Brazos Bend State Park

In the last few weeks I have made a couple of trips out to Brazos Bend State Park (BBSP) near Houston after hearing about it from a friend. There are lot of aquatic plants around the park and some interesting wildlife. I could not do any collection here as this is a state park and collection is prohibited.

Echinodorus cordifolius were growing huge and were ominipresent around all the lakes.

E.cordifolius flower

Polygonum hydropiperoides growing through out the park were in full bloom.

As I looked around the bank of the lake for more plants and was trying to reach for some Limnobium laevigatum (Amazon Frogbit) , this guy waited patiently for me to do a mistake.

This beauty had ventured quiet far from the lake probably to lay eggs.

Pistia stratiotes and this Hydrocotyle sp was also easy to spot along the lake.

Hydrocotyle sp

Nelumbo lutea (American lotus)

A view of the Elm Lake,  one of the few lakes in BBSP.

Sagittaria platyphylla was another plant common along the lake’s bank.

This yellow crowned night heron tolerated me quiet a bit as I kept on disturbing him as he hunted for his supper.

This guy was not so accomodating.

A sunset at 40-Acre Lake.