich multi-species bryophyte community on the disturbed bare soil (pigtail moss Weissia controversa, capsule-bearing moss Bryum or Pohlia species) in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 21, 2026  Pale glaucous thread moss (Pohlia wahlenbergii)(?) on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 8, 2025  Close-up of Pale glaucous thread moss (Pohlia wahlenbergii)(?) on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 8, 2025  Pale glaucous thread moss (Pohlia wahlenbergii)(?) around a tree root on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 8, 2025  A close look at the distinctive, bristly texture of a Pincushion Moss (Leucobryum species) found near Lake Trail at Fort Boggy State Park. While often casually identified as Leucobryum glaucum, this is almost certainly its southern sister species, Leucobryum albidum (White Pincushion Moss), which is much more common in East Texas. The moss gets its pale, frosted-green color from a unique leaf structure: the outer layers consist of large, clear, hollow cells that hide the green chlorophyll beneath. When it rains, these empty cells fill with water and turn the cushion bright green; when dry, they fill with air, giving the plant a silvery-white appearance. Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 21, 2026  Common Fern Moss (specifically Thuidium delicatulum, also known as Delicate Fern Moss) on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 1, 2025  Fissidens (pocket moss), likely F. taxifolius or F. adianthoides, F. bushii with other moss on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, March 16, 2025  Cushion of some moss on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 1, 2025  Some short green moss on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 8, 2025  Lacy, triangular texture of Common Fern Moss (specifically Thuidium delicatulum, also known as Delicate Fern Moss) on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 1, 2025  Close-up of some short green moss near Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 8, 2025  Pincushion moss (Leucobryum glaucum) on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 1, 2025  Tree dwelling moss Leucodon julaceous on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 1, 2025  Silky Forklet Moss (Dicranella heteromalla) on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 1, 2025  Slender Starburst Moss (Atrichum angustatum) on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 1, 2025  Close-up of Silky Forklet Moss (Dicranella heteromalla) on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 1, 2025  Close-up of Slender Starburst Moss (Atrichum angustatum) on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 1, 2025  Purple-fringed liverwort (Reboulia hemisphaerica) with some moss near Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 8, 2025  Tree dwelling moss Leucodon julaceous on a fallen oak on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 1, 2025  Thuidium delicatulum and Silky Forklet Moss (Dicranella heteromalla) on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 1, 2025  Close-up of purple-fringed liverwort (Reboulia hemisphaerica) with some moss on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 8, 2025  Campyliadelphus chrysophyllus (Campylium chrysophyllum, or "Golden Feather Moss")(?) on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 8, 2025  Atrichum moss on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, March 16, 2025  Algae-like moss Pogonatum brachyphyllum on a steep slope of a small creek on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 8, 2025  Broom Moss (Dicranum scoparium)(?) on a steep slope of a small creek on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 8, 2025  Close-up of Campyliadelphus chrysophyllus (Campylium chrysophyllum, or "Golden Feather Moss")(?) on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 8, 2025  Carpet of Campyliadelphus chrysophyllus (Campylium chrysophyllum, or "Golden Feather Moss")(?) on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 8, 2025  Shortleaf hair moss Pogonatum brachyphyllum on a steep slope of a small creek on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 8, 2025  Seductive Entodon Moss (Entodon seductrix) on soil on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 8, 2025  Slender Starburst Moss (Atrichum angustatum)(?) on Campbell Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 8, 2025  Shortleaf hair moss Pogonatum brachyphyllum on Campbell Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 8, 2025  Close-up of shortleaf hair moss Pogonatum brachyphyllum on a steep slope of a small creek on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 8, 2025  Silky Forklet Moss (Dicranella heteromalla) on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, March 16, 2025  Shortleaf hair moss Pogonatum brachyphyllum on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, March 16, 2025  Delicate Fern Moss (Thuidium delicatulum) on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, March 16, 2025  Campyliadelphus chrysophyllus (Campylium chrysophyllum, or "Golden Feather Moss") on Campbell Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 8, 2025  Shortleaf hair moss Pogonatum brachyphyllum on a slope of a creek on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, March 16, 2025  Campyliadelphus chrysophyllus (Campylium chrysophyllum, or "Golden Feather Moss") on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, March 16, 2025  Close-up of Campyliadelphus chrysophyllus (Campylium chrysophyllum, or "Golden Feather Moss") on Campbell Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 8, 2025  Seductive Entodon Moss (Entodon seductrix) on a picnic site near the lake in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 1, 2025  "Worm-like" shape of Seductive Entodon Moss (Entodon seductrix) on a picnic site near the lake in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 1, 2025  A leafy liverwort with tiny, overlapping, scale-like leaves that are closely pressed to the substrate, probably Variable-leaved Crestwort (Lophocolea heterophylla), on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 1, 2025  Squarrose, starry structure of Campyliadelphus chrysophyllus (Campylium chrysophyllum, or "Golden Feather Moss") on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, March 16, 2025  Petalwort (a species of liverwort) Petalophyllum americanum on Campbell Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 1, 2025  Campyliadelphus chrysophyllus (Campylium chrysophyllum, or "Golden Feather-Moss") in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 21, 2026  Oaks on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 1, 2025  Forest on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 1, 2025  Various mosses on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 1, 2025  Fissidens (pocket moss), likely F. taxifolius or F. adianthoides, F. bushii on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. It is uniquely recognizable by its distichous leaf arrangement - leaves in two opposite, flat ranks along the stem, creating a distinctive fern-frond-like silhouette. Leon County, Texas, March 16, 2025  Still water of a lake on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 1, 2025  Lake shore on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 1, 2025  View of a lake on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 1, 2025  Soft cushion of Silky Forklet-moss (Dicranella heteromalla) or a closely related Dicranella species like D. hilariana, on Lick Creek Greenway Trail. College Station, Texas, February 4, 2025  An ecological observation from the median of Campbell Trail: a cluster of small saprotrophic mushrooms (Deconica sp., likely an undescribed small-spored species in the Deconica montana complex) fruiting within a distinctly dead, brown patch of Atrichum moss. While it might appear that the fungus killed the moss, the relationship is saprotrophic. Members of the Deconica genus are decomposers with a well-known affinity for mosses in the Polytrichaceae family (such as Atrichum and Polytrichum). It is highly probable that a localized disturbance on the trail median killed this specific patch of moss first. Once the Atrichum died, the underground fungal mycelium colonized the newly available decaying moss tissue, eventually producing the fruiting bodies seen here. Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 21, 2026  Morning view of a lake on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 1, 2025  Slender Starburst Moss (Atrichum angustatum). The striking bronze, copper, or rusty-brown color is completely normal for this time of year. Mosses in this family often take on these deep reddish-brown or golden hues during the cold or dry months. The moss is in its winter dormancy state. Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 21, 2026  "Furry" green carpet of Silky Forklet-moss (Dicranella heteromalla) or a closely related Dicranella species like D. hilariana, on Lick Creek Greenway Trail. College Station, Texas, February 4, 2025  Hemisphaeric liverwort (Reboulia hemisphaerica) on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 1, 2025  Lichen Cladonia grayi(?) near a creek on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 1, 2025  Dense, vibrant green tufts of Silky Forklet-moss (Dicranella heteromalla) or a closely related Dicranella species like D. hilariana, on Lick Creek Greenway Trail. College Station, Texas, February 4, 2025  Small saprotrophic mushrooms (Deconica montana complex) fruiting within a distinctly dead, brown patch of Atrichum moss on the median of Campbell Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 21, 2026  Parrot waxcap mushrooms (Gliophorus psittacinus)(?) on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 8, 2025  Close-up of Hemisphaeric liverwort (Reboulia hemisphaerica) on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 1, 2025  A cluster of small saprotrophic mushrooms (Deconica montana complex) fruiting within a distinctly dead, brown patch of Atrichum moss on the median of Campbell Trail Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 21, 2026  Almost certainly Ceratodon purpureus -- commonly known as Fire Moss or Redshank. It is the quintessential colonizer of exposed, compact, bare mineral soil. Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 21, 2026  Exposed soil with lichens on a slope of a small creek on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 8, 2025  Orange soil with mosses on a slope of a small creek on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 8, 2025  Trees on Tunnel Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 1, 2025  Variable-leaved Crestwort (Lophocolea heterophylla)(?) on a slope of a creek on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 1, 2025  Side view of parrot waxcap mushrooms (Gliophorus psittacinus)(?) on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 8, 2025  Rosette of hairy leaves of beaked hawkweed (Hieracium gronovii) on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 1, 2025  Variable-leaved Crestwort (Lophocolea heterophylla)(?) covering soil on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 1, 2025  Some hairy seedlings on Campbell Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 1, 2025  Various mosses on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, March 16, 2025  Massive, simultaneous flushes of yellowish stalks (setae) with tiny capsules of Silky Forklet-moss (Dicranella heteromalla) or a closely related Dicranella species like D. hilariana, on Lick Creek Greenway Trail. College Station, Texas, February 25, 2025  Pyramid liverwort Oxymitra paleacea on Campbell Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 1, 2025  Pyramid liverwort Oxymitra paleacea with deep median groove and projecting scales (Involucres) on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 8, 2025  Small bluet flower on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, March 16, 2025  Mosses on a creel slope on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, March 16, 2025  Various mosses on a slope of a creek on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, March 16, 2025  Carpet of leafy liverwort Variable-leaved Crestwort (Lophocolea heterophylla)(?) covering soil on the ground on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 1, 2025  Long-bristled Frillwort (Fossombronia longiseta) on Campbell Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 8, 2025  Growth of Pyramid liverwort Oxymitra paleacea on Campbell Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 1, 2025  Scales of Pyramid liverwort Oxymitra paleacea on Campbell Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 1, 2025  Growth of Hemisphaeric liverwort (Reboulia hemisphaerica) on Tunnel Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 1, 2025  Pyramid liverwort Oxymitra paleacea on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, March 16, 2025  Turban cup lichen (Cladonia peziziformis) on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, March 16, 2025  Hemisphaeric liverwort (Reboulia hemisphaerica) on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, March 16, 2025  Pink sundew Drosera capillaris on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, March 16, 2025  Hemisphaeric liverwort (Reboulia hemisphaerica) on a forest clearing on Tunnel Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 1, 2025  Heads of purple-fringed liverwort (Reboulia hemisphaerica) on Campbell Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 8, 2025  Butterleaf lettuce thallus of liverwort Fossombronia longiseta on Campbell Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, February 8, 2025  Variable-leaved Crestwort (Lophocolea heterophylla)(?) on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, March 16, 2025  Capsules of hemisphaeric liverwort (Reboulia hemisphaerica) on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, March 16, 2025  Close-up of pink sundew Drosera capillaris on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, March 16, 2025  Close-up of turban cup lichen (Cladonia peziziformis) on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, March 16, 2025  Remains of dry hemisphaeric liverwort (Reboulia hemisphaerica) on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, March 16, 2025  Turban cup lichen (Cladonia peziziformis) in shade on Lake Trail in Fort Boggy State Park. Leon County, Texas, March 16, 2025 |