Natural History Wanderings

Texas Wildflower Sightings has a number of new reports:

Hwy 290 West from Brenham to Burton: Lots of bluebonnets scattered along both sides of the highway. Several places have them along the embankment as well and provide a spot to pull over and take pictures.
Be careful, watch your step, and don’t cross the road – people are now able to drive 75 along this high way and it .

FM 390 and FM 50 at Old Baylor Park: Bluebonnets are growing at Old Baylor Park in Independence. This would be a nice place to bring the family for a picnic lunch and swinging, besides checking out the history and bluebonnets. They aren’t as plentiful as they’ve been in the past, but they are growing every day.
Pretty patch of Bluebonnets on the south side of FM 390 after passing Hoddeville School Rd traveling east. May be the only bluebonnets found along FM 390 this year!
Between FM 1948 and Hoddeville School Rd are lots of Indian Paintbrush scattered along the sides of the road.

FM 390 and Hoddeville School Rd. Hoddeville School Rd, maybe a quarter of a mile off of FM 390, has a private, fenced field with a mix of flowers that are growing slowly. In a couple of weeks this field could be really beautiful for landscape photos.

Hwy 105 East from Brenham to Washington: Lots of Bluebonnets line the highway on both sides from Brenham to Washington. There’s a nice patch right at 105 and FM 50, but the bluebonnets are scattered all along that stretch of highway.
Watch your step, pull off the road completely, and be very careful if you have to cross the road.

Wood Ridge Blvd & Hwy 36 South: Lots of Bluebonnets behind La Quinta and Home Depot along Wood Ridge Blvd in Brenham. Each day it seems they grow more and more.

Woodlands Alden Bridge, Branch Xing, Crownridge: Dogwood tree in full bloom in the natural area along Aldine Bridge between Branch Crossing and Crownridge so I stopped and shot a few photos. As it turns out there was a lot going on in the weeds around the same area as you can see from my list of wildflowers sighted: Dogwood, dotted blue-eye grass, scarlet Pimpernel, small Bluet, Camphor Daisy, Lyre-Leaf Sage, Blue Pimpernel, false garlic (crows poison) and Dewberry (Southern Blackberry)

See all of their sightings and photo links at: Texas Wildflower Sightings