On March 20, we were privileged to have botanist Bill Carr visit Hill Country Conservancy's Nalle Bunny Run with us. He helped us create a new virtual tour with a focus on plants.
The most exciting observation of the morning was a northeastern plant called Green Dragon on the edge of its range, in a hidden canyon on the western edge of the preserve:
See the attached iNaturalist observation below.
I'll update this entry when the video is posted by Hill Country Conservancy.
Here's our eBird checklist.
And here's Bill Carr's plant list for the preserve, from just two visits.
Taken on Hill Country Conservancy's Nalle Bunny Run wildlife preserve. We were recording a virtual hike with Bill Carr and Bill Dodd, focusing on plants. HCC staff members Carolyn Stephens and Sarah Dean were recording most of the video.
Common name Cucumber Weed. Tastes like cucumber!
Taken on Hill Country Conservancy's Nalle Bunny Run wildlife preserve. We were recording a virtual hike with Bill Carr and Bill Dodd, focusing on plants. HCC staff members Carolyn Stephens and Sarah Dean were recording most of the video.
Taken on Hill Country Conservancy's Nalle Bunny Run wildlife preserve. We were recording a virtual hike with Bill Carr and Bill Dodd, focusing on plants. HCC staff members Carolyn Stephens and Sarah Dean were recording most of the video.
This is an important ground cover in dark, dense oak-juniper woods with shallow, rocky soil. It's one of the only things that can help stop erosion in these areas. It is grass-like, but it is a sedge.
Taken on Hill Country Conservancy's Nalle Bunny Run wildlife preserve. We were recording a virtual hike with Bill Carr and Bill Dodd, focusing on plants. HCC staff members Carolyn Stephens and Sarah Dean were recording most of the video.
Taken on Hill Country Conservancy's Nalle Bunny Run wildlife preserve. We were recording a virtual hike with Bill Carr and Bill Dodd, focusing on plants. HCC staff members Carolyn Stephens and Sarah Dean were recording most of the video.
Taken on Hill Country Conservancy's Nalle Bunny Run wildlife preserve. We were recording a virtual hike with Bill Carr and Bill Dodd, focusing on plants. HCC staff members Carolyn Stephens and Sarah Dean were recording most of the video.
Taken on Hill Country Conservancy's Nalle Bunny Run wildlife preserve. We were recording a virtual hike with Bill Carr and Bill Dodd, focusing on plants. HCC staff members Carolyn Stephens and Sarah Dean were recording most of the video.
This was a new milkweed for me, growing in the sandy prairie habitat area.
Taken on Hill Country Conservancy's Nalle Bunny Run wildlife preserve. We were recording a virtual hike with Bill Carr and Bill Dodd, focusing on plants. HCC staff members Carolyn Stephens and Sarah Dean were recording most of the video.
Taken on Hill Country Conservancy's Nalle Bunny Run wildlife preserve. We were recording a virtual hike with Bill Carr and Bill Dodd, focusing on plants. HCC staff members Carolyn Stephens and Sarah Dean were recording most of the video.
Taken on Hill Country Conservancy's Nalle Bunny Run wildlife preserve. We were recording a virtual hike with Bill Carr and Bill Dodd, focusing on plants. HCC staff members Carolyn Stephens and Sarah Dean were recording most of the video.
Taken on Hill Country Conservancy's Nalle Bunny Run wildlife preserve. We were recording a virtual hike with Bill Carr and Bill Dodd, focusing on plants. HCC staff members Carolyn Stephens and Sarah Dean were recording most of the video.
Taken on Hill Country Conservancy's Nalle Bunny Run wildlife preserve. We were recording a virtual hike with Bill Carr and Bill Dodd, focusing on plants. HCC staff members Carolyn Stephens and Sarah Dean were recording most of the video.
The best plant of the day was found by Bill Carr in a little canyon in the soutwest corner of the preserve. Green Dragon is a remnant species from when central Texas was a wetter place. It is an eastern species that is rare in Travis County. It likes sheltered limestone canyons that hold more moisture.
Taken on Hill Country Conservancy's Nalle Bunny Run wildlife preserve. We were recording a virtual hike with Bill Carr and Bill Dodd, focusing on plants. HCC staff members Carolyn Stephens and Sarah Dean were recording most of the video.
Endemic to Edward’s Plateau.
Very good for recovering overgrazed shallow clay rocky soil
Taken on Hill Country Conservancy's Nalle Bunny Run wildlife preserve. We were recording a virtual hike with Bill Carr and Bill Dodd, focusing on plants. HCC staff members Carolyn Stephens and Sarah Dean were recording most of the video.
This is a less common species of Green Briar.
Taken on Hill Country Conservancy's Nalle Bunny Run wildlife preserve. We were recording a virtual hike with Bill Carr and Bill Dodd, focusing on plants. HCC staff members Carolyn Stephens and Sarah Dean were recording most of the video.
Taken on Hill Country Conservancy's Nalle Bunny Run wildlife preserve. We were recording a virtual hike with Bill Carr and Bill Dodd, focusing on plants. HCC staff members Carolyn Stephens and Sarah Dean were recording most of the video.
Taken on Hill Country Conservancy's Nalle Bunny Run wildlife preserve. We were recording a virtual hike with Bill Carr and Bill Dodd, focusing on plants. HCC staff members Carolyn Stephens and Sarah Dean were recording most of the video.
Taken on Hill Country Conservancy's Nalle Bunny Run wildlife preserve. We were recording a virtual hike with Bill Carr and Bill Dodd, focusing on plants. HCC staff members Carolyn Stephens and Sarah Dean were recording most of the video.
On the left is a front foot track, on the right is a rear foot track.
Taken on Hill Country Conservancy's Nalle Bunny Run wildlife preserve. We were recording a virtual hike with Bill Carr and Bill Dodd, focusing on plants. HCC staff members Carolyn Stephens and Sarah Dean were recording most of the video.
In the Nalle family cemetary we found several plants with tiny flowers, which can live in mowed areas. This one is Carolina Ponysfoot (Dichondra carolinensis).
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