At the end of May I made a trip to Copper Breaks State Park in North Texas, several miles south of Quanah. I had memories of the park from 2020, during Covid, when I found a lush place full of wildflowers in early June. This year was different. The area had been experiencing a severe drought for some time and while they had some recent rains, the damage had been done to the springtime blooms. There were very few. But, I found one new species blooming, a large shrub/medium-size tree, Western Soapberry. On the way there, north of Lampasas, I found another new one, Common St. John's Wort, and later in the day, near Comanche, I found yet another along the roadside, Wavyleaf Thistle.

Following Copper Breaks I headed straight south on TX Hwy 6 toward Lake Brownwood State Park. Within about 30 miles, the condition of the vegetation changed and there were many plants blooming along the roadsides. I stopped just north of Knox City and shot some images along the highway before continuing on. One of the plants I found is a new one, Yellow Plainsman.

The vegetation at Lake Brownwood State Park was very lush with a lot of plants in bloom, almost all of which I had already captured, but I did find a couple new ones, American Mistletoe and Texas Prairie Parsley.