Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)
23 June 2024
Texas Woman’s University
Denton, Denton County, Texas
Giant Reed (Arundo donax)
23 June 2024
Quakertown Park (at Marshall Street)
Denton, Denton County, Texas
Green Bristle Grass (Setaria viridis)
23 June 2024
Quakertown Park (at Marshall Street)
Denton, Denton County, Texas
Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)
23 June 2024
Quakertown Park
Denton, Denton County, Texas
Scratching an itch...
Chinese Photinia (Photinia serratifolia)
23 June 2024
Quakertown Park
Denton, Denton County, Texas
on Scutellaria drummondii
Several of these around the property, including some very young ones
Multiple specimens were found in a wooded area at the corner of West Middle Earth Trail and Old Antioch Trail near the service gate. In the understory beneath Juniperus virginiana and Ilex vomitoria, they were intertwined with Gonolobus suberosus and Smilax bona-nox.
Soil is mapped as Mabank loam. Other associated plants include Callicarpa americana, Vaccinium arboretum, Vernonia texana, Ambrosia psilostachya
These plants were found spreading along the ground on the south end of the parking lot in front of the lab. Soil is gravelly roadbed covered in fallen pine needles. The area is partly shaded by mature Pinus taeda. Small yellow flowers with 5 petals are present. Associated plants include Calyptocarpus vialis, Pinus taeda Rudbeckia hirta, Nama jamaicensis, Juglans nigra.
A low growing parking lot weed found in front of the lab. Soil is gravelly roadbed covered in fallen pine needles. Full sun. Tiny white tubular flowers. Associated plants include Digitaria, Cenchrus, Paspalum notatum, Calyptocarpus vialis, Pinus taeda.
on river's edge, accessed via kayak. basal leaves not captured because they were too far on land, but they were similar to the stem leaves but more broadly triangular
at river's edge, accessed via kayak
Hackberry Thorn Gall Midge (Celticecis spiniformis)
18 June 2024
Avondale Park
Denton, Denton County, Texas