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Natives returning, along with a few undesirables

A month after the Wildflower Massacre at the hands of untrained/poorly trained mowers (who are not to blame, for the are just pawns in the game), the native plants are making a strong comeback, as well as a couple of unwelcome plants, both exotic and native. Among the invasive or undesirable plants are Johnson Grass […]

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Convolvulus equitans – Texas Bindweed

Back to flowering plants, this time a small vine that grows close to the ground and has fairly small flowers which are less than a inch and a half  across, if that much. A member of the Morning Glory family, it resembles other members of the family.  Its leaves are distinctive as seen in this […]

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Convolvulus equitans – Texas Bindweed

Spotted this today in the Dessau Middle School parking lot while in between photo shooting assignments involving Lego Robotics pieces. A member of the Morning Glory family, this is a fairly small annual vine that usually prefers partial shade according to the Wildflower Center’s NPIN. Enquist’s Wildflowers of the Texas Hill Country refers to it […]