I went to Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge and found a few blooming wildflowers today.
Camphor Daisy


Pepper Grass


Golden Rod


Aster


Not blooming, but interesting considering this was a marsh.


Yaupon Holly

So nice, Jay. Look at that Opuntia in the marsh. Very interesting! Do you know which one it is?

Jay, you are so lucky to have plants blooming at this time of year!

Tee, Anahuac, TX has its own local Opuntia species, Opuntia anahuacensis. (I'm not a botanist, I consulted Google).

Thanks, June. That's interesting. Don't know why I didn't think of Googling.

Itis does not even list Opuntia anahuacensis and the Plant List considers it a synonym of Opuntia stricta. There are four species of Opuntia that are recorded in Chambers County where Anahuac NWR is located, O. engelmannii, O. humifusa, O. macrorhiza, and O. stricta. Not sure which one is in the picture, except that it is not O. humifusa.

Thanks for the info, Jay.

Jay, I got my information from http://opuntiads.com/O/opuntia...