2014-04 Big Bend National Park

Sunset

Chisos Basin, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 18, 2014

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Ocotillo

Fouquieria splendens

Pine Canyon Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Pummel Peak

Pine Canyon Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Fendler's Bladderpod

Lesquerella fendleri

Pine Canyon Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Layer Hill

Pine Canyon Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Lost Mine Peak

Pine Canyon Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Pine Canyon Trail

A 2 mile hike from here goes to a lush canyon and ends at the base of a 200 foot tall pour-off.

Pine Canyon Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Parry's Agave

Agave parryi parryi

Pine Canyon Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Firecracker Bush

Bouvardia ternifolia

Pine Canyon Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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White Prickly Poppy

Argemone albiflora texana

Pine Canyon Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Dakota Vervain

Glandularia bipinnatifida

Pine Canyon Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Tree Cholla

Opuntia imbricata arborescens

Glenn Spring Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Mountains & Cylindropuntia imbricata

Mountains & Tree Cholla

Glenn Spring Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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South Rim & Juniper Canyon Trail

This 6.2 mile trail joins trails in the basin.

Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Juniper Canyon Trail Panorama

Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Glenn Draw

The beginning of the rocky watercourse.

Glenn Spring Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Ocotillo

Fouquieria splendens

Glenn Spring Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Cottonwood Trees

Populus fremontii - these thirsty trees indicate water at or near the surface.

Glenn Spring Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Colorful Clay

Glenn Spring Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Colorful Clay

Glenn Spring Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Sediment Layers

Glenn Spring Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Blind Prickly Pear & Ocotillo

Opuntia rufida & Fouquieria splendens

Main Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Nugent Mountain

Main Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Mountain

Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Debbie

Cattail Falls Trail, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Trees

A bit of water year-round provides for trees.

Cattail Falls Trail, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Longspur Columbine & Southern Maidenhair Fern

Aquilegia longissima & Adiantum capillus-veneris

Cattail Falls, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Cattail Falls

Just a trickle of water this time.

Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Eastern Fence Lizard

Sceloporus undulatus - showing its bright belly.

Cattail Falls, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Giant Helleborine

Epipactis gigantea - finding this  orchid was a real treat for me.

Cattail Falls, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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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

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Longspur Columbine

Aquilegia longissima

Cattail Falls, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Rain Cloud

We saw this coming, suspecting a bit of rain.

Cattail Falls Trail, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Cattail Wash

A lot of water over a long time carved this wash.

Cattail Falls Trail, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Shindaggers

Agave lechuguilla

Cattail Falls Trail, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Cattail Falls Trail Panorama

Rain in the desert turned to sleet in the Chisos Basin.

Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Feather Dalea after Rain

Dalea formosa - moist from an evening sleet/hail event.

Chisos Basin, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Colima Warbler

Oreothlypis crissalis

Chisos Basin, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 19, 2014

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Juan de Leon Grave

Old Ore Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 20, 2014

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Candelilla

Euphorbia antisyphilitica - was harvested almost to extinction for its high grade wax.

Old Ore Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 20, 2014

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Greater Earless Lizard

Cophosaurus texanus

Ernst Tinaja, Old Ore Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 20, 2014

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Rock Nettle

Eucnide bartonioides

Ernst Tinaja, Old Ore Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 20, 2014

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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

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Ernst Tinaja

Old Ore Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 20, 2014

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Tornillo Creek Area

Old Ore Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 20, 2014

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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

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Blind Prickly Pear

Opuntia rufida

Tornillo Creek Area, Old Ore Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 20, 2014

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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

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Resurrection Plant

Selaginella lepidophylla

Old Ore Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 20, 2014

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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

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