palustrisbotany's Favorites
Photos / Sounds
What
Drummond Post Oak (Quercus × drummondii)Observer
douggoldmanDescription
Quercus drummondii is a very common oak in parts of central Texas. It seems to be intermediate between Q. margarettae and Q. stellata and may represent a hybrid between the two. See the discussion about this in the Flora of North America: http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=233501059
Photos / Sounds
What
Humped Bladderwort (Utricularia gibba)Observer
pufferchungDescription
My friend found these massive blooming bladderwort plants at a retention pond in Austin.
She sent me a picture asked me if these are bladderwort.
We couldn't get a closeup picture because all the cattail.
I obscured the location to protect them from poaching.
Photos / Sounds
What
Greenman's Bluet (Houstonia parviflora)Observer
aidancamposDescription
County record, specimens collected, 109km N-NE from nearest known population in Bell County.
Photos / Sounds
What
Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)Observer
plectrudisDescription
Obs is of the modest spray of small, whitish flowers
From the Sundew Trail at the Big Thicket National Preserve
Photos / Sounds
What
American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)Observer
happyhatDescription
Neches River National Wildlife Refuge
Dead Water Lake Trail
Photos / Sounds
What
Tickseed (Genus Coreopsis)Observer
lauramorganclarkDescription
ID by Eric Keith as a Coreopsis mutant.
Photos / Sounds
What
Woolly Rosemallow (Hibiscus lasiocarpos)Observer
lauramorganclarkDescription
Pineywoods Chapter NPSOT field trip to Watson Preserve led by Peter Loos/Dawn Stover. Peter said this was also known as Hibiscus leucophyllus.
Photos / Sounds
What
Torrey's Eupatorium (Eupatorium torreyanum)Observer
jakes26Description
Lower leaves opposite, upper leaves in whorls of 3. Adaxial & abaxial leaf surfaces densely gland-dotted. Mid to lower leaves lengths around 10x their width. Phyllaries densely gland dotted
Photos / Sounds
What
Woolly Rosemallow (Hibiscus lasiocarpos)Observer
connlindajoDescription
Driving back down Ghost Road on a side excursion. Stop #13
Photos / Sounds
What
Swamp Rose Mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos)Observer
tacoxDescription
What is this plant
Photos / Sounds
What
Southern Twayblade (Neottia bifolia)Observer
pufferchungDescription
The smallest orchid flowers that I've ever photographed...and the most difficult macro that I've ever done.
The flowers are so small, and it was windy yesterday, lol!
The last picture is UV flora, shot by a full spectrum camera with an UV pass + IR block filters stack, aka Bee vision.
It doesn't show any special UV pattern, maybe because the main pollinators are flies?
I saw a tiny hover fly pollinating this plant...plus what are those tiny yellow things on back of flower?
Photos / Sounds
What
Texas Hawthorn (Crataegus texana)Observer
lauramorganclarkDescription
Under magnification, the veins on the backside of the leaf are covered with fairly long white hairs, which are also scattered on the rest of the backside of the leaf, but they are not glandular. All leaves are lest than 7 cm. long.
Photos / Sounds
What
Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)Observer
reidhardinDescription
Galls on Syderoxylon.
Photos / Sounds
What
Arkansas Oak (Quercus arkansana)Observer
lauramorganclarkDescription
ID’d by Keith Stephens
Photos / Sounds
What
Highbush Blackberry (Rubus argutus)Observer
lauramorganclarkDescription
Leaf undersurfaces green, sparsely pubescent, no bristles- prickles only, main stems erect to arching, leaflets at least twice as long as broad, margins prominently serrate to double serrate.
Photos / Sounds
What
Jack-in-the-Pulpits (Complex Arisaema triphyllum)Observer
jakes26Description
= A. pusillum
Leaves green beneath, spathe hood green with white stripes
Photos / Sounds
What
White Trout Lily (Erythronium albidum)Observer
cosmiccatDescription
Old Sabine Bottom WMA. Gorgeous!
Photos / Sounds
What
Eastern Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium atlanticum)Observer
pufferchungDescription
The second picture is shot by a full spectrum camera, with UV pass and IR block filter stack. UV flora, aka UV Bee Vision
Photos / Sounds
What
Florida Anise (Illicium floridanum)Observer
pufferchungDescription
SFA garden
Cultivated
Photos / Sounds
What
Bigleaf Snowbell (Styrax grandifolius)Observer
pufferchungDescription
I am not 100% sure.
Photos / Sounds
What
Ash Yellows Phytoplasma (Phytoplasma fraxini)Observer
pufferchungDescription
On Fraxinus velutina
Photos / Sounds
What
Nuttall's Deathcamas (Toxicoscordion nuttallii)Observer
oceanicwildernessDescription
County record???
Photos / Sounds
What
Sphagnum Mosses (Genus Sphagnum)Observer
oz4casterDescription
What appears to be tiny plants with tiny red blooms growing in water in a rock drainage basin near Inks Lake. The second photo with a wide view has several fallen live oak leaves for scale. The small pond was about 3 or 4 feet long and maybe an inch or two deep.
Photos / Sounds
What
Northern Bog Violet (Viola nephrophylla)Observer
sambiologyDescription
What a wonderful day with the East TX Master Naturalists! We went around Gus Engeling WMA -- such an amazing place.
Photos / Sounds
What
Northern Bog Violet (Viola nephrophylla)Observer
eric_keithDescription
Seepage bog
Photos / Sounds
What
Ragged Fringed Orchid (Platanthera lacera)Observer
eric_keithDescription
Like last year, only saw 1 plant, but it was in a different location.
Photos / Sounds
What
Hedgehog Sphagnum (Sphagnum perichaetiale)Observer
pufferchungDescription
Small sphagnum moss
Photos / Sounds
What
Anises (Genus Illicium)Observer
clifton_albrechtDescription
This individual photographed flowering some weeks later: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/152093936
Photos / Sounds
What
Common Liverwort (Marchantia polymorpha)Observer
oceanicwildernessDescription
Growing among nursery pots.
Photos / Sounds
What
Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)Observer
lauramorganclarkDescription
Bioblitz to Little Rocky led by Shawn Benedict of the Nature Conservancy. Not much hope of id’ing this without leaves but pictured it because Shawn wanted to know what kind of tree it is. We’ll come back at a better season.
Photos / Sounds
What
Orange Atoms (Squamulea subsoluta)Observer
lauramorganclarkDescription
Bioblitz to Little Rocky led by Shawn Benedict of the Nature Conservancy.
