Looks Like…

Looks Like…

I constantly see things in nature. And I find that many times someone seems to be watching me. Well, it looks that way to me. Thus I am never alone. Here are some of those that we saw in Fannin County. Only 12 days to the eclipse! Wild Birds Gesture ‘After You’ to Insist Their…

Bryophytes at Caddo NG

Bryophytes at Caddo NG

Bryophytes are a group of non-vascular plants that includes mosses, liverworts, and hornworts. This group does not produce seeds but instead produces spores. We saw a wide assortment of them. Most will have to be ID’d at later date. Moreover Fannin County will now be well documented for species of bryophytes! Evolutionary Origins of Hair…

Isidia and Maculae

Isidia and Maculae

Once getting back from the field there is a lot work yet to do. Today’s post will be about one of the lichens that I collected and processed. So by now you are wondering what was its name. Did I figure it out? In fact I did this time. This is definitely not always the…

Move Over Please

Move Over Please

We only spent a couple of hours walking around Bonham SP after we had arrived. And in that time we found some interesting treasures. Move over please. Well okay I guess not. LOL. Like ‘walking through the woods of millions of years ago’: Ancient ecosystem brimming with dinosaur tracks discovered in Alaska “Tiny, Beautiful, and…

Fun Guys

Fun Guys

The fun guys, a.k.a fungi were not partying a lot. However we did manage to find some pretty cool ones at Caddo NG this past week! So lift your cups to the fun guys! Triassic Titans: New Crocodile Ancestor Discovered in Texas Reveals Secrets of Armor Evolution Bees Reveal a Human-Like Collective Intelligence We Never…

Caddo Adventures Started

Caddo Adventures Started

Spring at the Caddo NG is really wonderful. Ok spring is pretty great wherever in Texas, eh. However this spring I am on the lookout for several rare plants, Oklahoma Grasspink (Calopogon oklahomensis) and Tiny Tim (Geocarpon minimum). I know where a patch of the Oklahoma Grasspinks are, but I just think that Tiny Tim…

Spring Adventures

Spring Adventures

Today (Tuesday) spring springs! And the start of my spring field season has started. Well, to be truthful my field season started on Sunday in Fannin County. You will be getting a lot posts this spring from this area. Field work will be on the Caddo NG. However when we arrived Jeanne and I took…

Common?

Common?

The collection for mosses and liverworts was a great success. Not many bryophytes have been recorded in Cooke County. Jeanne will have a lot of identifications ahead of her and lots to add to the known records! Wylie later told us that he thought the Texas Buckeye was common. Well, it certainly was not to…