Growing out the side of a cloth pot. Not 100% on the ID
ID confirmed by Ron Lance (Crataegus padifolia var. incarnata)
Leaf surfaces and petioles glabrous; sepals toothed toward tips; sterile shoot blades 4.2 cm long by 3.7 cm wide; inflorescence leaves 3.0 cm long by 2.5 cm wide; inflorescence glabrous; flowers with 17-20 stamens, 2-4 styles, and rose-colored anthers. Small anthers and elongated leaves suggest var. gattingeri.
Shell Mound Park.
Open right-of-way with remnant grassland flora.
Scrubby woodland surrounding several prairie openings on Morse Clay soils.
Checked out the Clifton City Park before work today. Saw lots of cool stuff and some uncommon insects!
small shrub; perhaps Crataegus crus-galli or maybe C. berberifolia?
voucher #JRA 28398; campus tree map ID #10018
Left trunk
Unsure if C. brachyacantha or C. spathulata
Edge of forest along Hwy 59, several trees observed
I think... very wide leaves and large fruits
Found in wet oak-hickory-ash bottomland forest
Local in disturbed, sub-xeric pine plantation
Locally common in mesic oak-hickory forest
Upland shortleaf pine-post oak woodland on shale and sandstone.
Swamp bay trees on the Econfina River State Park. Many of the young trees were resprouting from the base of trees that were killed by laurel wilt disease (which I will document in a separate observation).
Magnified pictures added, to show the shaggy pubescence on the twigs, buds, petioles, and undersides of the leaves that distinguishes this species from redbay (Persea borbonia). The tongue is sensitive enough to detect this; if you lick the underside of a leaf (trust me), on swamp bay it will feel velvety-fuzzy. The undersides of redbay leaves will feel smooth against the tongue.
Magnified pictures added, showing the fine, golden pubescence on the twigs, buds, and undersides of the leaves. The hairs on redbay are not really visible by eye; the leaf undersides feel smooth. Swamp bay (P. palustris) leaves have more long and shaggy pubescence. The tongue is sensitive enough to detect this; if you lick the underside of a leaf (trust me), on swamp bay it will feel velvety-fuzzy. The undersides of redbay leaves will feel smooth against the tongue. Compare to swamp bay, here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15019191
Green Hawthorn observed at fence line along northeast side of FM-2918. Many additional specimens can be found at the fence line to the northwest along both sides of the road.
By stream near Federal Street
Seeds in photo #2 are resting on a wood nettle leaf.
Young ash in woods bordering the waterway, Clove Lakes Park
I agree with the 3rd iNat ID suggestion on this one. Not sure why this was not number one.
F. albicans or F. americana
Characteristic pitchfork branching of ash trees. Leaf scars are concave/u-shaped.
Pine savanna. H. drummondii was suggested by the Computer Vision, and it seems superficially like a good match, but my plant appears to have black dots on the leaves (photo 2). About 16-20 stamens.
Ward Bayou Wildlife Management Area
Woods edge along powerline
Pine woods along powerline
Sand pine & coastal chenier forest. This is same plant as https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/36170690. Just verifying species ID. On "thumbnail test," a stringy vein pulled away when edge of leaf pulled off (so it's either S. laurifolia or S. auriculata), and berries had 2 seeds (so it's not S. laurifolia, which has one seed).
Smilax characters, "thumbnail test" showing marginal vein in S auriculata when edge of leaf is pulled away by a thumbnail. See also https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18649238
(Although other Smilax, such as S. bona-nox, may have a vein embedded in the margin, it's much more delicate and usually breaks easily with this test rather than remaining as a string. Try two or three leaves if you're not sure.)
Smilax characters, "thumbnail test" showing marginal vein in S auriculata and laurifolia when edge of leaf is pulled away by a thumbnail. See also https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18649237
See spines at base of petioles, on abaxial side.
Mexican Plum found growing in young but thick swampy woodland along east side of County Road 309 near Hinkle's Ferry TX. Nearby are two smaller specimens. At time of photos, the specimen had lost many leaves, and those remaining were bedraggled. Right-most photos were added on 10- and 17-Feb-2019, when specimen was found in bloom.
Bark dark and deeply ridged, no tuft of hairs above leaf scar, pith light brown. Nuts not pointed. > 17 leaflets.