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Highland Lakes Chapter

2023 Spring Photo Contest

 This year the contest will include any plants, lichens, and fungi which have been photographed in and are *native to our general area* (Burnet, Llano, Blanco, Travis, Williamson, Bell, San Saba, or Lampasas counties).

Check out our gallery of entries.

Photo by Fred Zagst
First place – Blanco Crabapple with honeybee Photo by Fred Zagst
photo by Betty Saenz
Second place – Hill Country Penstemon photo by Betty Saenz
photo by Betty Cruikshank
Third place – Mexican Buckeye with this year’s flowers and last year’s seed pods photo by Betty Cruikshank
photo by Linda O'Nan
Honorable Mention -Wavy leaf milkweed vine photo by Linda O’Nan
photo by Ingrid Hoffmeister
Honorable Mention – Indian Blanket flower with two Schinia moths photo by Ingrid Hoffmeister
photo by Louise Suhey
Honorable Mention – ‘Bluecurls’-Phacelia congesta with ‘Western Honey Bee’-Apis mellifera photo by Louise Suhey
photo by Joan Mukherjee
Honorable Mention – Brown-Flowered Psoralea (Psoralea rhombifolia) photo by Joan Mukherjee
photo by Suzanne Kitchens
Mexican Plum photo by Suzanne Kitchens
photo by Kay Zagst
Indian Paintbrush photo by Kay Zagst
photo by Suzanne Kitchens
Silverleaf nightshade photo by Suzanne Kitchens
photo by Kay Zagst
Drummond’s phlox photo by Kay Zagst
photo by Suzanne Kitchens
Kirigami Deep Blue & White Columbine photo by Suzanne Kitchens
photo by Kay Zagst
Prickly Pear photo by Kay Zagst
photo by Sue Lilley
Pine Evening P:rimrose (Oenothera speciosa) photo by Sue Lilley
photo by Sue Lilley
Antelope horn (Asclepias asperula) photo by Sue Lilley
photo by Cassie Oberhaus
Tuff Puffball (Scleroderma Texense) photo by Cassie Oberhaus
photo by Joan Mukherjee
Agarita (Berberis trifolialata) photo by Joan Mukherjee
photo by Cassie Oberhaus
Pink evening primrose photo by Cassie Oberhaus
photo by Joan Muckherjee
Red Buckeye with two-tailed tiger tiger swallowtail (Aesculus Pavia) photo by Joan Muckherjee
photo by Cassie Oberhaus
Antelope horn milkweed photo by Cassie Oberhaus
photo by Fred Zagst
Blanco Crabapple with Red Admiral butterfly photo by Fred Zagst
photo by Diane Mitchell
Canadian Meadow Garlic (Allium canadense) photo by Diane Mitchell
photo by Fred Zagst
Drummond’s skullcap photo by Fred Zagst
photo by Louise Suhey
Mexican Plum-Prunus mexicana‘ with Western Honey Bee’-Apis mellifera and ‘Red Admiral’-Vanessa atalanta photo by Louise Suhey
photo by Betty Cruikshank
Mexican Buckeye with this year’s flowers and last year’s seed pods photo by Betty Cruikshank
Photo by Louise Suhey
Texas Prickly Pear (Opuntia lindheimeri) with wasp Photo by Louise Suhey
photo by Betty Cruikshank
Coral honeysuckle vine with White Lines Sphinx moth photo by Betty Cruikshank
photo by Phillip Mitchell
Nolina Texana photo by Phillip Mitchell
photo by DJ Sanders
Blanket flower photo by DJ Sanders
photo by Sue Lilley
Lace Cactus photo by Sue Lilley
photo by DJ Sanders
Pinklady with raindrops photo by DJ Sanders
photo by Mary Newton
Live Oak (Quercus virginiana) with migrating bee cluster photo by Mary Newton
photo by DJ Sanders
Bluebonnet with Cottonball Moth caterpillar photo by DJ Sanders
photo by Pat Campbell
Lichen or fugus on hackberry tree photo by Pat Campbell
photo by Linda O'Nan
Prickly Poppy with possible mason bee photo by Linda O’Nan
photo by Pat Campbell
Lazy daisy photo by Pat Campbell
photo by Melanie Huff
Drummond Phlox peaking out from blanket of Bluebonnets photo by Melanie Huff
photo by Pat Campbell
Prickly Pear with snail seed vine in branch photo by Pat Campbell
photo by Betty Cruikshank
Deer eating bluebonnets photo by Betty Cruikshank
photo by Melanie Huff
Granite spiderworts photo by Melanie Huff
photo by Betty Saenz
Narrow leaf Pucoon photo by Betty Saenz
photo by Elizabeth Bouchard
Spanish Dagger (Yucca treculeana) photo by Elizabeth Bouchard
Photo by Melanie Huff
Texas bluebonnets and Blue Phacelia (Phacelia patuliflora) Photo by Melanie Huff
photo by Betty Saenz
Texas Yellow Star photo by Betty Saenz
photo by Melanie Huff
Granite spiderworts photo by Melanie Huff
photo by Linda O'Nan
Hard skinned Puffball photo by Linda O’Nan
photo by Elizabeth Bouchard
Agarita (Mahonia trifoliolata) photo by Elizabeth Bouchard
photo by Melanie Huff
Drummond Phlox among bluebonnets photo by Melanie Huff
Photo by Elizabeth Bouchard
American Smoke Tree (Cotinus obovatus) Photo by Elizabeth Bouchard
Photo by Diane Mitchell
American Basket Flower (Centaurea americana) Photo by Diane Mitchell

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