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  • Giant Helleborine
    Giant Helleborine
    Epipactis gigantea - if there had not been flowers, I might have missed this orchid.
    Cattail Falls, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014
    2014-04-19#9252
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Longspur Columbine
    Longspur Columbine
    Aquilegia longissima
    Cattail Falls, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014
    2014-04-19#9254
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Rain Cloud
    Rain Cloud
    We saw this coming, suspecting a bit of rain.
    Cattail Falls Trail, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014
    2014-04-19#9256
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Cattail Wash
    Cattail Wash
    A lot of water over a long time carved this wash.
    Cattail Falls Trail, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014
    2014-04-19#9259
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Shindaggers
    Shindaggers
    Agave lechuguilla
    Cattail Falls Trail, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014
    2014-04-19#9266
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Cattail Falls Trail Panorama
    Cattail Falls Trail Panorama
    Rain in the desert turned to sleet in the Chisos Basin.
    Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014
    2014-04-19#0712
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Feather Dalea after Rain
    Feather Dalea after Rain
    Dalea formosa - moist from an evening sleet/hail event.
    Chisos Basin, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014
    2014-04-19#0716
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Colima Warbler
    Colima Warbler
    Oreothlypis crissalis
    Chisos Basin, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014
    2014-04-19#1244
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Juan de Leon Grave
    Juan de Leon Grave
    Old Ore Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 20, 2014
    2014-04-20#9285
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Candelilla
    Candelilla
    Euphorbia antisyphilitica - was harvested almost to extinction for its high grade wax.
    Old Ore Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 20, 2014
    2014-04-20#9286
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Greater Earless Lizard
    Greater Earless Lizard
    Cophosaurus texanus
    Ernst Tinaja, Old Ore Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 20, 2014
    2014-04-20#9292
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Rock Nettle
    Rock Nettle
    Eucnide bartonioides
    Ernst Tinaja, Old Ore Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 20, 2014
    2014-04-20#9300
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Ernst Tinaja
    Ernst Tinaja
    When water level is low in the tinaja, animals have fallen in and drowned.
    Old Ore Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 20, 2014
    2014-04-20#9304
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Ernst Tinaja
    Ernst Tinaja
    Old Ore Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 20, 2014
    2014-04-20#9305
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Tornillo Creek Area
    Tornillo Creek Area
    Old Ore Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 20, 2014
    2014-04-20#9313
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Debbie & Truck
    Debbie & Truck
    4 wheel drive is recommended and can be useful on parts of this road.
    Tornillo Creek Area, Old Ore Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 20, 2014
    2014-04-20#9315
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Blind Prickly Pear
    Blind Prickly Pear
    Opuntia rufida
    Tornillo Creek Area, Old Ore Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 20, 2014
    2014-04-20#9316
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Texas False Agave
    Texas False Agave
    Hechtia texensis - related to Pineapple and other bromeliads.
    Tornillo Creek Area, Old Ore Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 20, 2014
    2014-04-20#9317
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Resurrection Plant
    Resurrection Plant
    Selaginella lepidophylla
    Old Ore Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 20, 2014
    2014-04-20#9319
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Living Rock Cactus
    Living Rock Cactus
    Ariocarpus fissuratus fissuratus - this 6 inch specimen is probably 100 years old according to my reading.
    Old Ore Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 20, 2014
    2014-04-20#9320
    Larry L. Jackson