Two or three plants are growing at the Refuge HQ from stock raised from local seed. Specimen plants--not cultivated--but of local occurrence.
I wanted to practice with the zoom capabilities of my iPhone 14 and a new Xenvo magnifier. I tested them out on some Texas Snakeweed/Broomweed from the neighborhood, a species which is keyed out based on fine characteristics of the achenes and pappus.
The first two (or three?) images were taken with the iPhone at max (5X) zoom. The remaining images of the flowers and achenes were taken with a Clarus 15X Macro attachment (from Xenvo) positioned over the iPhone macro lens. I have annotated a few of the latter images to show characters that are useful in a key in the Flora of North Central Texas for separating species of Gutierrezia. The plants were obtained at the location of the pin on Q Ranch Road; they were photographed under artificial light at home. (I was so intent on documenting the flowers that I forgot to obtain images of the whole plant! Anyway, it looked like all the millions of other annual broomweed plants in pastures across much of Texas.)
Microscope videos of blood pumping through the gills, head, and limbs of the individual seen in observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/92631293
Found inside a crawfish den. It moved! I think it's a damselfly larvae with cordyceps popping out of its back/head
Lobanillo Swales BioBlitz by a group of members of the El Camino Real TMN and Longleaf Pine TMN chapters with Steven Gonzales, Executive Director- El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Association.